Life Is Beautiful (Tony Bennett album)

Life Is Beautiful
Studio album by
Tony Bennett
ReleasedJanuary 1, 1975
GenreVocal jazz, traditional pop
LabelImprov
Tony Bennett chronology
The Rodgers and Hart Songbook
(1973) 		Life Is Beautiful
(1975) 		The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album
(1975)

Life Is Beautiful is an album released by Tony Bennett in 1975. It was named after the song written by Fred Astaire. The album was the first project of Bennett's own Improv label.[1] The album was Bennett's tribute to the American songbook featuring songs of Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, Irving Berlin and others. The pianist, Torrie Zito, wrote new arrangements for Bennett's large session orchestra.[2] The album was reissued by Concord with the addition of a separately recorded 13-minute Cole Porter medley.[3]

  1. ^ Bennett, Tony (1998). The Good Life: The Autobiography of Tony Bennett. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 1416573666. We launched the new label with a bang with Life Is Beautiful named after a song written by Fred Astaire.
  2. ^ Evanier, David (2011). All the Things You Are: The Life of Tony Bennett. p. 229. ISBN 9780470520659.
  3. ^ "Musicweb International Review". Retrieved 5 December 2013.