Tawny/Music, Martinis and Memories

Jackie Gleason - Tawny/Music, Martinis and Memories

Tawny/Music, Martinis and Memories
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Artist: Jackie Gleason
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2001-03-13
Music Label: Collector's Choice
Soundtracks:
  1. Girl, Boy, Dance, Affair
  2. Little Girl
  3. I Cover The Waterfront
  4. Some Day
  5. If I Had You
  6. Once In A While
  7. I Can't Get Started
  8. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
  9. My Ideal
  10. Yesterdays
  11. I Love You (Je T'Aime)
  12. Unforgettable
  13. How High The Moon
  14. I'll Be Seeing You
  15. Shangri-La
  16. I Remember You
  17. It Could Happen To You
  18. Somebody Loves Me
  19. Time On My Hands (You In My Arms)
  20. The Nearness Of You
  21. The Song Is Ended

Music reviews of Tawny/Music, Martinis and Memories

Music Review: Two Classic Gleason Albums-definite must haves!
Rating: 5 Stars

In the Fall of /53 Gleason got the idea for a ballet...on television! The CBS execs had a coniption fit.They protested that a ballet would be lost on the small screen,it had never been done before and there would be little or no audience for it.
Jackie Gleason being,well Jackie Gleason,forged ahead with his idea.The ballet would be a modern ballet,composed of four parts and sounding similar in nature to Gershwins'"Rhapsody in Blue" and/or Rodgers' "Slaughter on 10th Avenue" but composed by Jackie himself.He wanted and got the use of five cameras,a TV first.The fifth camera would sit high on a balcony to give,when needed,a Busby Berekeley look and feel to the production.Gleason would place 50 musicians and 76 dancers on stage during that show,the latter choreographed by June Taylor.
To borrow a phrase,"Gleason came,he saw,he conquered".The show that night was a critical and public success,truly one of his shining moments on TV and in the musical field.To capitalize(no pun intended) on his success,Capitol records quickly rush released the soundtrack,which in fact was the pre-rehearsal recording made by Jackie who conducted a 55 piece orchestra put together by his shows' conductor Ray Bloch,for several hours.Afterwards,he help to mix the sound with the engineers,keeping the orchestra on an hour overtime.Then for another extra hour he listened to the playback to make sure it was just right.All this just so his choreographer June Taylor,had something to listen and playback for her dancers while rehearsing for the actual show!That recording apparently cost Jackie in the neighbourhood of $10,000 alone!
As if the show wasn't enough of a success,the release of the ballet soundtrack "Tawny",with four added numbers,was also a resounding success,selling into the million mark.
To compliment this release the good people at Collector's Choice music give us,along with "Tawny", another huge selling Gleason album"Music,Martinis and Memories".This album for the most part has the lush string sound with the Hackett trumpet so beloved by Gleason fans.And "memories" abound here with some classic numbers made famous by people like Bunny Berigan("I Can't get Started"),Glenn Miller("The Nearness of You") and Al Bowly("Time on my Hands").One number "How high the Moon" is a standout only for its' penchant for following the quick beat of Les Paul and Mary Fords' then current hit of that song.It's almost like a lone carnation in a rose bed.
Whatever way you slice it this is another classic Gleason album/CD release by Collectors Choice and a definitive must have for all his fans and all fans of superior easy listening music.And as always the complete original liner notes and cover art are included.Who could ask for more?
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