With a Song in My Heart

1	With a Song in My Heart 3:49
2	This Can't Be Love 2:27
3	I Like to Recognize the Tune 4:36
4	It's Easy to Remember 4:13
5	Johnny One Note 2:59
6	Nobody's Heart 4:12
7	Happy Talk 4:25
8	Mountain Greenery 2:47
9	I Have Dreamed 3:40
10	The Lady Is a Tramp 2:34
11	She Was Too Good to Me 4:36
12	You've Got to Be Carefully Taught 2:59

All Music Guide

John Pizzarelli salutes composer Richard Rodgers with this songbook including a dozen of his works. The vocalist/guitarist is accompanied by his trio, with Larry Fuller replacing Ray Kennedy, bassist Martin Pizzarelli, and drummer Tony Tedesco. Pizzarelli adds a personal touch to "I Like to Recognize the Tune" by altering Lorenz Hart's lyrics a bit, while also scatting up a storm in unison with his guitar. Bucky Pizzarelli is an added guest and soloist for "It's Easy to Remember," an intimate duet with the vocalist playing rhythm. Cesar Camargo Mariano takes over at the piano for the breezy bossa nova setting of "Happy Talk." Arranger Don Sebesky wrote the charts for the six tracks and a quartet of brass and reeds, highlighted by the snappy scoring of "The Lady Is a Tramp," recalling Pizzarelli's previous Telarc salute to Frank Sinatra (Dear Mr. Sinatra, in which he trades fours scatting with each of the horns). This release is a little short in the CD era, clocking in at just over 43 minutes, but there's never a dull moment. Ken Dryden

New York Times

“With a Song in My Heart” [is] the least oratorical album of Richard Rodgers music ever made. On the record [Pizzarelli] strokes songs like “This Can’t Be Love” and “It’s Easy to Remember” until they purr. Stephen Holden