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xsBusiness - Duets: An American Classic
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List Price: $18.97
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Manufacturer: Sony
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0828768097922
Label: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sony
Release Date: 2006-09-26
Studio: Sony
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Enjoyable
Comment: 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 the
music playing?") I googled it and saw it was from this CD that I had never heard of. Ordered
it and I do like it a lot. The George Michael song is my favorite. Love the duet with Michael
Buble and the Dixie Chicks. Others are a little lame, especially the Streisand number and I am a
Streisand fan! I still think this is a good cd and enjoy listening to it in my car.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Best of Tony Bennett & friends
Comment: 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. Interviews with the vocalists who join Mr. 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.
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Summary: A great effort by a unique collection of musicians
Comment: 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. Elton John, K.D. 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. I don't believe she's capable of complementing any singer. 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. 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. Of the 19 songs, 18 are duets, and at least 15 are somewhere between very good and excellent.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Duets: Tony Bennett CD
Comment: I was VERY disappointed ! 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. Why those songs? Who knows? I gave the album away.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Very nice
Comment: I liked it, not as much as the sinatra duets but Tony Bennett is one of kind like Frank and so good to see him well and still singing into his 80's!
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Editorial Reviews:
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Perfecting the art of excellence for over six decades, with 105 albums selling over 50 million copies, Tony Bennett has come to represent the essence of elegance, tradition and artistic accomplishments. Tony celebrates his 80th birthday recording Duets of his greatest hits with today's greatest artists: Bono, Michael Bublé, Elvis Costello, Celine Dion, Dixie Chicks, Billy Joel, Elton John, Juanes, Diana Krall, k.d. lang, John Legend, Paul McCartney, Tim McGraw, George Michael, Sting, Barbra Streisand, James Taylor, and Stevie Wonder. More from Tony Bennett 
The Art of Romance | 
A Wonderful World (with k. d. lang) | 
Perfectly Frank: An American Classic Celebrates 80 | 
Basie Swings, Bennett Sings (DVD) | 
The Movie Song Album | 
The Classic Collection (Box Set) |
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