A very special screening of
TONY BENNETT: THE MUSIC NEVER ENDS
The screening is planned for the Festival...meet long time Clint Eastwood associate and Director/Producer
Bruce Ricker, award winning editor Joel Cox and Blu Murray and others that were part of this show. The
screening and question and answer will be entertaining and informative...see more at link below:
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Joel Cox, Tony Bennett, Bruce Ricker and Blu Murray photo by Adam Rose @ globerunnerphotography.com
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visit website and buy the DVDs an incredible collection of music
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Tony Bennett: The Music Never
Ends Tony Bennett is an artist who moves the hearts and touches the souls of audiences. He's the singer's singer and has received high praise from his colleagues through the years, including Frank Sinatra, who stated unequivocally, "Tony Bennett is the best singer in the business." He is an international treasure who was honored by the United Nations with its Citizen of the World award, which aptly describes the scope of his accomplishments. The son of a grocer and Italian-born immigrant,
Anthony Dominick Benedetto was born on August 3, 1926, in the Astoria
section of Queens. He attended the High School of Industrial Arts in
Manhattan, where he nurtured his two passions - singing and painting.
His boyhood idols included Bing Crosby and Nat King Cole, both big
influences on Bennett's easy, natural singing style. Bennett sang while
waiting tables as a teenager, then performed with military bands in the
Army during World War II. He later had vocal studies at the American
Theatre Wing school. The first time Bennett sang in a nightclub in 1946,
he sat in with trombonist Tyree Glenn at the Shangri-La in Astoria. Tony Bennett has also received an Emmy Award and a Cable Ace Award for his groundbreaking television special, Live By Request...Tony Bennett, which featured a unique interactive format in which the viewing audience called in song requests to the performer live during the program, a concept created by Bennett that has become a regular special on the A&E network. Bennett has also authored two books, What My Heart Has Seen, a bound edition of his paintings published in 1996, and The Good Life, his heartfelt autobiography released in 1998. He won another Grammy Award in 2006 for The Art of Romance. Tony Bennett is a dedicated painter whose interest in art began as a child. He continues to paint every day, even while touring internationally. He has exhibited his work in galleries around the world and was chosen to be the official artist of the 2001 Kentucky Derby, creating two original paintings celebrating this historic event. The United Nations has commissioned him for two paintings, including one for its 50th anniversary. His original painting "Homage to Hockney" is on permanent display at the Butler Institute of American Art, while the landmark National Arts Club in New York is home to his painting, "Boy on Sailboat, Sydney Bay." Most recently his oil painting, entitled "Central Park," was accepted to the Smithsonian's American Art Museum's permanent collection in Washington, D.C. Throughout his career, Bennett has always put his heart and time into humanitarian concerns. He has raised millions of dollars for the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, which established a research fund in his name. His original paintings each year grace the cover of the American Cancer Society's annual holiday greeting card, proceeds from which are earmarked for cancer research. He is active in environmental concerns and has performed at fundraisers for both the Walden Woods Foundation and the Save the Rainforest Foundation. The Martin Luther King Center in Atlanta bestowed upon him its Salute to Greatness Award for his efforts to fight discrimination. He conceived and spearheaded the effort to honor his great friend with the establishment of the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, which opened its doors as a New York City public high school offering an extensive arts curriculum in September 2001. In the 1950s, thousands of screaming bobby-soxers surrounded the Paramount Theatre in New York, held back only by police barricades, to see their singing idol Tony Bennett. Today, the children and grandchildren of those fans are enjoying the same experience. Perhaps what sums up Bennett's legacy and longevity best was the observation The New York Times made in a review of MTV Unplugged. "What accounts for the Bennett magic? Artistry certainly. The repertory is indeed classic... But perhaps more important is his ability to convey a sense of joy, of utter satisfaction, in what he is doing."
Tony Bennett turned 80 on
August 3, 2006, an event that generated a wide range of tributes and
celebrations. In addition to the release of Duets - An American Classic,
RPM Records/Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings is launching a monumental
and definitive reissue project, The Tony Bennett Master Series.
Executive produced by Tony Bennett and Danny Bennett, the first five
releases in The Tony Bennett Master Series include expanded editions of
three Grammy-winning titles - I Left My Heart In San Francisco (1962),
Perfectly Frank (1992), and MTV Unplugged (1994) - as well as two
brand-new 16-song collections: Tony Bennett's Greatest Hits of the '50s
and Tony Bennett's Greatest Hits of the '60s. FROM AMERICAN MASTERS PBS.ORG |
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