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Johnny Hartman - Smooth & Swinging: The Singles & Albums Collection 1947-58

Johnny Hartman - Smooth & Swinging: The Singles & Albums Collection 1947-58

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Johnny Hartman was a jazz and easy listening singer with a rich baritone voice and a stylish way with ballads who recorded with some of the top bands and accompanists of the day during his career, including Earl Hines, Dizzy Gillespie and Erroll Garner. Unlike his more middle-of-the-road peers in the world of post-war sophisticated pop, he did not make records aimed at the singles charts so is less well-known than artists like Tony Bennett and Mel Torme. However, he was a singer who was highly-regarded by his peers, and became famous during the 1970s for an album he made with John Coltrane.

This 52-track collection comprises material drawn from singles and albums, featuring recordings with the orchestras of Earl Hines, Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Carroll, George Williams, Norman Leyden, Perez Prado, Howard Biggs and Frank Hunter, plus the Errol Garner Trio. It includes selected titles from Regent/Savoy album Johnny Hartman Sings, and his albums on the Bethlehem label Songs From The Heart, All Of Me: The Debonair Mr. Hartman and And I Thought About You.

He was a fine interpreter of the repertoire of the Great American Songbook, and this collection offers an insight into the talents of a performer who has not has the attention he merits, and is an entertaining showcase for his work.


TRACKS

Disc 1
Track Title Artist
1 Midnight In New Orleans Earl Fatha Hines Orchestra

2

When I Dream Of You Earl Fatha Hines Orchestra
3 Why Was I Born Johnny Hartman
4 Why Must I Be Tormented Johnny Hartman
5 Just A-Wearyin' For You Johnny Hartman
6 I'll Never Smile Again Johnny Hartman
7 Just You Just Me Johnny Hartman
8 A Woman Always Understands Johnny Hartman
9 I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart Johnny Hartman
10 Sometime Remind Me To Tell You Johnny Hartman
11 I Should Care Johnny Hartman
12 That Old Black Magic Johnny Hartman
13 S'posin' Johnny Hartman
14 Close Your Eyes Johnny Hartman
15 Goodbye Johnny Hartman
16 You Go To My Head Johnny Hartman
17 If Love Is Trouble Johnny Hartman
18 Remember Johnny Hartman
19 September In The Rain Johnny Hartman
20 It's Easy To Remember Johnny Hartman
21 Home (When Shadows Fall) Johnny Hartman
22 Nightingale Johnny Hartman
23 Out Of The Night Johnny Hartman
24 I Ran All The Way Home Johnny Hartman
25 Lemme Go Johnny Hartman
Disc 2
Track Title Artist
1 I'm Afraid Johnny Hartman
2 Wheel Of Fortune Johnny Hartman
3 Wild Johnny Hartman
4 Black Shadow Johnny Hartman
5 I Feel Like Crying Johnny Hartman
6 The World Was Mine Johnny Hartman
7 What Is There To Say Johnny Hartman
8 Ain't Misbehavin' (I'm Savin' My Love For You) Johnny Hartman
9 I Fall In Love Too Easily Johnny Hartman
10 They Didn't Believe Me Johnny Hartman
11 I'm Glad There Is You (In This World Of Ordinary People) Johnny Hartman
12 When Your Lover Has Gone Johnny Hartman
13 Moonlight In Vermont Johnny Hartman
14 Blue Skies Johnny Hartman
15 The Birth Of The Blues Johnny Hartman
16 All Of Me Johnny Hartman
17 Tenderly Johnny Hartman
18 The Lamp Is Low Johnny Hartman
19 While We're Young Johnny Hartman
20 The End Of A Love Affair Johnny Hartman
21 Mam'selle Johnny Hartman
22 Sunday Johnny Hartman
23 Alone Johnny Hartman
24 Long Ago And Far Away Johnny Hartman
25 After You've Gone Johnny Hartman
26 How Long Has This Been Going On Johnny Hartman
  • Artist:
    Johnny Hartman
  • EAN:
    824046348823
  • Discs:
    2
  • FORMAT:
    CD
  • Release:
    October 2023
  • Product Code:
    ADDCD3488
  • Weight:
    0.12kg