The Essential Tony Bennett
Like most entries in Sony/Legacy s Essential series, 2002's The Essential Tony Bennett is an excellent, exhaustive retrospective of a lengthy, hit-filled career at Columbia Although Bennett spent time at other labels -- particularly in the '70s -- he made his best-known and greatest recordings for Columbia from the late '50s through the '90s, which is what provides the bulk of the material here. Though this skips through the '70s material, it does provide what amounts to Bennett at his best, whether it's on "Rags to Riches" and "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" in the '60s, or on latter-day classics like "Steppin' out with My Baby." Bennett surely recorded more great material than can fit on a two-disc, 40-track collection, but this contains the cream of the crop and it's hard to imagine a collection like this being executed better than this. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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Ray Conniff - Arranger
Ray Conniff - Conductor
Percy Faith - Arranger
Percy Faith - Conductor
Tony Bennett - Producer
Tony Bennett - Main Performer
Cy Coleman - Conductor
Bobby Hackett - ?
Ralph Burns - Arranger
Ralph Burns - Conductor
Ralph Sharon - Arranger
Johnny Keating - Arranger
Johnny Keating - Conductor
Mitch Miller - Producer
Frank DeVol - Arranger
Frank DeVol - Conductor
George Siravo - Arranger
George Siravo - Conductor
Ettore Stratta - Producer
Stephen Moore - Project Director
Steven Berkowitz - Compilation Producer
Steven Berkowitz - A&R
Ernie Altschuler - Producer
Danny Bennett - Producer
Danny Bennett - Executive Producer
Jorge Calandrelli - Conductor
Don Costa - Arranger
Don Costa - Conductor
Didier C. Deutsch - Compilation Producer
Robert Farnon - Arranger
Robert Farnon - Conductor
Andre Fischer - Producer
David Kahne - Producer
Teo Macero - Producer
Johnny Mandel - Arranger
Johnny Mandel - Conductor
Marty Manning - Arranger
Marty Manning - Conductor
Glenn Osser - Arranger
Glenn Osser - Conductor
Phil Ramone - Producer
Allen Stanton - Producer
Mark Wilder - Mastering
Torrie Zito - Arranger
Torrie Zito - Conductor
Al Ham - Producer
Herman Leonard - Cover Photo
Howard Fritzson - Art Direction
Sandy Speiser - Photography
Risa Zaitschek Noah - Design
Howard Roberts - Producer
Seth Foster - Mastering
Darren Salmieri - A&R
Mark Unterberger - Packaging Manager
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