Artists: Tonny Bennett, Bill Evans
Album: The Complete Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Recordings
Label: Concord Music Group
Release Date: April 14th, 2009

Popular music’s top song stylist Tony Bennett joined together with the legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans for two albums of sublime duets recorded in 1975 and 1976. Venerated as gorgeous gems of jazz grace, the two LPs along with numerous alternate takes and bonus tracks are combined on the 2-CD The Complete Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Recordings, released on the Concord Music Group Fantasy Records imprint on April 14.

Disc 1 combines the originally issued recordings, “The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album” & “Together Again,” with two bonus tracks; Disc 2 features alternate takes from both sessions.

The first meeting of the vocalist and pianist, The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album , featured the pair performing standards, as well as am oving rendition of Evan’s classic tune, “Waltz For Debby.” Other standards include “But Beautiful,” “The Days Of Wine And Roses,” and “Young And Foolish.”

This established the Bennett-Evans chemistry, with the two having plenty of room to make their own personal statements. In 1976, the pair returned to the studio for Together Again, opening with Evan’s solo rendition of “The Bad And The Beautiful,” and continuing with moving renditions of “Lucky To Be Me” and “You Don’t Know What Love Is.”

Reflecting back, Bennett remains especially proud of these sessions with Bill Evans, citing them as the most satisfying projects of his long career. Nick Phillips produced the remaster complication with new liner notes by Will Friedwald.

- More album information at On Target Media Group.
- For artist information, please visit Concord’s Site.

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