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Johnny Hartman
Boston Concert
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists

Track Listings (30) - Disc #1
1. On Green Dolphin Street
2. Intro By Johnny Hartman
3. Sometimes I'm Happy
4. Didn't We
5. Bewitched
6. On A Clear Day
7. Misty
8. Watch What Happens
9. Blues
10. By The Time I Get To Phoenix
11. More I See You
12. If
13. Help Me Make It Through The Night
14. Way We Were
15. Bidin' My Time
16. Folks Who Live On The Hill
17. Down In The Depths (On The 90th Floor)
18. Lush Life
19. Feelings
20. I've Got To Be Me
21. Blues
22. Feelings (Bonus Track)
23. Way We Were (Bonus Track)
24. Send In The Clowns (Bonus Track)
25. Little Girl Blue 5:00 (Bonus Track)
26. Sometimes I'm Happy (Bonus Track)
27. Summertime (Bonus Track)
28. S'posin (Bonus Track)
29. My Foolish Heart (Bonus Track)
30. On A Clear Day (Bonus Track)

CD Details

All Artists: Johnny Hartman
Title: Boston Concert
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Gambit Spain
Original Release Date: 8/28/2007
Re-Release Date: 9/24/2007
Album Type: Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists
Styles: Traditional Jazz & Ragtime, Vocal Jazz, Oldies, Vocal Pop, Traditional Vocal Pop
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 8436028692767

Synopsis

Album Description

Two CD set. While Johnny Hartman is considered by many to be one of the most gifted Jazz vocalists ever, his discography is surprisingly limited and he never gained the recognition he so justly deserved during his lifetime. His best-selling album was his celebrated 1963 collaboration with John Coltrane. The Boston concert presented here for the first time ever must be considered an essential addition to Johnny Hartman's discography. Taped from a radio broadcast at a Boston Jazz club called the Merry Go Round on February 24, 1976, this is the first known recording of Hartman since his 1973 album I've Been There. The next entry in his discography being his October 1977 live set at the Sometime Club in Tokyo. The Japanese performance included Roland Hanna and George Mraz and is presented here as a bonus. 30 tracks. Gambit.

CD Reviews

This and the Coltrane CD are Hartman's best

Steve Emerine | Tucson, AZ United States | 10/03/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This 2-CD package from Gambit Records is a wonderful surprise for Johnny Hartman fans as it introduces two 1976 live sessions from Boston that show him at his very best. With the possible exception of Hartman's all-too-short album with John Coltrane, this is the great singer's best effort. Relaxed and with his voice at its strongest, he demonstrates the style many people were unaware of until after his death. In addition to 21 tunes with Reggie Moore on piano, Alex Lane on bass and Bill English on drums from the Boston appearance, the package includes nine bonus numbers from a 1977 Tokyo appearance with Sir Roland Hanna on piano and George Mraz on bass. The set offers more than two hours of Hartman's singing and a splendid 16-page booklet with recording details and the songs' lyrics. Any listing of top jazz albums for 2007 must include these Boston and Tokyo sessions."