The Beat of My Heart

by Tony Bennett

Overview

On only his third full-length, 12" LP, Tony Bennett comes up with a concept album, singing against novel percussion arrangements, backed by drummers like Art Blakey, Jo Jones, Chico Hamilton, Billy Exiner, Candido, and Sabu. Several songs feature only drums and flutes. Over this unusual instrumentation, Bennett sings beautifully, giving his usual full-voiced emotion to songs like "Lullaby of Broadway," "Let's Face the Music and Dance," and "Just One of Those Things." This was the first album to give notice that Bennett was more than just another near-operatic, melodramatic pop singer of the early '50s. Here was a man who had jazz chops, musical imagination, and a sense of swing. He was practically a hipster! ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	05/28/2013
Label:	Sony Music Entertainment
UPC:	0886979568426
Rank:	71731

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Tony Bennett   Primary Artist,Vocals
Ralph Sharon   Guest Artist,Piano,Conductor
Herbie Mann   Guest Artist,Flute
Kai Winding   Guest Artist,Trombone
Al Cohn   Guest Artist,Sax (Tenor)
Jo Jones   Guest Artist,Featured Artist,Drums
Eddie Costa   Guest Artist,Vibraphone
Billy Exiner   Featured Artist,Drums
Nat Adderley   Guest Artist,Trumpet
Milt Hinton   Guest Artist,Bass
Sabu   Featured Artist
Chico Hamilton   Featured Artist,Drums
Art Blakey   Featured Artist,Guest Artist,Drums
Candido   Featured Artist
Jim Dahl   Trombone
James Dahl   Trombone
James Bond   Bass
John Pisani   Guitar
Robert Jasper   Flute
Vincent Vittorio   Flute
Ziskind Lieb   Trombone
Robert Alexander   Trombone
William Slapin   Flute
Eddie Safranski   Bass
John Pisano   Guitar
Spencer Sinatra   Flute

Technical Credits

Pat Ballard   Composer
Mark Feldman   Project Director
Jerome Moross   Composer
Ian Grant   Composer
Sean Evans   Design,Art Direction
John Latouche   Composer
T. Borelli   Composer
Ralph Sharon   Arranger
Tom Waring   Composer
Harry Warren   Composer
Johnny Burke   Composer
Juerg Morgenthaler   Composer
Tony Bennett   Executive Producer
Jerome Kern   Composer
Harold Arlen   Composer
J. Fred Coots   Composer
Irving Berlin   Composer
Cole Porter   Composer
Frank Laico   Engineer
Don DeVito   Executive Producer
Charles Henderson   Composer
Joseph Meyer   Composer
Johnny Mercer   Composer
Roger Wolfe Kahn   Composer
Robert Waller   Engineer
Lionel Rand   Composer
Otto Harbach   Composer
Alec Wilder   Composer
Mitch Miller   Producer
Al Ham   Producer
Harold Chapman   Engineer
Haven Gillespie   Composer
Harold Spina   Composer
Al Dubin   Composer
Irving Caesar   Composer