An Appreciation of the Art and Music of Tony Bennett
The song of the day for Monday, September 1, 2020, is “Wave.”
Written in 1967, “Wave,” or “Vou Te Contar” in the original Portuguese, is a classic bossa nova song by Antonio Carlos Jobim. It’s one of Jobim’s loveliest songs.
Tony Bennett recorded “Wave” in 1970 for the album Tony Bennett’s “Something.” Peter Matz wrote the arrangement.
“Wave,” as well as Tony Bennett’s “Something”, is available from Apple Music.
The song of the day for Sunday, June 28, 2020, is “Wave.”
“Wave” (or “Vou Te Contar” in the original Portuguese), is a classic bossa nova song by Antonio Carlos Jobim. It’s one of Jobim’s loveliest songs. He wrote it in 1967.
Tony Bennett sang “Wave” at his 1971 concert at Royal Albert Hall in London; the concert was captured on the album Get Happy. Bennett had previously recorded “Wave” for his 1970 album Tony Bennett’s Something, with an arrangement by Peter Matz; the Matz arrangement was used for this live recording.
“Wave,” as well as Get Happy, is available from Apple Music.
The song of the day for Wednesday, July 11, 2018 is “Wave.”
“Wave,” or “Vou Te Contar” in the original Portuguese, is a classic bossa nova song written by Antonio Carlos Jobim in 1967. It’s one of Jobim’s loveliest songs.
Tony Bennett recorded “Wave” in 1970 for his album Tony Bennett’s “Something”. It features an arrangement by Peter Matz.
Wave
Wave, a song by Tony Bennett on Spotify
“Wave,” as well as Tony Bennett’s “Something”, is available from iTunes.
The song of the day for Monday, November 6, 2017 is “Exactly Like You.”
“Exactly Like You” was written by Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields in 1930 for Lew Leslie’s International Revue, which also introduced “On The Sunny Side Of The Street.” While the reviewers were not kind to the production, the score was then, and remains still, quite noteworthy. Even though Fields’ lyrics for the song are very fine, the early recordings of the song were mostly instrumentals, such as that by Louis Armstrong. The song became popular again in 1936, with a fine recording by Benny Goodman that featured Lionel Hampton on the vibraphone, followed by the 1937 recording by Count Basie, which included the vocals by Jimmy Rushing. Later notable recordings include those by Carmen McRae (1954), Bing Crosby (1944), Patti Page (1949), Anita O’Day (1975), Nina Simone (1959) and Diana Krall (2006).
Tony Bennett and k.d. lang recorded “Exactly Like You” in 2002 for their album dedicated to songs associated with Louis Armstrong: A Wonderful World. The musical director was Lee Musiker and Peter Matz conducted the orchestra.
Exactly Like You
Exactly Like You, a song by Tony Bennett, k.d. lang on Spotify
“Exactly Like You,” as well as Exactly Like You, is available from iTunes.
The song of the day for Thursday, October 1, 2015 is “Wave.”
“Wave,” or “Vou Te Contar” in the original Portuguese, written in 1967, is a classic bossa nova song by Antonio Carlos Jobim. It’s one of Jobim’s loveliest songs.
Tony Bennett recorded “Wave” on August 13, 1970 and released it that same year on the album Tony Bennett’s Something. It was arranged and conducted by Peter Matz. The session included several Bennett favorites, including John Bunch, Milt Hinton and Al De Risi.
Wave
Wave, a song by Tony Bennett on Spotify
“Wave,” as well as Tony Bennett’s Something, is available from iTunes.