If I Ruled the World: Songs for the Jet Set | ||||
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Released | April 19, 1965[1] | |||
Recorded | January 4, 1965 (#4, 6, 10) February 18, 1965 (#3, 7, 9) February 19, 1965 (#1–2, 5, 8, 11–12) | |||
Studio | CBS 30th Street Studio, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 41:35 | |||
Label | Columbia CL 2343 CS 9143 | |||
Producer | Ernie Altschuler | |||
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Allmusic | [2] |
Record Mirror | [3] |
If I Ruled the World: Songs for the Jet Set is a 1965 studio album by Tony Bennett, arranged by Don Costa. Bennett dedicated his recording of "Sweet Lorraine" on the album to Nat "King" Cole, who had died a month before the album's release.[4]
Track listing
- "Samba do Avião" ("Song of the Jet") (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees) – 3:34
- "Fly Me to the Moon" (Bart Howard) – 4:00
- "How Insensitive" (Vinicius de Moraes, Norman Gimbel, Jobim) – 4:23
- "If I Ruled the World" (Leslie Bricusse, Cyril Ornadel) – 3:00
- "Love Scene" (Marshall Barer, Duke Ellington) – 2:33
- "Take the Moment" (Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim) – 3:59
- "Then Was Then and Now Is Now" (Cy Coleman, Peggy Lee) – 3:05
- "Sweet Lorraine" (Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish) – 3:39
- "The Right to Love" (Gene Lees, Lalo Schifrin) – 3:41
- "Watch What Happens" (Jacques Demy, Gimbel, Michel Legrand) – 2:57
- "All My Tomorrows" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:19
- "Two by Two" (Rodgers, Sondheim) – 3:25
Personnel
Performance
- Tony Bennett – vocals
- Al Cohn – tenor sax (#1–3, 9)
- Joe Marsala – clarinet (#8)
- Ralph Sharon – piano
- Carlos Lyra – guitar (#1, 3)
- Bobby Hackett – ukulele (#8)
- Hal Gaylor – bass
- William "Billy" Exiner, Elcio Milito (#1 only) – drums
- Don Costa – arranger, conductor
References
- ↑ Tony Bennett.com
- ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r24547
- ↑ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (11 September 1965). "Tony Bennett: Songs For The Jet Set" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 235. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ↑ If I Ruled the World: Songs for the Jet Set at AllMusic
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