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Tony Bennett Duets: An American ClassicCD arrived in good time and condition, I recommend this dealer. This recording is true Bennett and he melds perfectly with his duet partners.
Love the duet with Michael Buble and the Dixie Chicks. I was in a restaurant that was playing Tony Bennett music and I couldn't figure out who he was singing with but I loved the song - (George Michael "How do you keep themusic playing.") I googled it and saw it was from this CD that I had never heard of. I still think this is a good cd and enjoy listening to it in my car. Others are a little lame, especially the Streisand number and I am a Streisand fan. Orderedit and I do like it a lot. The George Michael song is my favorite.
Bennett on this CD express their admiration and joy in singing with and learning from him.Can't quite express what a thrill it is to hear him teaching, challenging, and learning from these other artists who obviously are in such awe of the great Tony. Interviews with the vocalists who join Mr. Such a joy to listen to over and over again. His son and manager surely knows how to choose voices that blend and enhance his father's own voice, style and sharing thereof.
Stevie Wonder's duet that featured his song "For Once in My Life" is a fabulous duet, but Stevie Wonder's harmonica interlude in the middle of the song is even better.Sting does a great duet, as does Celine Dion, Tim Mcgraw, and Diana Krall.If you like Tony Bennett, you need this collection of songs. Most of the song featured Barbara going off into her usual disjointed self-absorbed "la la land." (If you think this is a good duet, you don't know anything about music)Every other musical effort was what it should be, 2 artists making every effort to complement and enjoy the other artist. The musicians behind the recordings are top notch. The most important thing to remember is that this is a collaboration of musical artists that have rarely sung swing or standards and yet, all of them show us why they made it in music. Of the 19 songs, 18 are duets, and at least 15 are somewhere between very good and excellent. Lang, James Taylor, Billy Joel, Paul McCartney, Bono, and Elvis Costello all did a great job considering the style and tempo of the songs selected were not their usual "cup of tea."The 1 song that didn't make me smile was the song "Smile." I don't believe Barbara Streisand understands the concept of a duet. Elton John, K.D. I don't believe she's capable of complementing any singer.
Why those songs. I was VERY disappointed. I gave the album away. Who knows. These are all really old songs, and it was just boring, and the songs chosen were awful. I expected the guest musical artists to be doing "classic", and there are so many wonderful choices in that category.
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