Tony Records His Classic Hits With Today's Biggest Stars
American icon Tony Bennett will celebrate his 85th birthday this year with a new CD, “Tony Bennett: Duets II” which will be released on September 19th on RPM/Columbia Records. Bennett has already begun the live recording process with several artists during Grammy week in February at LA’s famed Capital Studios…Subsequent sessions are planned for this Spring in New York, Nashville and Italy. “Duets II,” produced by Phil Ramone follows up “Tony Bennett Duets: An American Classic” CD, the 2006 Grammy winning best selling CD which became Bennett’s best selling recording to date.
“I love the Great American songbook and have been fortunate to have had the opportunity to introduce many of these songs to the public…It is a thrill to perform them once again with artists that I admire to create new interpretations of the music I love so much,” says Bennett.
Alone Tony Bennett is legendary. In partnership with another singer, he’s extraordinary. A sterling all-star roster will join Tony in the studio including Mariah Carey, Natalie Cole, Sheryl Crow, Norah Jones and Amy Winehouse. Some of country’s biggest names will also join the round-up including Faith Hill, Willie Nelson and Carrie Underwood. From the international pantheon: angel-voiced tenor Andrea Bocelli from Italy and Latino singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz from Spain. Josh Groban and John Mayer are also slated to collaborate with Bennett. Michael Bublé and k.d. lang who were both featured on the original “Duets” CD will return for “Duets II.” All artists will record their duets live in the studio with Bennett.
The US and international recording sessions for “Duets II” are being filmed by the award winning cinematographer Dion Beebe ("Chicago,” "Memoirs Of A Geisha") and will be released as a documentary in conjunction with the new CD project, providing an in depth study of Bennett's creative and artistic process.
There is something about a duet that loves Tony Bennett. On the occasion of his 80th birthday, “Tony Bennett Duets: An American Classic” was released to wild critical acclaim, became a multi-platinum masterpiece and was awarded three Grammys.
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