Hometown, My Town
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| Studio album by Tony Bennett | ||||
| Released | July 1959[1] | |||
| Recorded | November 3-4 and 6, 1958 CBS 30th Street Studio, New York City |
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| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 27:13 | |||
| Label | Columbia CL 1301 CS 8107 |
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| Producer | Mitch Miller | |||
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Hometown, My Town is an album by American singer Tony Bennett.[3] It was originally recorded in 1958 and released in 1959 on Columbia as CL 1301.
Track listing
- "The Skyscraper Blues" (Jenkins, Adair) - 7:08
- "Penthouse Serenade (When We're Alone)" (Will Jason, Val Burton) - 6:17
- "By Myself" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) - 2:54
- "I Cover the Waterfront" (Green, Heyman) - 4:58
- "Love Is Here to Stay" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 2:21
- "The Party's Over" (Styne, Comden, Green) - 3:35
Recorded on November 3 (#1, 3), November 4 (#4-6) and November 6 (#2), 1958.
Personnel
- Tony Bennett – vocals
- Ralph Burns - 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
