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Improv was a label started by Tony Bennett and businessman Bill Hassett. Bennett was fed up with the suits at Columbia Records, who were trying to make him sing rock & roll. When his contract expired at the beginning of the 1970s, he and Hassett formed a label to help him realize his aesthetic ambitions, and Improv was born. Bennett recorded five albums for the label between 1973 and 1977 before it went bankrupt. These recordings may not have sold well -- due largely to distribution problems -- but all of them were critically acclaimed. On these sides, Bennett is in awesome company throughout, with talent ranging from Bill Evans and Earl Hines to Ruby Braff to Marian McPartland to Buddy Tate and Charlie Byrd. Selections come from the original albums Tony Bennett Sings 10 Rodgers & Hart Songs, Tony Bennett Sings More Great Rodgers & Hart, Tony Bennett and Bill Evans Together Again (this was the follow-up to the Fantasy set entitled The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album, and is easily the better of the two), Life Is Beautiful, and Tony Bennett with the McPartlands and Friends Make Magnificent Music. Although collectors will opt for the completist box set (The Complete Improv Recordings), this is a good summation of a restlessly original artist during the biggest gamble of his professional career.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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George Barnes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Lorenz Hart, ComposerLyricist - Ruby Braff, Cornet, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Bennett, Producer, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wayne Wright, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John Giuffrida, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Kirk Felton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 Concord Records
Jule Styne, ComposerLyricist - Adolph Green, ComposerLyricist - Betty Comden, ComposerLyricist - Tony Bennett, MainArtist
℗ 2004 Concord Records, Inc.
George Barnes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Lorenz Hart, ComposerLyricist - Ruby Braff, Cornet, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Bennett, Producer, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wayne Wright, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John Giuffrida, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Kirk Felton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 Concord Records
Tommy Wolf, ComposerLyricist - Fred Astaire, ComposerLyricist - Tony Bennett, MainArtist
℗ 2004 Concord Records, Inc.
George Barnes, Guitar, Artist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Lorenz Hart, ComposerLyricist - Ruby Braff, Cornet, Artist, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Bennett, MainArtist - Wayne Wright, Guitar, Artist, AssociatedPerformer - John Giuffrida, Upright Bass, Artist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2004 Concord Records
George Barnes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Lorenz Hart, ComposerLyricist - Ruby Braff, Cornet, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Bennett, Producer, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wayne Wright, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John Giuffrida, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Kirk Felton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 Concord Records
Gene DePaul, ComposerLyricist - Don Raye, ComposerLyricist - Tony Bennett, MainArtist
℗ 2004 Concord Records, Inc.
George Barnes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Lorenz Hart, ComposerLyricist - Ruby Braff, Cornet, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Bennett, Producer, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wayne Wright, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John Giuffrida, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Kirk Felton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 Concord Records
George Barnes, Guitar, Artist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Lorenz Hart, ComposerLyricist - Ruby Braff, Cornet, Artist, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Bennett, MainArtist - Wayne Wright, Guitar, Artist, AssociatedPerformer - John Giuffrida, Bass Guitar, Artist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2004 Concord Records
Bill Evans, MainArtist - Michel Legrand, ComposerLyricist - HELEN KEANE, Producer - Marilyn Bergman, ComposerLyricist - Alan Bergman, ComposerLyricist - Tony Bennett, MainArtist
℗ 2004 Concord Records, Inc.
Duke Ellington, ComposerLyricist - Tony Bennett, MainArtist - Marjorie Houseman, ComposerLyricist - Milt Raskin, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2004 Concord Records
George Barnes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Lorenz Hart, ComposerLyricist - Ruby Braff, Cornet, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Bennett, Producer, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wayne Wright, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John Giuffrida, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Kirk Felton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2004 Concord Records
Jay Livingston, ComposerLyricist - Ray Evans, ComposerLyricist - Tony Bennett, MainArtist - Percy Faith, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2004 Concord Records
Herman Hupfeld, ComposerLyricist - Tony Bennett, MainArtist
℗ 2004 Concord Records
ALEC WILDER, ComposerLyricist - William Engvick, ComposerLyricist - Tony Bennett, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Morty Palitz, ComposerLyricist - Marian McPartland, Piano, Artist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2004 Concord Records
Douglass Cross, ComposerLyricist - George Cory, ComposerLyricist - Tony Bennett, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Marian McPartland, Piano, Artist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2004 Concord Records
Album review
Improv was a label started by Tony Bennett and businessman Bill Hassett. Bennett was fed up with the suits at Columbia Records, who were trying to make him sing rock & roll. When his contract expired at the beginning of the 1970s, he and Hassett formed a label to help him realize his aesthetic ambitions, and Improv was born. Bennett recorded five albums for the label between 1973 and 1977 before it went bankrupt. These recordings may not have sold well -- due largely to distribution problems -- but all of them were critically acclaimed. On these sides, Bennett is in awesome company throughout, with talent ranging from Bill Evans and Earl Hines to Ruby Braff to Marian McPartland to Buddy Tate and Charlie Byrd. Selections come from the original albums Tony Bennett Sings 10 Rodgers & Hart Songs, Tony Bennett Sings More Great Rodgers & Hart, Tony Bennett and Bill Evans Together Again (this was the follow-up to the Fantasy set entitled The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album, and is easily the better of the two), Life Is Beautiful, and Tony Bennett with the McPartlands and Friends Make Magnificent Music. Although collectors will opt for the completist box set (The Complete Improv Recordings), this is a good summation of a restlessly original artist during the biggest gamble of his professional career.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 00:48:59
- Main artists: Tony Bennett
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Concord Records
- Genre: Classical Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred)
© 2011 Concord Music Group, Inc. ℗ 2011 Concord Music Group, Inc.
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