Once in Every Life
| Once in Every Life | ||||
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| Released | 1980 | |||
| Recorded | August 11, 1980 | |||
| Studio | Master Sound Productions, Franklin Square, NY | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 39:41 | |||
| Label | Bee Hive Records BH 7012 | |||
| Producer | Jim Neumann, Susan Neumann | |||
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Once in Every Life is an album by vocalist Johnny Hartman which was recorded in 1980 and released on the Bee Hive label.[1][2][3] Analogue Productions remastered it and released it as a hybrid SACD in 2017.
Four songs from the album, "Easy Living", "I See Your Face Before Me", "It Was Almost Like a Song" and "For All We Know", were used on the soundtrack of the 1995 movie The Bridges of Madison County, posthumously burnishing Hartman's exposure and reputation.
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated, "Johnny Hartman's next-to-last album finds the 57-year-old singer still in prime form. His rich baritone voice is joined by a sextet ... The ballads range from slow to a brighter medium-tempo pace, and Hartman shows that he still had it this late in his career".[4]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Easy Living" | Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin | 5:53 |
| 2. | "It Was Almost Like a Song" | Archie Jordan, Hal David | 2:33 |
| 3. | "Wave" | Antônio Carlos Jobim | 6:46 |
| 4. | "By Myself" | Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz | 4:26 |
| 5. | "For All We Know" | J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis | 5:02 |
| 6. | "Will You Still Be Mine" | Matt Dennis, Tom Adair | 3:30 |
| 7. | "Nobody Home" | Loonis McGlohon | 3:29 |
| 8. | "I Could Write a Book" | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | 3:27 |
| 9. | "I See Your Face Before Me" | Schwartz, Dietz | 4:37 |
| 10. | "Moonlight in Vermont" | Karl Suessdorf, John Blackburn | 2:58 |
| Total length: | 39:41 | ||
Personnel
- Johnny Hartman – vocals
- Joe Wilder – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Frank Wess – tenor saxophone, flute
- Billy Taylor – piano
- Al Gafa — guitar
- Victor Gaskin – bass
- Keith Copeland – drums
References
- ^ Mosaic Records: The Complete Bee Hive Sessions – Track Listing, Personnel & Recording Dates, accessed September 21, 2017
- ^ Jazzlists: Bee Hive Records discography, accessed September 21, 2017
- ^ Songs From The Heart: The Johnny Hartman Discography, accessed September 21, 2017
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Johnny Hartman: Once in Every Life – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 21, 2017.