If I Ruled The World: Songs For The Jet Set

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  • Artist: Tony Bennett (See All Albums by Tony Bennett)

  • Date Released: Oct 14, 1997

  • Genre: Jazz

  • Label: Columbia/Legacy

  • Copyright: Originally Recorded 1965 Sony Music Entertainment Inc., Originally Released 1965 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. WARNING: All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.

Total Tracks: 13   Total Length: 45:14

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Employing Sinatra arranger Don Costa, Tony Bennett put together a concept album similar to Sinatra’s Come Fly With Me. Travel was the loose theme that united Antonio Carlos Jobim’s “Song Of The Jet” (set in Rio de Janeiro, a photograph of which graces the album cover), “Fly Me To The Moon,” and the title song, a Leslie Bricusse-Cyril Ornadel tune from the show Pickwick that was Bennett’s latest hit single. There were also two songs from the Richard Rodgers-Stephen Sondheim musical Do I Hear A Waltz?, which was set in Venice. Other sections might not justify the flight theme–Duke Ellington’s “Love Scene” was given a “destination” of Harlem on the back cover, and that neighborhood is on no known flight plan–but with such high-quality material, it was hard to complain. – William Ruhlmann

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