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Tony Bennett at Carnegie Hall is a 1962 (see 1962 in music) live album by Tony Bennett.
After the successs of his single I Left My Heart in San Francisco, Bennett was invited to appear at Carnegie Hall [1]. Carnegie Hall had not featured a pop performer before, and the June concert was directed by Arthur Penn and Gene Saks [2].
[edit] Track listing
[edit] 1962 12" LP, Tony Bennett at Carnegie Hall
[edit] Side one
- "Lullaby of Broadway" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) - 2:10
- "Just in Time" (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) - 2:08
- "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 3:04
- "Stranger in Paradise" (Alexander Borodin, Robert Wright, George Forrest) - 3:12
- "Our Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:09
- "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" (Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers) - 2:09
- "Ol' Man River" (Hammerstein, Kern) - 2:49
[edit] Side two
- "It Amazes Me" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) - 3:18
- "Firefly" (Coleman, Leigh) - 1:03
- "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" (George Cory, Douglas Cross) - 2:46
- "How About You?" (Ralph Freed, Burton Lane) - 1:17
- "April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg) - 1:13
- "Solitude" (Eddie DeLange, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 3:29
- "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So" (Mack David, Ellington) - 2:29
[edit] Side three
- "Always" (Irving Berlin) - 1:34
- "Anything Goes" (Cole Porter) - 1:30
- "Blue Velvet" (Lee Morris, Bernie Wayne) - 2:37
- "Rags to Riches" (Richard Adler, Jerry Ross) - 1:08
- "Because of You" (Arthur Hammerstein, Dudley Wilkinson) - 1:40
- "What Good Does It Do" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) - 3:54
- "Lost in the Stars" (Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill) - 3:29
- "One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)" (Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 2:24
[edit] Side four
- "Lazy Afternoon" (John Latouche, Jerome Moross) - 2:43
- "Sing You Sinners" (Sam Coslow, W. Frank Harling) - 1:30
- "Love, Look Away" (Hammerstein, Rodgers) - 2:23
- "Sometimes I'm Happy (Sometimes I'm Blue)" (Irving Caesar, Clifford Grey, Vincent Youmans) - 2:26
- "My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?)" (Gordon, Warren) - 2:23
- "De Glory Road" (Clement Wood, Jacques Wolfe) - 8:51
[edit] 1997 CD, Tony Bennett at Carnegie Hall: Complete
[edit] Disc one
- Introduction/"Lullaby of Broadway" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) - 2:20
- "Just in Time" (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) - 2:12
- "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 3:08
- "Fascinating Rhythm" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 1:21
- "Stranger in Paradise" (Alexander Borodin, Robert Wright, George Forrest) - 3:18
- "Our Love Is Here to Stay" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) - 2:14
- "Love Look Away" (Hammerstein, Rodgers) - 2:30
- "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" (Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers) - 2:12
- "Put on a Happy Face"/"Comes Once in a Lifetime" (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse)/(Comden, Green, Styne) - 2:09
- "My Ship" (Kurt Weill, I. Gershwin) - 2:36
- "Speak Low" (Weill, Ogden Nash) - 2:02
- "Lost in the Stars" (Maxwell Anderson, Weill) - 3:34
- "Always" (Irving Berlin) - 1:46
- "Anything Goes" (Cole Porter) - 1:29
- "Ol' Man River" (Hammerstein, Kern) - 2:59
- "Lazy Afternoon" (John Latouche, Jerome Moross) - 2:34
- "Sometimes I'm Happy (Sometimes I'm Blue)" (Irving Caesar, Clifford Grey, Vincent Youmans) - 2:28
- "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" (Harold Rome) 3:02
- "That Old Black Magic" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 1:25
- "A Sleepin' Bee" (Arlen, Truman Capote) - 2:58
- "I've Got the World on a String" (Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 3:03
- "What Good Does It Do" (Arlen, Yip Harburg) - 3:56
- "One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)" (Arlen, Mercer) - 2:33
[edit] Disc two
- "This Could Be the Start of Something" (Steve Allen) - 1:35
- "Without a Song" (Vincent Youmans, Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu) - 3:03
- "Toot Toot Tootsie (Goodbye)" (Gus Kahn, Ernie Erdman, Dan Russo) - 2:01
- "It Amazes Me" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) - 3:02
- "Rules of the Road" (Coleman, Leigh) 2:25
- "Firefly" (Coleman, Leigh) - 1:11
- "The Best Is Yet to Come" (Coleman, Leigh) 2:39
- "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" (George Cory, Douglas Cross) - 2:55
- "How About You?"/"April in Paris" (Ralph Freed, Burton Lane)/(Vernon Duke, Harburg) - 2:35
- "Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)" (Fred Fisher) - 1:24
- "Solitude" (Eddie DeLange, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 3:36
- "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So" (Mack David, Ellington) - 2:36
- "Taking a Chance on Love" (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche) 1:56
- "My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?)" (Gordon, Warren) - 2:23
- "Pennies from Heaven" (Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke) - 2:17
- "Rags to Riches" (Richard Adler, Jerry Ross) - 1:12
- "Blue Velvet" (Lee Morris, Bernie Wayne) - 2:44
- "Smile" (Charles Chaplin, Geoffrey Claremont Parsons, John Turner) 1:23
- "Because of You" (Arthur Hammerstein, Dudley Wilkinson) - 1:42
- "Sing You Sinners" (Sam Coslow, W. Frank Harling) - 2:01
- "De Glory Road" (Clement Wood, Jacques Wolfe) - 8:43
[edit] Personnel
Recorded June 9, 1962, Carnegie Hall, New York City:
- Tony Bennett - vocals
- Ralph Sharon & His Orchestra:
- Mel Davis - trumpet
- Bernie Glow
- Al DeRisi
- Nick Travis
- Sy Berger - trombone
- Frank Rehak
- Paul Faulise - bass trombone
- Sol Schlinger - bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
- Al Cohn - tenor saxophone
- Joe Soldo - flute, alto saxophone
- Dick Meldonian
- Romeo Penque - flute, tenor saxophone
- Alfred Brown - viola
- Anthony Sophos - cello
- Kenny Burrell - guitar
- Ralph Sharon - piano
- Jack Lesburg - double bass
- Bobby Rosengarden - percussion, bongos, conga, timbales, timpani
- Candido Camero - bongos, conga
- Eddie Costa - vibes
- Billy Exner - drums
- ^ "Tony Bennett: The Good Life", Tony Bennett and Will Friedwald, Pocket Books, London, 1997, p167.
- ^ Bennett and Friedwald, p167
