Hometown, My Town

1959 studio album by Tony Bennett
Hometown, My Town
Studio album by
Tony Bennett
ReleasedJuly 1959[1]
RecordedNovember 3–4 and 6, 1958
StudioCBS 30th Street Studio, New York City
GenreVocal jazz
Length27:13
LabelColumbia
CL 1301
CS 8107
ProducerMitch Miller
Tony Bennett chronology
In Person!
(1959)
Hometown, My Town
(1959)
To My Wonderful One
(1960)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]

Hometown, My Town is an album by American singer Tony Bennett. It was originally recorded in 1958 and released in 1959 on Columbia as CL 1301.

Track listing

  1. "The Skyscraper Blues" (Jenkins, Adair) – 7:08
  2. "Penthouse Serenade (When We're Alone)" (Will Jason, Val Burton) – 6:17
  3. "By Myself" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) – 2:54
  4. "I Cover the Waterfront" (Green, Heyman) – 4:58
  5. "Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:21
  6. "The Party's Over" (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) – 3:35

Recorded on November 3 (#1, 3), November 4 (#4–6) and November 6 (#2), 1958.

Personnel

  • Tony Bennett – vocals
  • Ralph Burns – arranger & conductor
  • Ralph Sharon – piano
  • Ed Caine, Walt Levinsky (#1, 3), J. Palmer, Romeo Penque, A. Epstein (#2) – reeds
  • Al Cohn – tenor saxophone (#4–6)
  • Danny Bank – baritone saxophone
  • Al De Risi, Bernie Glow (#1–3), James Maxwell (#2, 4–6), Marky Markowitz, Carl Poole (#4–6) – trumpet
  • Billy Byers, Urbie Green (#1–3), William Elton (#2, 4–6), Chauncey Welsch (#1, 3–6) – trombone
  • Toots Mondello – alto saxophone, clarinet (#2, 4–6)
  • Al Caiola (#1, 3), Barry Galbraith (#2, 4–6)- guitar
  • Janet Putman – harp
  • Pat Merola (#1, 3), Milt Hinton (#2, 4–6) – bass
  • Eddie Costa – percussion (#2, 4–6)
  • Terry Snyder – drums (#1, 3)
  • Don Lamond – drums (#2, 4–6), percussion (#1, 3)
  • Robert Abernathy (#2, 4–6), Ranier C. De Intinis (#4–6), Joseph Singer (#4–6), Ray Alonge (#2), Richard L. Berg (#2) – unspecified instruments

Strings

  • Seymour Barab, Burt Fisch, Harold Colletta (#2, 4–6), Lucien Schmidt (#4–6), Howard Kay, Harvey Shapiro, Alan Shulman, Isadore Zirr – violoncello, viola
  • Arnold Eidus, Julius Held, Max Hollander, Harry Lookofsky (#4–6), Harry Edison (#4–6, Leo Kruczek, Tosha Samoroff, H. Urbont, Maurice Wilk, Paul Winter, David Nadien (#2), Fred Buldrini (#2) – violin

References

  1. ^ Billboard July 27, 1959
  2. ^ Hometown, My Town at AllMusic
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