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Strike Up the Band (Tony Bennett and Count Basie album)

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Strike Up the Band is a 1959 studio album by Tony Bennett with Count Basie and his Orchestra.

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William Ruhlmann of Allmusic wrote "The band raves through tunes like "With Plenty Of Money And You," and Bennett matches them, drawing strength from the bravura arrangements, while band and singer achieve a knowing tenderness on "Growing Pains.""[1]

Bennett and Basie recorded two albums together in 1959. The other, In Person!, was released by Bennett's record label, Columbia, while this album was released by Roulette, Basie's label.

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Strike Up the Band" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
  2. "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plans" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz)
  3. "Chicago" (Fred Fisher)
  4. "With Plenty of Money and You" (Al Dubin, Warren)
  5. "Anything Goes" (Cole Porter)
  6. "Life Is a Song" (Fred E. Ahlert, Joe Young)
Side two
  1. "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe)
  2. "Jeepers Creepers" (Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren)
  3. "Growing Pains" (Dorothy Fields, Schwartz)
  4. "Poor Little Rich Girl" (Noel Coward)
  5. "Are You Havin' Any Fun?" (Sammy Fain, Jack Yellen)

The 1990 compact disc reissue included the ballad "After Supper."

Personnel

  • Tony Bennett - vocals
  • Count Basie - conductor
  • The Count Basie Orchestra: Count Basie (pianist and leader), Freddie Green (guitar), Eddie Jones (bass), Sonny Payne (drums), Thad Jones, Snooky Young, Wendell Culley, Joe Newman (trumpets), Benny Powell, Henry Coker, Al Grey (trombones), Charlie Fowlkes (baritone saxophone), Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell (tenor saxophones), Frank Wess, Marshall Royal (alto saxophones)

References

  1. ^ Bennett & Basie Strike Up the Band at AllMusic
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