''This One's for Tedi'' is a studio album by American jazz vocalist

Johnny Hartman John Maurice Hartman (July 3, 1923 – September 15, 1983) was an American jazz singer, known for his rich baritone voice and recordings of ballads. He sang and recorded with Earl Hines' and Dizzy Gillespie's big bands and with Erroll Garner. ...

, released in 1985 by Audiophile Records. It was his final studio recording, made in August 1980, three years before his death. The album is dedicated to Hartman's wife Theodora (Tedi). According to producer George H. Buck Jr., ''This One's for Tedi'' "was the first ''digital'' recording to be made in Canada."

Reception

Reception for ''This One's for Tedi'' has been mostly favorable. The album "finds the 56-year-old singer still in prime form," writes

Scott Yanow Scott Yanow (born 1954) is an American jazz reviewer, historian, and author. Life and career Yanow was born in New York City and grew up near Los Angeles. Beginning in 1974, Yanow was a regular reviewer of many jazz styles and was the jazz e ...

at AllMusic. "Hartman is as warm as usual on ballads, and also swings lightly on a few medium-tempo pieces." Andrew Sussman, critic at ''

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'', called the album "the most satisfying I have heard from him since his landmark LP with John Coltrane. . . . If

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is the 'Velvet Fog,' then Johnny Hartman was surely pure silk, singing most often through the rain of human tears." Sussman also complimented the musicians, saying "there are no overwhelming jazz soloists here; just a superbly tasteful and sensitive group led by pianist Tony Monte." He praised Hartman's "luxurious baritone voice" on several songs and concludes by saying, "There is even a haunting ''fresh'' rendition of ' Send In the Clowns' with a truly singular piano accompaniment by Monte." ''Show Music'' magazine praised the collection of "ten excellent tracks by the ex-

Dizzy Gillespie John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie ( ; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improvisation, improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy El ...

vocalist. Mr. Hartman's rich voice caresses "That's All," "More I Cannot Wish You" ... among other tracks on the album, and more than 'hearing' these songs, you experience them." They also hailed Monte's "sensitive piano accompaniment," Lorne Lofsky's guitar playing, and the "perceptive inernotes by Nick Catalano."

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, writing in ''A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers'', called ''This One's for Tedi'' "a fittingly sentimental dedication to his wife, who at the time of the singer's death in 1983, had been married to him for twenty-six years."

Track listing

Side 1

# " That's All" (

Bob Haymes Robert William Haymes (March 29, 1923 – January 27, 1989), also known by the stage names Robert Stanton and Bob Stanton, was an American singer, songwriter, actor and radio and television presenter. He is best remembered for co-writing the song ...

, Alan Brandt) – 4:59 # " They Can't Take That Away from Me" (

George Gershwin George Gershwin (; born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned jazz, popular music, popular and classical music. Among his best-known works are the songs "Swan ...

Ira Gershwin Ira Gershwin (born Israel Gershovitz; December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs in the English language of the ...

) – 3:19 # "

More I Cannot Wish You "More I Cannot Wish You" is a song written and composed by Frank Loesser and first performed by Pat Rooney in 1950. The song was featured in the musical ''Guys and Dolls''. The sentimental lyrics relate the feelings of the oldest character in th ...

" (

Frank Loesser Frank Henry Loesser ( "lesser"; June 29, 1910 – July 28, 1969) was an American songwriter who wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway theatre, Broadway musicals ''Guys and Dolls (musical), Guys and Dolls'' and ''How to Succeed in Business ...

) – 3:20 # " Wait till You See Her" (

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Lorenz Hart Lorenz Milton Hart (May 2, 1895 – November 22, 1943) was an American lyricist and half of the Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart. Some of his more famous lyrics include "Blue Moon"; " The Lady Is a Tramp"; "Manhattan"; " Bewitched, Bo ...

) – 2:07 # " Miss Otis Regrets" (

Cole Porter Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter. Many of his songs became Standard (music), standards noted for their witty, urbane lyrics, and many of his scores found success on Broadway the ...

) - 3:51

Side 2

# "Then I'll Be Tired Of You" (

Yip Harburg Edgar Yipsel Harburg (born Isidore Hochberg; April 8, 1896 – March 5, 1981) was an American popular song lyricist and librettist who worked with many well-known composers. He wrote the lyrics to the standards " Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" (w ...

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) – 3:36 # " It Could Happen to You" (

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, Johnny Burke) – 2:05 # " Send In the Clowns" (

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) – 4:26 # "

You Stepped Out of a Dream "You Stepped Out of a Dream" is a popular song with music written by Nacio Herb Brown and lyrics by Gus Kahn that was published in 1940. The song has become a pop and jazz standard, with many recorded versions. It was a centerpiece in the 1941 mu ...

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Nacio Herb Brown Ignacio Herbert "Nacio Herb" Brown (February 22, 1896 – September 28, 1964) was an American composer of popular songs, movie scores and Broadway theatre music in the 1920s through the early 1950s. Amongst his most enduring work is the sc ...

Gus Kahn Gustav Gerson Kahn (November 6, 1886October 8, 1941) was an American lyricist who contributed a number of songs to the Great American Songbook, including " Pretty Baby", " Ain't We Got Fun?", " Carolina in the Morning", " Toot, Toot, Tootsie (G ...

) – 2:29 # "The Ballad of the Sad Young Men" (

Fran Landesman Fran Landesman (born Frances Deitsch; October 21, 1927 – July 23, 2011) was an American lyricist and Poetry, poet. She grew up in New York City and lived for years in St. Louis, Missouri, where her husband Jay Landesman operated the Crystal Pal ...

Tommy Wolf Thomas Joseph Wolf Jr. (1925 – 1979) was an American composer and piano player. He was best known for his songwriting collaboration with Fran Landesman. Life Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Wolf met Fran Landesman while playing piano at the Jeffers ...

) – 5:28 Recorded August 23, 1980, Grant Avenue Studios, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Personnel

- vocals *

Lorne Lofsky Lorne Lofsky (born May 10, 1954) is a Canadian jazz guitarist. Considered a virtuoso guitarist, Lofsky is known for his collaborations with Oscar Peterson, Ed Bickert, and Kirk MacDonald. Early life and education Lofsky was born in Toronto i ...

- guitar *Tony Monte - piano, arranger *Chris Conner - bass *Craig "Buff" Allen - drums * George H. Buck Jr. - producer *Bill Garrett - co-producer *David Dobbs - co-producer, engineer * Nick Catalano - liner notes

References

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