In Person!
1959 studio album by Tony Bennett with the Count Basie Orchestra / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In Person! is a 1959 album by Tony Bennett, accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra.[2]
In Person! | ||||
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Studio album by Tony Bennett with the Count Basie Orchestra | ||||
Released | March 1959[1] | |||
Recorded | December 22 & 30, 1958 | |||
Studio | CBS 30th Street Studio, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 33:55 | |||
Label | Columbia CL 1294 CS 8104 | |||
Producer | Al Ham | |||
Tony Bennett chronology | ||||
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Count Basie Orchestra chronology | ||||
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The album was originally intended to be a live recording of a November 1958 performance at Philadelphia's Latin Casino, but the mono recording of the concert was disregarded by producer Al Ham who wanted the album recorded in stereo. Bennett and Basie were then reunited in the studio a month later to recreate the live concert. Fake applause was dubbed onto the original release of In Person! by Ham, and placed in incorrect places on the album. The effect was poorly received and removed for the album's 1994 re-issue.[2][3] In his autobiography, The Good Life, Bennett wrote that "I never understood why we didn't release the live version. The whole attempt at fabricating an audience was in bad taste" and that as a result of the experience he had always preferred the second album he recorded with Basie that year, Strike Up the Band.[4]
Basie and Bennett recorded two albums together in 1959; In Person! was released by Bennett's record label, Columbia, and Strike Up the Band was released by Basie's label, Roulette.