Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot & Cool

Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot & Cool
Studio album by Tony Bennett
Released	September 28, 1999 (1999-09-28)
Recorded	February–June 1999
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	60:50
Label	Columbia
Producer	Tony Bennett, Danny Bennett, Phil Ramone
Tony Bennett chronology
Tony Bennett: The Playground (1998) Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot & Cool (1999) Playin' with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot & Cool is an album by Tony Bennett, released in 1999 to commemorate the centenary of Duke Ellington's birth.

Sony Music Distribution included this CD in a box set entitled The Complete Collection, which contains fifty-eight of his studio albums, 4 compilation, three DVDs, six volumes of Bennett’s non-album singles, a previously unreleased CD of his Las Vegas debut from 1964, and two discs of rarities, including Bennett’s first recording, an Army V-Disc of “St. James Infirmary Blues, and was released on November 8, 2011.

Track listing

All songs composed by Duke Ellington, except "Chelsea Bridge"; lyricists indicated.

1. "Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me" (Bob Russell) – 4:01
2. "Mood Indigo" (Barney Bigard, Irving Mills) – 4:33
3. "She's Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" (Paul Francis Webster) – 4:49
4. "Caravan" (Mills, Juan Tizol) – 4:36
5. "Chelsea Bridge" (Billy Strayhorn) – 3:59
6. "Azure" (Mills) – 3:56
7. "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So" (David) – 3:39
8. "In a Sentimental Mood" (Manny Kurtz, Mills) – 3:31
9. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Russell) – 3:16
10. "Sophisticated Lady" (Mills, Parish) – 4:43
11. "In a Mellow Tone" (Milt Gabler) – 6:54
12. "Day Dream" (John La Touche, Billy Strayhorn) – 3:56
13. "Prelude to a Kiss" (Gordon, Mills) – 4:55
14. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Mills) – 4:02

Personnel

• Tony Bennett – vocals, producer
• Gray Sargent – guitar
• Al Grey – trombone
• Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
• Joel Smirnoff – violin
• Ralph Sharon – piano
• Paul Langosch – double bass
• Clayton Cameron – drums
• Unidentified orchestra and big band (except for track 10)
• Ralph Burns – arranger, conductor
• Jorge Calandrelli - arranger, conductor
• Jesse Levy – contractor

Technical personnel

• Don DeVito – a&r
• Josh Cheuse – art direction
• Rob Murphy – assistant engineer, assistant
• Jason Groucott – assistant
• Frank Harkins – design
• Joel Moss – engineer, mixing
• Danny Bennett – producer
• Vance Anderson – production coordination
• Nat Hentoff – liner notes
• Greg Calbi – mastering
• Herman Leonard – photography