''Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer'' is a 1963

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Track listing

# " Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer" (

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, Tobias) – 2:09 # " There is a Tavern in the Town" (

, Traditional) – 1:36 # " On a Bicycle Built for Two" (Cole, Steve Gillette) – 1:46 # " That Sunday, That Summer" ( Joe Sherman,

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) – 3:10 # " On the Sidewalks of New York" (Edith Bergdahl, Cole) – 2:17 # "Our Old Home Town" (

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, Shay) – 1:40 # " After the Ball" (

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) – 2:02 # "You Tell Me Your Dream" (Cole) – 2:18 # "That's What They Meant (By the Good Old Summertime)" (Al Frisch, Tobias) – 2:35 # "Don't Forget" (Sherman, Weiss) – 2:00 # "

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, Ren Shields) – 1:30 # "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer (Reprise)" – 1:22

Personnel

Performance

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1st session: April 11, 1963

* Piano: Jimmy Rowles * Guitar: Laurindo Almeida, Bobby Gibbons, Al Hendrickson * Bass: Joe Comfort * Drums: Frank Carlson * Percussion: Larry Bunker * Strings: Alex Borisoff, Emil Briano, Arthur Brown, Harold Dicterow, Jesse Ehrlich, Cecil Figelski, Elliott Fisher, Hyman Gold, Allan Harshman, Lou Klass, Sarah Kreindler, William Kurasch, Alfred Lustgarten, Emmanuel Moss, Alexander Murray, Gareth Nuttycombe, Lou Raderman, Isadore Roman, Nathan Ross, William Vandenburg

2nd session: May 15, 1963

* Piano: Milton Raskin * Guitar: Bobby Gibbons, Al Hendrickson * Bass: Joe Comfort * Drums: Frank Carlson * Percussion: Larry Bunker * Strings: Victor Arno, Arnold Belnick, Emil Briano, Jimmy Getzoff, Nathan Ross, Sid Sharp (concertmaster), Paul Shure, Gerald Vinci * Tuba: Tommy Johnson * Other: Alvino Rey

3rd session: May 16, 1963

* Piano: Milton Raskin * Guitar: Bobby Gibbons, Al Hendrickson * Bass: Joe Comfort * Drums: Irv Cottler * Percussion: Larry Bunker * Strings: Victor Arno, Israel Baker, Harold Dicterow, Elliott Fisher, David Frisina, Jimmy Getzoff, Paul Shure, Gerald Vinci * Tuba: Tommy Johnson * Other: Alvino Rey

References

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