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The arrangements on Music, Martinis, and Memories are really very simple: massed violins play the melody while Bobby Hackett's trumpet flits around the edges, or sometimes Hackett takes the lead over a bed of swelling strings. The music sets a romantic mood, but compared to the arrangements of Percy Faith or Les Baxter, Gleason is plain vanilla. Many of the orchestral pop leaders made a point of boiling down their music to its essentials without fancy flourishes, and their success proves the mainstream appeal of such an approach. But if you're looking for depth, you won't find much of it here. Music, Martinis, and Memories is fine dinner music, and Hackett's technique is superb, but the album fails to hold the listener's attention when brought to the foreground.
© Greg Adams /TiVo
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Bud Green, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Hackett, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Edwards, ComposerLyricist - Jackie Gleason, Conductor, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1954 Capitol Records, LLC
Robert Norberg, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ira Gershwin, Author - Vernon Duke, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Hackett, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Gleason, Conductor, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1996 Capitol Records, LLC
Duke Ellington, Composer - Paul Francis Webster, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Hackett, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Gleason, Conductor, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1954 Capitol Records, LLC
Leo Robin, Author - Newell Chase, Composer - Richard A. Whiting, Composer - Bobby Hackett, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Gleason, Conductor, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1954 Capitol Records, LLC
Jerome Kern, Composer - Otto Harbach, Author - Bobby Hackett, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Gleason, Conductor, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1954 Capitol Records, LLC
Harlan Thompson, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Hackett, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Gleason, Conductor, Producer, MainArtist - Harry Archer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1954 Capitol Records, LLC
Irving Gordon, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Hackett, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Gleason, Conductor, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1954 Capitol Records, LLC
William M. Lewis, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Nancy Hamilton, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Hackett, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Gleason, Conductor, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1954 Capitol Records, LLC
Sammy Fain, Composer - Irving Kahal, Author - Bobby Hackett, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Gleason, Conductor, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1954 Capitol Records, LLC
Carl Sigman, Author - Robert Maxwell, Author - Matty Malneck, Composer - Jackie Gleason, Conductor, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1954 Capitol Records, LLC
Johnny Mercer, ComposerLyricist - Victor Schertzinger, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Hackett, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Gleason, Conductor, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1954 Capitol Records, LLC
Johnny Burke, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Van Heusen, Composer - Bobby Hackett, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Gleason, Conductor, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1954 Capitol Records, LLC
George Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Buddy DeSylva, ComposerLyricist - BALLARD MACDONALD, ComposerLyricist - Jackie Gleason, Conductor, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1954 Capitol Records, LLC
Vincent Youmans, Composer - Mack Gordon, Author - Harold Adamson, Author - Bobby Hackett, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Gleason, Conductor, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1954 Capitol Records, LLC
Ned Washington, ComposerLyricist - HOAGY CARMICHAEL, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Hackett, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Gleason, Conductor, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1955 Capitol Records, LLC
Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Hackett, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Gleason, Conductor, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1954 Capitol Records, LLC
Album review
The arrangements on Music, Martinis, and Memories are really very simple: massed violins play the melody while Bobby Hackett's trumpet flits around the edges, or sometimes Hackett takes the lead over a bed of swelling strings. The music sets a romantic mood, but compared to the arrangements of Percy Faith or Les Baxter, Gleason is plain vanilla. Many of the orchestral pop leaders made a point of boiling down their music to its essentials without fancy flourishes, and their success proves the mainstream appeal of such an approach. But if you're looking for depth, you won't find much of it here. Music, Martinis, and Memories is fine dinner music, and Hackett's technique is superb, but the album fails to hold the listener's attention when brought to the foreground.
© Greg Adams /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 00:48:57
- Main artists: Jackie Gleason
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Capitol Records (CAP)
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1954 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2001 Capitol Records LLC
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