Re: Happy Birthday Amy Winehouse
This is from Bennette's upcoming Duets II album featuring
One For My Baby (And One More For the Road) feat.
John Mayer
Body and Soul feat.
Amy Winehouse
Don't Get Around Much Anymore feat.
Michael Bublé
Blue Velvet feat.
k.d. lang
How Do You Keep the Music Playing feat.
Aretha Franklin
The Girl I Love feat.
Sheryl Crow
On the Sunny Side of the Street feat.
Willie Nelson
Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) feat.
Queen Latifah
Speak Low feat.
Norah Jones
This Is All I Ask feat.
Josh Groban
Watch What Happens feat.
Natalie Cole
Stranger in Paradise feat.
Andrea Bocelli
The Way You Look Tonight feat.
Faith Hill
Yesterday I Heard the Rain feat.
Alejandro Sanz
It Had To Be You feat.
Carrie Underwood
When Do the Bells Ring for Me feat.
Mariah Carey
Listen here:
http://www.npr.org/2011/09/14/140408084/first-listen-tony-bennett-duets-ii?ft=1&f=1039#playlist
The lineup on Tony Bennett's Duets II (out Sept. 20) is the musical equivalent of a dominant fantasy sports team: It's a veritable Murderer's Row of statistical monsters. At 85, Bennett himself is one of the best-selling and most lavishly rewarded singers alive, and he's surrounded here by performers who measure their Grammy collections in armloads. Norah Jones. Sheryl Crow. Aretha Franklin. John Mayer. You'd almost think Bennett's 17 guests were cast based on number of Grammys won, until you notice the conspicuous absence of Alison Krauss, Bonnie Raitt and Metallica.
Naturally, everyone here — from traditionalists like Michael Buble and Andrea Bocelli to mischievous youngsters like Lady Gaga and the late Amy Winehouse — plays by Bennett's traditionalist rules. Gaga and Bennett may update a few of the references in "The Lady Is a Tramp" (available on this page starting Sept. 19), but their duet could otherwise have been unearthed from an era long before Gaga was born. In a lovely final performance, Winehouse unleashes her formidable and sometimes overlooked chops as a jazz singer; the result, "Body and Soul," is the unmistakable highlight of this collection.
An imposingly generous 17 tracks long, Duets II drags in its second half, particularly as the stone-serious likes of Josh Groban, Andrea Bocelli and Alejandro Sanz bellow grimly alongside Bennett's easy croon. But it's still a neat and appealing trick to let Bennett's loving and ageless act brush up against hitmakers of the recent past. These folks clearly respect the hell out of Tony Bennett, and listening to Duets II, their awe is contagious.
That's me in the corner, 
