The Song of the Day for July 26 is Speak Low by Kurt Weill (music) and Ogden Nash (lyrics) from the Broadway musical One Touch of Venus. Mr. Bennett sings the song often and it appears on several of his albums. Today is a live version from the 1994 MTV Unplugged album. The Year of Tony Bennett loves his live performances.
Tennis!
Glad to see that Tony’s having some fun in the middle of his European tour. We’ve read in his autobiography The Good Life that he enjoys playing tennis and we were happy to see this tweet from him today. We also think he looks quite handsome in his tennis whites.
Tony Bennett on Twitter: "Back playing tennis thanks to my friend, Laurent Bensadoun, a former pro tennis player for France in Monte Carlo. pic.twitter.com/f7xEh20H / Twitter"
Back playing tennis thanks to my friend, Laurent Bensadoun, a former pro tennis player for France in Monte Carlo. pic.twitter.com/f7xEh20H
Strike Up The Band
The Song of the Day for July 25, 2012 is Strike Up the Band by George and Ira Gershwin from the recently remastered release of Bennett & Basie Strike Up the Band. Recorded in January 1958. I love Tony Bennett playing with Count Basie and I hope you do too.
My Funny Valentine
My Funny Valentine, by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, is a jazz classic and one of my favorite songs. This video, from the official Tony Bennett Vevo channel on YouTube, was recording live in 1979 at a concert at Jubilee Hall in Edmonton, Canada. With Ralph Sharon on piano. I don’t know who the bass player is, but he’s quite good (even though he doesn’t look a day over fourteen years old).
July 24 2012
My Foolish Heart
Today’s Song of the Day is My Foolish Heart by Victor Young (music) and Ned Washington (lyrics) written in 1949. I listened to the Tony Bennett and Bill Evans sessions all day today and this song is one of my favorites. The song was originally recorded on their first album, The Tony Bennett and Bill Evans Album in 1975 on Tony’s own Improv label and is one of finest jazz vocal albums ever recorded. Just Tony and Bill in the studio making incredible music. Today’s link comes from the recently released compilation album Isn’t It Romantic.
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 904
- 905
- 906
- 907
- 908
- …
- 916
- Next Page »