Hometown, My Town
| Hometown, My Town | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | July 1959[1] | |||
| Recorded | November 3–4 and 6, 1958 | |||
| Studio | CBS 30th Street Studio, New York City | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 27:13 | |||
| Label | Columbia CL 1301 CS 8107 | |||
| Producer | Mitch Miller | |||
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| 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
- "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" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:21
- "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
- ^ Billboard July 27, 1959
- ^ Hometown, My Town at AllMusic
