Complete Sessions [Import]

Jackie Gleason

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 3, 2007)
• Original Release Date: June 12, 2007
• Number of Discs: 4
• Format: Import
• Label: Fine & Mellow
• ASIN: B000R7G8D4
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #34,927 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. It All Depends on You

2. Man I Love

3. I Hadn't Anyone Till You

4. When Your Lover Has Gone

5. Tenderly

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Ruby

2. Cherry

3. Dinah

4. Sweet Lorraine

5. Stella by Starlight

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Disc: 3

1. She's Funny That Way

2. All by Myself

3. I'm Glad There Is You

4. You and the Night and the Music

5. Dancing in the Dark

See all 27 tracks on this disc

Disc: 4

1. Sentimental Touch

2. Song Is You

3. Lilacs in the Rain

4. On the Sentimental Side

5. Dansero

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Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Four CD set (seven albums, two of which appear here on CD for the first time!.) Between late 1953 and 1960, the famous actor, television comedian and host Jackie Gleason recorded a series of best selling albums featuring Bobby Hackett as a soloist. . It was Gleason's idea to call Hackett when he was putting his first easy listening album together. He gave Hackett free rein to improvise over the melody, and a distant and fading coda of Hackett's playing closed many a Gleason number. Hackett was the only performer to be mentioned by name on Gleason's albums for several years. The Gleason-Hackett collaborations are in no way standard Jazz recordings. They really belong to that category of light music that was known as "lounge music", and seen under that light they are truly effective pieces; gentle, kind and evocative.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Treasures in the attic..., January 13, 2008

By	Richard M. Caputo "music lover" (Warren, New Jersey United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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Like a breath of fresh air this music revives the soul. The playing is impeccable(Bobby Hackett's horn just connects with each melody so well) the mood relaxed, the arrangements lush without being boring. Jackie, "that guy from Bushwick" really worked for the working man. He brought us great comedy in the dark days of the Cold War (remember ONE FAMILY around one TV? - something sorely missing today); made us laugh at the Ralph and Norton in all of us. His "Merry Christmas" album will forever be a part of my holiday music - so well arranged, so real, so personal.
Finding this collection is like finding treasures in the attic - can one believe these were created over 50 years ago? The sound is as fresh as today, all the liner notes and artwork are included along with short bios of Jackie and Bobby. Seems like whoever put this together did it as a labor of love.
Let's face it - there may be newer, louder, quicker, hyped, on-steroids playing out there BUT simply stated - Jackie and Bobby have class - these recordings have stood the test of time.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Put all four CDs on and enjoy the next five hours, September 25, 2007

By	Steve Emerine (Tucson, AZ United States) - See all my reviews

For the first time, all 102 of trumpeter Bobby Hackett's smooth but original solos with the Jackie Gleason Orchestra are available in one package. Fine and Mellow, a new firm for me, has combined the Hackett-Gleason renditions of standards and love songs from seven Capitol LPs they recorded between 1953 and 1960. The result is more than five hours of beautiful music for anything you want to do inside or out. If you have one or more of the LPs, the only thing missing from this four-CD set are eight tracks saxophonist Toots Mondello soloed on for the first Gleason-Hackett album, "Music to Make You Misty." Fan reaction to Hackett's playing on that album prompted Gleason to use Bobby as his only soloist on the other six projects. Sound quality is great on this package, and a full-color 24-page booklet reproduces the original covers for all seven albums. I've noticed a variance of up to $15 in new prices for this collection. Buy the set, but you should shop around.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of a kind, November 12, 2007

By	Harry Callaghan "Batjack 60" (USA) - See all my reviews

i have looked through hundreds of garage sales to get all the vinyl records of Jackie Gleason (oh, that is in the comedy section!). In this collection is the object of my search. No one can play as smoothly or as hauntingly as Bobby Hackett. Great buy!