Sunday, January 22, 2012

Jackie Gleason - Music, Martinis, and Memories (1954)


This is the last of my Jackie Gleason albums. The best way to describe it is by its liner notes:
Music, martinis, and memories... each creates a wonderfully soft, romantic haze. Put them all together and you have a very special effect - a mood whose warmth and tenderness are irresistibly appealing.
The memories and martinis should be yours, of course; the music may be provided by someone else - and nobody can do that more expertly than Jackie Gleason. His famous album presentations - lovely ballads richly orchestrated and featuring the lyric trumpet of Bobby Hackett - are remarkably conducive to that intriguing sentimental spell.
It's really quite possible, in fact, to omit the memories and martinis; but with or without them, you'll find this collection of Jackie Gleason interpretations to be romantic music at its very best, an ideal setting for your most delightful listening moments.

Track listing for Jackie Gleason - Music, Martinis, and Memories:

Side 1:
1. Once In a While
2. I Can't Get Started
3. I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
4. My Ideal
5. Yesterdays
6. I Love You
7. Unforgettable
8. How High the Moon

Side 2:
1. I'll Be Seeing You
2. Shangri-La
3. I Remember You
4. It Could Happen to You
5. Somebody Loves Me
6. Time On My Hands (You in My Arms)
7. The Nearness of You
8. The Song is Ended

4 comments:

ChildsPlay said...

What a beautiful album. Thanks, Esther.

Tanktop said...

Beautiful, these Jackie Gleason albums - thank you so much, Esther.
And oh, the memories...I'm trying to remember where I left my martini...:))

aroonie said...

What can I say but - beautiful. Thank you VERY much.

emailsyucky said...

Thank you very much!