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Tony Bennett
- Record Label: Columbia / RPM Records / Sony Music Entertainment
- Release Date: Sep 20, 2011
- Summary: This second installment of the legendary singer's Duets pairs him with Aretha Franklin, Norah Jones, Willie Nelson, and the late Amy Winehouse, among many others.
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- Record Label: Columbia / RPM Records / Sony Music Entertainment
- Genre(s): Jazz, Standards, Jazz Instrument, Guitar Jazz, American Popular Song, Vocal Jazz, Traditional Pop
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Sep 19, 2011Coinciding with his turning 85, Bennett's latest sounds like a fantasy birthday party in full swing, one where an outrageously starry array of guests share the mic with a host as twinkling as ever.
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Sep 20, 2011It's a heart-warming who's who.
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Dec 21, 2011Bennett harbors a magic about him that inspires you to become caught up in the beauty of his performance prowess regardless of what artist is playing second banana to him on the microphone.
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Sep 19, 2011Bennett fares better in gorgeous duets with k.d. lang and Aretha Franklin, and his romp with Willie Nelson is precisely as charming as you'd expect. But for an old pro like Bennett, there's a name for that kind of stuff: child's play.
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Sep 23, 2011Celebrity musical pairings rarely lead to innovation or excitement, but Duets II is an enjoyable celebration of what Tony Bennett has meant to pop music, and what he can bring out in any star vocalist he steps up to the microphone with.
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Sep 20, 2011In the end, though, whether you're a Bennett fan or a follower of one of his duet partners, this album is nothing extraordinary, and it will be a rare listener who gives this disc more than a couple curious spins before turning to something from the Bennett catalog of yesteryear.
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Sep 20, 2011Say this for the 17 popstars who teamed with the greatest living singer of American popular standards: They're brave. Luckily, Bennett rescues most of his partners.
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Oct 1, 2011
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