{"id":6736,"date":"2023-07-21T17:02:45","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T22:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=6736"},"modified":"2023-07-21T17:04:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T22:04:10","slug":"remembering-tony-bennett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=6736","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Tony Bennett"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0487-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0487-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6752\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0487-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0487-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0487-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0487-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0487-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tony Bennett, Barry Harris, and Ornette Coleman walk into a bar&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, the world lost a great artist (musician and painter) and America lost a great patriot, Tony Bennett. I first saw Tony Bennett perform live while a student at Berklee College of Music. He was performing to a half-empty house with the Count Basis Orchestra at the Berklee Performance Center. I met him backstage after the concert and have two memories; his kindness and that he was wearing the greatest white dress shirt ever made. I loved and wore out his recordings with the great jazz pianist Bill Evans for many years until his son engineered his popular comeback, first via a Simpsons appearance, decades later. (Watch an impossibly brilliant duo concert by Tony Bennett and Bill Evans on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7LIW7q_cFeA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tony Bennett The Simpsons Capital City\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WbRFbpQv45w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past two decades, I saw Mr. Bennett perform live as often as possible. I saw him play the cavernous Staples Center for his 85th birthday, a concert that the LA Times reported as him <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/blogs\/pop-hiss\/story\/2011-09-25\/live-tony-bennett-at-staples-center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">turning the basketball arena into a cabaret<\/a>. Other memories include seeing Bennett perform as part of Stevie Wonder&#8217;s annual all-star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/tony-bennett-pharrell-williams-stevie-wonder-house-full-of-toys-benefit-8063671\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Xmas extravaganza <\/a>and taking a friend to see him perform at the magnificent 1929 movie palace, The Regent Theatre. That was the first time in which I saw him end a concert by commanding, in that inimitable voice, &#8220;Mr. sound-man, turn off all of the mics!&#8221; What followed was a nearly impossible a cappella performance that painted the furthest surface of the theatre with the most beautiful sound and bathed every audience member in love. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Tony-Bennett-at-Stevie-Wonder-Xmas-Concert-2017-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"598\" src=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Tony-Bennett-at-Stevie-Wonder-Xmas-Concert-2017-1024x598.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6741\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Tony-Bennett-at-Stevie-Wonder-Xmas-Concert-2017-1024x598.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Tony-Bennett-at-Stevie-Wonder-Xmas-Concert-2017-300x175.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Tony-Bennett-at-Stevie-Wonder-Xmas-Concert-2017-768x449.jpg 768w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Tony-Bennett-at-Stevie-Wonder-Xmas-Concert-2017-1536x898.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Tony-Bennett-at-Stevie-Wonder-Xmas-Concert-2017-2048x1197.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tony Bennett at Stevie Wonder&#8217;s 2017 House Full of Toys benefit concert in Los Angeles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone I know who met or played music with Tony Bennett loved and adored him. He was kind, genuine, soulful, considerate, and loved being around other artists. He often sketched other musicians while watching them perform and then gifted them the art he created. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I will never forget when Stevie Wonder joined him onstage at his Staples Center concert to sing &#8220;For Once in My Life.&#8221; (They both enjoyed hit records with that song &#8211; Tony first.) Tony then asked Stevie if he wanted to do another song, and Stevie called, &#8220;San Francisco.&#8221; Whether staged or not, Tony Bennett appeared shocked and delighted by the request to sing his signature tune, and frequent finale number, on his concert \u2013 and off they went to leave their hearts in San Francisco!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A whole lot of musical genius in the slideshow below&#8230;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-6747\" data-id=\"6747\" src=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0519x-1-1024x683.jpeg\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0519x-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0519x-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0519x-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0519x-1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0519x-1-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Photos I took at NEA Jazz Masters gatherings in NYC<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-6748\" data-id=\"6748\" src=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0508-1-683x1024.jpg\" 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src=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0519-1-1024x683.jpg\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0519-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0519-1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0519-1-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0519-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0519-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Photos I took at NEA Jazz Masters gatherings in NYC<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-6750\" data-id=\"6750\" src=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DSC03269-1-1-1024x768.jpg\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DSC03269-1-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DSC03269-1-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DSC03269-1-1-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DSC03269-1-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DSC03269-1-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Photos I took at NEA Jazz Masters gatherings in NYC<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-6751\" data-id=\"6751\" src=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DSC03270-1-1-1024x768.jpg\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DSC03270-1-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DSC03270-1-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DSC03270-1-1-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DSC03270-1-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DSC03270-1-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Photos I took at NEA Jazz Masters gatherings in NYC<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Tony Bennett was a serious visual artist in addition to musical genius. I remember reading an article in an Australian publication about how early in the morning after his concerts, he would appear on the doorstep of Robert Wade, an Australian artist he introduced to the audience as his &#8220;painting teacher.&#8221; Wade remarked that he could not keep up with Bennett&#8217;s stamina of performing and then wanting to paint the very next morning. (Here&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/nashvillearts.com\/2011\/03\/tony-bennett-singing-in-color\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an interview<\/a> about Tony Bennet&#8217;s passion for painting.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I watched any Tony Bennett interview I could and frequently heard him share a bit of simple, yet profound advice he received from Duke Ellington. <em>&#8220;Don&#8217;t do one thing. Do two.&#8221;<\/em> Tony Bennett would go on to say, &#8220;When I get tired of singing, I paint. When I get tired of painting, I sing.&#8221; I have passed along that advice to others on numerous occasions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tony Bennett Got Advice From Frank Sinatra | Late Night with Conan O\u2019Brien\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KU_p3O5KpBs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Musical remembrances worthy of your attention:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pianist Ethan Iverson&#8217;s July 21, 2023 blog post, <a href=\"https:\/\/iverson.substack.com\/p\/tt-287-five-cameos-from-tony-bennett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Five Cameos from Tony Bennett<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mark_Stryker\/status\/1682375412859453442?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jazz writer\/critic Mark Stryker&#8217;s musicological tour of Tony Bennett&#8217;s career <\/a>(via Twitter)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nancy Pelosi remembers longtime friend Tony Bennett: \u2018We loved him\u2019\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KtZqAGoFNJ4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">That ain&#8217;t all<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to being a great musician, painter, and philanthropist who started a public high school for the arts in New York City, Tony Bennett was a patriot who fought in the Battle of the Bulge, liberated a Nazi concentration camp, and who risked his life, safety, and career in the fight for civil rights. In 1965, Tony Bennett joined Martin Luther King, Jr. and John Lewis in the third march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. He performed along the route and lent financial assistance to the movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tony Bennett \/ Harry Belafonte remember Bloody Sunday \/ Selma Alabama\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8K8qIov1lzc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Harry Belafonte and Tony Bennett talk civil rights\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dSO2T3QKek8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;The world&#8217;s got to grow up and change. It&#8217;s gotta get better.&#8221; &#8211; Tony Bennett<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Learn more about Tony Bennett&#8217;s remarkable civil rights legacy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HHcm0IO3hA4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tony Bennett discusses his relationship with Dr. Martin Luther King<\/a>, Jr. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/history\/2023\/07\/21\/tony-bennett-world-war-2-mlk-selma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tony Bennett saw racism and horror in World War II. It changed him.<\/a> [Washington Post]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/andrea-mitchell-reports\/watch\/house-speaker-emerita-nancy-pelosi-remembers-longtime-friend-tony-bennett-we-loved-him-189011013889\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Former Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi remembers her friend and great American, Tony Bennett<\/a> [MSNBC video]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/atlanta-news\/entertainer-tony-bennett-is-remembered-in-atlanta-for-his-support-of-civil-rights\/HVPDZD7C5RBFLKIRURJEXJAWGA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Entertainer Tony Bennett is remembered in Atlanta for his support of civil rights<\/a> [Atlanta Journal and Constitution]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2013\/03\/26\/us\/the-voting-rights-martyr-who-divided-america-2\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The voting rights martyr who divided America<\/a> [CNN]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/people\/2013\/08\/22\/tony-bennett-to-attend-march-on-washington\/2690019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tony Bennett to attend March on Washington <\/a>[USA Today]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Billy Joel ft. 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