Collection 1947-72 (1998) ( )

Product Summary Label: Uni/hip-O Records UPC: 00076744013729 Release Date: 9/22/1998 Buy.com Sku: 60262911 Item#: MY6CWT Buy.com Sales Rank: 25079 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. I'll Never Smile Again ~ Johnny Hartman 2. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart ~ Johnny Hartman 3. Why Was I Born? ~ Johnny Hartman 4. I Should Care - (with Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra) ~ Johnny Hartman 5. That Old Black Magic - (with Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra) ~ Johnny Hartman 6. Close Your Eyes ~ Johnny Hartman 7. S'Posin ~ Johnny Hartman 8. Goodbye ~ Johnny Hartman 9. September In The Rain ~ Johnny Hartman 10. Out Of The Night ~ Johnny Hartman 11. Worry Bird ~ Johnny Hartman 12. Wheel Of Fortune ~ Johnny Hartman 13. Wild - (with Perez Prado & His Orchestra) ~ Johnny Hartman 14. Black Shadows ~ Johnny Hartman 15. I Feel Like Crying ~ Johnny Hartman 16. I See Your Face Before Me ~ Johnny Hartman 17. End Of A Love Affair, The ~ Johnny Hartman 18. World Was Mine, The ~ Johnny Hartman 19. Bye, Baby, Bye ~ Johnny Hartman 20. I Thought About You ~ Johnny Hartman 21. Mam'selle ~ Johnny Hartman Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. My One And Only Love - (with John Coltrane) ~ Johnny Hartman 2. Lush Life - (with John Coltrane) ~ Johnny Hartman 3. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning ~ Johnny Hartman 4. Don't You Know I Care ~ Johnny Hartman 5. Stairway To The Stars ~ Johnny Hartman 6. My Ship ~ Johnny Hartman 7. More I See You, The ~ Johnny Hartman 8. Almost Like Being In Love ~ Johnny Hartman 9. Very Thought Of You, The ~ Johnny Hartman 10. Unforgettable ~ Johnny Hartman 11. If I Had You ~ Johnny Hartman 12. As You Desire Me ~ Johnny Hartman 13. When I Get The Time ~ Johnny Hartman 14. I Cover The Waterfront ~ Johnny Hartman 15. Fly Me To The Moon ~ Johnny Hartman 16. On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever) ~ Johnny Hartman 17. Shadow Of Your Smile ~ Johnny Hartman (P) 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc. (C) 1998 Universal Music Special Markets Inc.   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel includes: Johnny Hartman (vocals); Rudy Traylor (conductor); Jimmy Carroll (alto saxophone); Budd Johnson, John Coltrane, Illinois Jacquet (tenor saxophone); Bernie Glow, Terumasa Hino (trumpet); Tyree Glenn (trombone, vibraphone); Bobby Tucker, Erroll Garner, Ralph Sharon, McCoy Tyner, Hank Jones, Mikio Masuda (piano); Carmen Mastren, Kenny Burrell (guitar); Ray Brown, Leonard Gaskin, Jimmy Garrison, Milt Hinton, Richard Davis, Yoshio Ikeda (bass); Cozy Cole, Elvin Jones, Osie Johnson, Motohiko Hino (drums); Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra, Jimmy Carroll's Orchestra, Norman Leydon Orchestra & Choir, Perez Prado Orchestra, Howard Biggs Orchestra & Choir, Ernie Wilkins Orchestra, Frank Hunter Orchestra. Compilation producers: Will Friedwald, Andy McKaie. Recorded between 1947 and 1972. Includes liner notes by Will Friedwald. Digitally remastered by Erik Labson (MCA Music Media Studios, North Hollywood, California). Personnel: Dennis Budimer, Herb Ellis, S. Malone, Art Ryerson, Kenny Burrell, Tommy Tedesco , Barry Galbraith, Carmen Mastren (guitar); Jerome Reisler, Wilbert Nuttycombe, Darrel Terwilliger, George Poole, James Getzoff, John Vidusich, Harry Melnikoff, Erno Neufeld, Earl Cornwell, Betty Marks, M. Weiser, Maurice Hershaft, Leonard Malarsky, Marshall Sosson, Vince Gill, Victor Arno, Arnold Belnick, Raoul Poliakin (violin); George Grossman, CPL. Henry Brynan, Gareth "Garry" Nuttycombe, Alvin Rinkin, Samuel Boghossian (viola); James Forman (cello, piano); Harold Schnier, Joseph Ditullio, Harold Schneier, Anne Goodman (cello); Jerome Richardson (flute, tenor saxophone); Anthony Ortega (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); John Brown , Ernie Henry, George Furman, Jimmy Caroll Orchestra with Strings (alto saxophone); Curtis Amy, Bud Johnson, Harold Land, Joe d'Addario, Illinois Jacquet, Joe Gayles, John Coltrane, Lucky Thompson, Teddy Edwards, Yusef Lateef (tenor saxophone); Danny Bank, Jack Nimitz, Al Gibson (baritone saxophone); Chris Griffin , Joe Ferrante, Dizzy Gillespie, Ernie Royal, Jules Chaikin, Fred Hill, Ruby Weinstein, Jack Mootz, Howard McGhee, Mike Shain, Mike McMickle, Al Porcino, Melvin Moore, Roger Mozian, Taft Jordan, Terumasa Hino, Benny Harris , Bernie Glow, Willie Cook, Elmon Wright, Jimmy Nottingham, Al DeRisi, Bud Brisbois, Bernie Privin (trumpet); Tyree Glenn (trombone, vibraphone); Irv Dinkin, Henry Singer, Frank Rehak, Jesse Tarrant, Ernie Tack, Mike Barone, Sam Hurt, John Ewing , Claude Jones, Lester Robertson (trombone); Dave Grusin (piano, keyboards); Masahiko Kikuchi, Erroll Garner, Dennis Vaughan, Hank Jones , Sanford Gold, McCoy Tyner, Michael Melvoin, Mikio Masuda, Ralph Sharon, Billy Taylor , Bobby Tucker (piano); Paul Ricci, Eddie Barefield, Art Drelinger, Joe "Cornbread" Thomas , Murray Williams, Sid Cooper, Romeo Penque, Hymie Schertzer, Milt Yaner (synthesizer); Melvin Pollan (bass guitar); Bunny Shawker (drums, bongos); Alvin Stoller (drums, percussion); Cozy Cole, Elvin Jones, Charles Smith, Sonny Rivera, Christy Febbo, Hiroshi Murakami, Kansas Fields, Motohiko Hino, Osie Johnson, Stan Levey, Teddy Stewart, Terry Snyder (drums); Mongo Santamar¡a, Sabu Martinez (congas); Martin Grupp, Chano Pozo (bongos); Paquito Sosa (maracas). Recording information: Chicago, IL (12/??/1947-11/29/1972); Los Angeles, CA (12/??/1947-11/29/1972); New York, NY (12/??/1947-11/29/1972); Nj (12/??/1947-11/29/1972); Tokyo, Japan (12/??/1947-11/29/1972). Ensemble: John Coltrane Quartet. Photographer: Chuck Stewart. Arrangers: James Mundy; Jack Pleis; Danny Mendelsohn; Frank Hunter. Just where Johnny Hartman's name ends up in the pantheon of great jazzy pop singers is still left open to debate. But his talents and mastery of a lyric come to the fore on this marvelous two-CD set of tunes cherry-picked from his long, if not particularly prolific, career, leaving no doubt about his prodigious talents. Hartman went through label affiliations like some folks go through underwear, and this 38-track overview samples his best for RCA Victor, Regent, Bethlehem, Mercury, Jubilee, ABC-Paramount, Roost, Impulse! and the Japanese branch of Capitol, beginning in 1947 and winding up in 1972. Marvelous one-off singles proliferate throughout Collection: 1947-1972, providing sparkling performances with Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra ("I Should Care"), P?rez Prado Orchestra ("Wild") and versions of "The World Was Mine" and "I See Your Face Before Me" (featuring Howard McGhee) well-worth the price of admission. Other highlights include his work with jazz giants like John Coltrane ("My One and Only Love," "Lush Life"), Hank Jones, Kenny Burrell ("In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning") and Illinois Jacquet ("Don't You Know I Care") and two 1996 string-section dates that produce stellar readings of "The Very Thought of You," "Unforgettable," "If I Had You," "As You Desire Me," "When I Get the Time" and "I Cover the Waterfront." An artist of immeasurable talent certainly deserving of a wider audience. ~ Cub Koda This is the first career-length retrospective of Johnny Hartman, the late, exquisite jazz baritone who has enjoyed a posthumous resurgence since director Clint Eastwood featured his recordings in Bridges of Madison County. Here we finally have a chance to hear some of Hartman's earliest recordings, some with Dizzy Gillespie, Perez Prado and Erroll Garner. Hartman had a reputation as a Billy Eckstine imitator early in his career, but a close listen to 1947 tracks like "Why Was I Born?" and "Close Your Eyes" reveals an altogether different approach--much softer in timbre, somewhat like a black Perry Como(!) Hartman seems to have sung best with small jazz combos, as on "I See Your Face Before Me" from the excellent 1956 SONGS FROM THE HEART, with trumpeter Howard McGhee, and of course, the classic 1963 collaboration JOHN COLTRANE & JOHNNY HARTMAN. Only "My One And Only Love" and a definitive "Lush Life" are included from that magical session. But tasty versions of "In The Wee Small Hours," "Stairway To The Stars" and other numbers culled from the superior Impulse albums Hartman recorded soon after the Coltrane sessions compensate nicely for any omission. Musical Guests John Coltrane Dizzy Gillespie Erroll Garner Hank Jones Ray Brown McCoy Tyner Elvin Jones Milt Hinton   Compilation Appearances Gentle Side Of John Coltrane Capitol Sings George Gershwin Bridges Of Madison County Priceless Jazz Sampler When Love Goes Wrong Original Great American Songbook Porgy And Bess Harold Arlen Songbook:over The Rainbo House That Trane Built: Story of Impulse Records Number 1 Jazz Vocal Album / Various (can) Gold Jazz For Lovers   Associated Artists and Works Coltrane, John John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman [Remaster] ~ Coltrane, John Coltrane, John John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman ~ Coltrane, John Coltrane, John Coltrane, John Coltrane, John Coltrane, John Coltrane, John Coltrane, John Coltrane, John Coltrane, John Coltrane, John John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman ~ Coltrane, John Coltrane, John Coltrane, John Williams, Joe Williams, Joe (Vocals)   Technical Info Release Date : 09/22/1998 Original Release Date : 1998 Catalog ID : 40137 Label : Hip-O Records Number of Discs : 2 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00076744013729    Product Image