Product Description

A unique video special that features the golden voiced Tony Bennett performing live in Atlantic City and interview clips in and around New York City in 1996. Also included are archive footage clips and contributions from many of his entertainment friends.

Track Listing:
1. Civil Rights And Rebellion
2. Yesterday's Man
3. A New Sensation
4. Shakin Blues
5. Stepping Out
6. Firefly
7. Old Devil Moon
8. You Can Only Be Yourself
9. The Best Is Yet To Come
10. I May Be Wrong
11. The Music Never Ends
12. Younger Than Spring
13. Dreams
14. Just In Time
15. My Hometown
16. New York Kid
17. Music Of America
18. Stepping Out
19. Got Rhythm
20. All The World To Me
21. Up Beat In Music
22. American Pop Is Born
23. Can't Take That Away From Me
24. Earning A Buck Singing
25. Bells Ring For Me
26. Mechanical Music
27. Because Of You
28. Stereotypes Of Success
29. Rags To Riches
30. Foggy Day
31. Musical Small Town
32. Changes Made
33. For Once In My Life
34. Golden Sun
35. San Francisco
36. I Wanna Be Around

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #54301 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-08-10
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 90 minutes

Amazon.com
His heart may be in San Francisco and his act in Atlantic City (at least for the purposes of this program), but singer Tony Bennett, the son of an Italian immigrant grocer born in Astoria, Queens, is a New Yorker through and through, a point this documentary-cum-performance DVD makes abundantly clear. With writer-coproducer Reggie Nadelson providing narration (she's not exactly James Earl Jones, to put it charitably, but she clearly knows and loves her subject) and such quintessential New Yorkers as writer Jimmy Breslin and ex-governor Mario Cuomo offering insight, the highlights and lowlights of Bennett's life and career are all covered: the influence of Louis Armstrong, Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, and others; his early days as a heartthrob pop crooner through his '60s civil rights activism, '70s career doldrums, and '80s renaissance as the urbane and elegant epitome of cool, thanks to MTV; his sideline as a painter of considerable merit; and more.

There's plenty of music too, with Bennett leading his crack trio through what he calls "the best folk songs in the world," including standards like "A Foggy Day," "I Got Rhythm," and "I Wanna Be Around"--and, natch, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," preceded here by a medley of endearingly awful karaoke performances of the signature Bennett tune. All right, so Tony Bennett may not be a giant on the order of Sinatra, Crosby, or Armstrong. But he's still here, both an embodiment of a bygone era and a still-vital performer of depthless class and style. We're lucky to have him. --Sam Graham

Customer Reviews

A Smart DVD for A Smart Stylist
Buy this one if you don't have any video with Tony Bennett. Material includes a show at the Caesar's Park Hotel and parts of an intelligent interview when Bennett tells of his life, his origins and his view of the New York City. Although you will find his all-time greatest hits here, the show also contains some uncommon songs typically not found on other Bennett's video titles.I particularly love Michel Legrand's "How do you Keep The Music Playing". Mr. Bennett is backed by the Ralph Sharon Trio, top quality as usual. The video was produced for BBC, very good.