Four-time nominated and two-time Grammy-winning recording artist Jack Jones is back front and center with a new album titled Love Ballad, a very personal take on love found and lost. Love Ballad was launched September 20 by Aspen Records and available via BFM Digital Music Services on iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, Emusic, Napster, and Nokia, among others, as well as in stores. “You can imagine how hard we all cried at the end of it.”“There is a personal story behind each of the songs,” Jones says. “The title song, ‘Love Ballad,’ was being played as my wife Eleonora and I were first introduced. It expresses the hope of finding the perfect lifetime partner, who must exist somewhere. “Being a parent, I see ‘Not While I’m Around’ as a wonderful adult version of ‘Who’s Afraid of The Big Bad Wolf?’ from ‘Sweeny Todd,’ with a much darker meaning.”
Jones considers one of the most moving moments in his life when he sang “The Impossible Dream,” for hundreds of wives of MIAs at the Washington Armory. “We were all wearing wristbands with MIAs’ names on them,” he recalls. “You can imagine how hard we all cried at the end of it.”
“Call Me Irresponsible” came about after Sammy Cahn asked Jones to come to Jimmy Van Heusen’s house to hear a song they wanted him to record. When he got there they played Frank Sinatra's recording of the song, which caused Jones to ask, “What do you need me for?” They explained that Sinatra’s performance was too realistic and too good to be a hit, which is why they called him. Choosing not to take issue with this, Jones recorded the song - and “was subjected to having a major hit record on his hands!”
Jones, who has always been actively involved in the creation of his records, is credited as producer, personally selected all the songs and did the in-studio mixing and mastering of all the tracks. Jones continues a busy schedule of live performances in performing arts centers throughout the year. He just completed appearances in front of 12,000 people in the Philippines; the McCallum theater; the South Point Casino Hotel and Spa in Las Vegas; and is scheduled for his biennial tour of Great Britain this fall.
Love Ballad Track Listing:
1. Love Ballad (Pat Tuzzolino & Carl Saunders)
2. I Can't Get Started With You(Vernon Duke & Ira Gershwin)
3. I Can't Wait To Miss You (Jack Jones & Tom Garvin)
4. Sit Down And Write Myself A Letter (Fred E. Ahlert & Joseph Young)
5. Speaking Softly (Pat Tuzzolino & Carl Saunders)
6. Not While I'm Around (Steven Sondheim)
7. Don't You Quit Now (Johnny Mercer & Jimmy Rowles)
8. People (Jule Stein & Robert Merril)
9. The Lorelei (Barclay Allen, Jerry Goldstone, Rosetta Bent)
10. All Or Nothing At All (Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence)
11. Lollypops And Roses (Tony Velona)
12. Wives And Lovers (Burt Bacharach & Hal David)
13. Call Me Irresponsible (Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen)
14. If (David Gates)
15. The Impossible Dream (Joe Darion, Mitch Leigh)
16. Love Ballad Epilogue (Pat Tuzzolino & Carl Saunders)
Produced by Jack Jones
Under the musical direction of Mike Renzi
Arranged by Mike Renzi
Bass: Chris Colangelos
Drums: Kendall Kay
Keyboards: Patrick Tuzzolino, Frankie Randall, Gary Nesteruk
Sam Most featured on Sax (Love Ballad)
Mixdowns, Vocals, Sweetening and Mastering at the Orchard Engineer: Jack Jones
Rhythm tracks recorded at Umbrella Media Inc.
Recording Engineer: Nady Waterman
Second Engineer: Luke Fackler
Upcoming Jack Jones Tour Dates:
October 22, 2011 – Opera House, Buxton, UK
October 23, 2011 – York Barbican Centre, York, UK
October 24, 2011 – Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, UK
October 25, 2011 – The Sage, Gateshead, UK
October 27, 2011 - Town Hall, Birmingham, UK
October 29, 2011 – Cliffs Pavillion, Southend, UK
October 30, 2011 – Fairfiled Hall, Croydon, UK
October 31, 2011 – London Palladium, London, UK
November 2, 2011 – The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, UK
December 3, 2011 – Private Event, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
December 16, 2011– Wichita Country Club, Wichita, KSJanuary 17-22, 2012 – The Rrazz Room at Hotel Nikki, San Fran, CA,
January 31-February 4, 2012 - Riverside Resort, Laughlin, NV
February 25, 2012 – Wold Performing Arts Center, Boca Raton, FLMarch 5, 2012 – Private Event, Tampa, FL
April 17-May 12, 2012 –The Oak Romm at The Algonquin Hotel, New York, NY
September 24-29, 2012 – Andy Williams Moon River Theatre, Branson, MO
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