All of Me: The Debonair Mr. Hartman

All of Me: The Debonair Mr. Hartman is a 1957 album by Jazz singer Johnny Hartman. It was released on the Bethlehem label. The album was reissued in 2000 with four additional tracks, alternate takes of songs from the original album.[2][3]

All of Me: The Debonair Mr. Hartman
Studio album by
Released1957
RecordedNovember 1956[1]
VenueNew York City
GenreJazz
Length37:34
LabelBethlehem
BCP 6014
ProducerRed Clyde
Johnny Hartman chronology
Songs from the Heart
(1956)
All of Me: The Debonair Mr. Hartman
(1957)
Johnny Hartman Sings...Just You, Just Me
(1956)

Reception

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Professional ratings
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SourceRating
Allmusic     [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz    [4]

Scott Yanow reviewed All of Me for Allmusic and wrote that the album's "emphasis is on ballads (always Hartman's strong point) with the highlights including 'Blue Skies,' 'Tenderly,' 'The Lamp Is Low' and 'I Concentrate on You.'"[3]

Track listing

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  1. "Blue Skies" (Irving Berlin) – 2:57
  2. "I Could Make You Care" (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin) – 3:36
  3. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 3:23
  4. "The Lamp Is Low" (Peter DeRose, Mitchell Parish, Maurice Ravel, Bert Shefter) – 2:44
  5. "While We're Young" (William Engvick, Morty Palitz, Alec Wilder) – 2:58
  6. "The Birth of the Blues" (Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson) – 2:57
  7. "I'll Follow You" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) – 3:34
  8. "I Concentrate on You" (Cole Porter) – 3:50
  9. "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 3:47
  10. "I Get a Kick Out of You" (Cole Porter) – 3:09
  11. "The End of a Love Affair" (Edward Redding) – 3:21
  12. "All of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) – 2:19
Alternate takes released on 2000 CD reissue
  1. "Blue Skies" – 3:27
  2. "I Get a Kick Out of You" – 3:25
  3. "Birth of the Blues" – 3:00
  4. "All of Me" – 2:26

Personnel

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From The Last Balladeer: The Johnny Hartman Story.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Akkerman, Gregg (2012). The Last Balladeer: The Johnny Hartman Story. Studies in Jazz, No. 68. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810882812.
  2. ^ Bethlehem Records discography accessed May 12, 2015
  3. ^ a b c All of Me at AllMusic
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2004). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (7th ed.). London: Penguin. ISBN 9780141014166.