Astoria: Portrait of the Artist

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Astoria: Portrait of the Artist
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 27, 1990 [1]
RecordedMay 16–18, 1989
Genre Vocal jazz
Length47:13
Label Columbia
Producer Danny Bennett
Tony Bennett chronology
Bennett/Berlin
(1987)
Astoria: Portrait of the Artist
(1990)
Perfectly Frank
(1992)
Professional ratings
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Astoria: Portrait of the Artist is a 1990 studio album by Tony Bennett. [3] The title refers to Bennett's birthplace, Astoria, Queens.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "When Do the Bells Ring for Me?" (Charles DeForest) – 2:58
  2. "I Was Lost, I Was Drifting" (Kim Gannon, Bronisław Kaper) – 3:54
  3. "A Little Street Where Old Friends Meet" (Gus Kahn, Harry M. Woods) – 3:17
  4. "The Girl I Love" ("The Man I Love") (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:17
  5. "It's Like Reaching for the Moon" (Al Sherman, Al Lewis, Gerald Marqusee) – 2:28
  6. "Speak Low" (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) – 3:43
  7. "The Folks Who Live On the Hill" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 3:58
  8. "Antonia" (Jack Segal, Robert Wells) – 3:05
  9. "A Weaver of Dreams"/"There Will Never Be Another You" (Jack Elliott, Victor Young)/(Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 2:42
  10. "Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) – 4:00
  11. "Where Do You Go from Love?" (DeForest) – 3:03
  12. "The Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 2:21
  13. "Where Did the Magic Go?" (P.J. Erickson, Buddy Weed) – 4:50
  14. "I've Come Home Again" (DeForest) – 2:32

Personnel

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References

  1. Tony Bennett.com
  2. Ruhlmann, William. Astoria: Portrait of the Artist at AllMusic
  3. Wigwag - Page 85 1989 Astoria, then, is a serious piece of work from one of the very few musicians left of the breed who traveled the land over the second half of the twentieth century. With the skill and wisdom gained from a conscientious study of the art of intimate ...