Astoria: Portrait of the Artist

by Tony Bennett

Overview

Like The Art of Excellence, the album that marked Tony Bennett's return to recording in 1986, Astoria: Portrait of the Artist was a non-thematic collection of new and old songs on which Bennett was backed both by his regular trio, led by pianist Ralph Sharon, and the U.K. Orchestra. Bennett's new songwriting discovery was Charles DeForest, three of whose songs -- "When Do the Bells Ring for Me," "Where Do You Go from Love," and "I've Come Home Again" -- were included, along with songs by the Gershwins and Jerome Kern, standards like "Body and Soul," and even a re-recording of Bennett's initial Columbia recording, "The Boulevard of Broken Dreams." That recording had come in 1950, and the point of Astoria (which featured a cover photo of the young Bennett in the old neighborhood, with Bennett today standing in the same spot on the back) was to celebrate that 40-year anniversary while looking into both the past and the future, a task it accomplished admirably. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	05/28/2013
Label:	Sony Music Entertainment
UPC:	0886979838123
Rank:	63701

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Tony Bennett   Primary Artist,Vocals
Ralph Sharon   Piano
Jorge Calandrelli   Conductor
Scott Hull   Sequencing
Paul Langosch   Bass
Joe La Barbera   Drums

Technical Credits

Ben Rizzi   Engineer
Jack Elliott   Composer
Johnny Green   Composer
Robert Sour   Composer
Victor Young   Composer
Harry Warren   Composer
Jorge Calandrelli   Arranger
Robert Wells   Composer
Josephine DiDonato   Art Direction
Buddy Weed   Composer
Jerome Kern   Composer
Ogden Nash   Composer
Bob Ludwig   Mastering
Kim Gannon   Composer
Frank Eyton   Composer
George Gershwin   Composer
Ira Gershwin   Composer
Charles DeForest   Composer
Dick Lewzey   Engineer
Scott Hull   Editing
Al Lewis   Composer
Al Sherman   Composer
Bronislaw Kaper   Composer
Gus Kahn   Composer
Dae Bennett   Mixing
Harry Woods   Composer
Danny Bennett   Producer
Kurt Weill   Composer
Al Dubin   Composer
Jack Segal   Composer
Edward Heyman   Composer
Mack Gordon   Composer
Ken Nahoum   Photography
Gerald Marqusee   Composer
Tom Chiappa   Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Jonathan Morton   Assistant Engineer
Daegal Bennett   Mixing
Oscar Hammerstein II   Composer
David Merrill   Assistant Engineer