tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post2064169566964177094..comments2024-03-19T07:11:57.431+00:00Comments on bebop spoken here: Tony Bennett BBC 2Lancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04494856116843281101noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-8095050296897160172009-02-15T13:07:00.000+00:002009-02-15T13:07:00.000+00:00Tony still holds magic for me. My daughter and I s...Tony still holds magic for me. My daughter and I sat often with tears in our eyes during the programme.<BR/>I agree they did talk too much during his songs. Why the heck do they feel the need to keep interrupting? did their Mams never tell them it was rude?<BR/>The lovely song bird Anne(now living in France) and I saw Tony at the City Hall about 10 yrs(?) ago. We had the corner seats on the Hilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09957294544351129658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-88865093625247639712009-02-15T07:39:00.000+00:002009-02-15T07:39:00.000+00:00Enjoyed it although a bit too 'drooling' for me. T...Enjoyed it although a bit too 'drooling' for me. The guitarist is Gray Sargent - has been part of his gigging quartet for a while now I think. Looks a bit like Tal Farlow. Rather surprised at Bill Evan's medallion (how curious)- would never have thought of him as 'medallion man' but there you go.<BR/>Jimmy Durante was the star of the show?<BR/>RolyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-79576246017368452672009-02-14T22:57:00.000+00:002009-02-14T22:57:00.000+00:00Well, I did enjoy it of course, how could you not?...Well, I did enjoy it of course, how could you not? I did feel though that there was too much talking & not enough singing. The way they kept interjecting was irritable. <BR/>It makes me almost want to cry for what we have lost in superb entertainers. The clips of Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Jimmy Durante, Mel Brooks, these were the people I grew up with, they were giants in the world of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com