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Tony Bennett has sung with k.d. lang previously, notably on his MTV Unplugged album, and the two have meshed well together, largely because of lang's willingness to sublimate herself to Bennett's approach. The same thing can be said of the two on this full-length duet album (which also contains solos -- Bennett is heard alone on "That's My Dream," lang on "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" and "That Lucky Old Sun [Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day]"). It isn't just that lang joins in on material more suitable to Bennett's style than to hers. This is an album on which the musicians are the members of Bennett's backup group (plus strings), recorded in Bennett's studio. But one never gets the sense that lang is restricted by the approach. She is sufficiently versatile, or chameleon-like, to sound like she's enjoying herself, just as she did earlier in her career when she was working with producer Owen Bradley in Nashville and singing traditional country. At 76, Bennett sings with an easy, casual style, never seeming to work very hard for his effects, and lang, in her vocal prime, deliberately complements him, though she never seems quite as comfortable. Although there is no indication other than an uncredited painting (by Bennett, of course) inside the CD booklet, this is a tribute album to Louis Armstrong, who recorded these songs over the course of his long career. That doesn't mean that there's a trumpet to be heard anywhere on the disc or that either of the singers tries to re-create any aspect of Armstrong's vocal style. It simply provides an organizing principle that the listener can notice or not. (Well, it's hard not to notice during the title song, with Bennett's references to "Satchmo" and "Pops.") Like Armstrong, Bennett and lang are trying to make the music sound effortless and unstudied, and to a large extent they succeed.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Tony Bennett & K.D. Lang, Performer - Tony Bennett, Performer - Dorothy Fields, Composer - Dorothy Fields, Lyricist - T Bone Burnett, Producer - Peter Matz, Conductor - Danny Bennett, Executive Producer - Jimmy McHugh, Composer - Jimmy McHugh, Lyricist - Dae Bennett, Recording Engineer
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Tony Bennett & K.D. Lang, Performer - Tony Bennett, Performer - Tony Bennett, Vocal - k.d. lang, Performer - k.d. lang, Vocal - T Bone Burnett, Producer - E. Piaf, Composer - E. Piaf, Lyricist - M. David, Composer - M. David, Lyricist - Gray Sargent, Guitar - Louiguy, Composer - Louiguy, Lyricist - Clayton Cameron, Drums - Paul Langosch, Bass
(P) 2002 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Tony Bennett & K.D. Lang, Performer - Tony Bennett, Performer - T Bone Burnett, Producer - D. Dougherty, Composer - D. Dougherty, Lyricist - Danny Bennett, Executive Producer - A.J. Neiburg, Composer - A.J. Neiburg, Lyricist - E. Reynolds, Composer - E. Reynolds, Lyricist
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Tony Bennett & K.D. Lang, Performer - Tony Bennett, Performer - T Bone Burnett, Producer - Charles Carpenter, Composer - Charles Carpenter, Lyricist - Danny Bennett, Executive Producer - Melvin Carl Dunlap, Composer - Melvin Carl Dunlap, Lyricist - Earl Hines, Composer - Earl Hines, Lyricist
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Tony Bennett & K.D. Lang, Performer - Bob Thiele Jr., Composer - Bob Thiele Jr., Lyricist - George David Weiss, Composer - George David Weiss, Lyricist
(P) 2002 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Tony Bennett & K.D. Lang, Performer - Tony Bennett, Performer - T Bone Burnett, Producer - Otis Rene, Composer - Otis Rene, Lyricist - Danny Bennett, Executive Producer - Leon Rene, Composer - Leon Rene, Lyricist
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Tony Bennett & K.D. Lang, Performer - Tony Bennett, Performer - Tony Bennett, Vocal - T Bone Burnett, Producer - B. Kalmer, Composer - B. Kalmer, Lyricist - k.d. lang, Vocal - Danny Bennett, Executive Producer - H. Ruby, Composer - H. Ruby, Lyricist - Oscar Hammerstein II, Composer - Oscar Hammerstein II, Lyricist
(P) 2002 Columbia Records, a division Sony Music Entertainment
Tony Bennett & K.D. Lang, Performer - Tony Bennett, Performer - T Bone Burnett, Producer - Cecil Gant, Composer - Cecil Gant, Lyricist - Danny Bennett, Executive Producer - Raymond Leveen, Composer - Raymond Leveen, Lyricist
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Tony Bennett & K.D. Lang, Performer - Tony Bennett, Performer - T Bone Burnett, Producer - Fabian Andre, Composer - Fabian Andre, Lyricist - Danny Bennett, Executive Producer - Gus Kahn, Composer - Gus Kahn, Lyricist - Wilbur Schwandt, Composer - Wilbur Schwandt, Lyricist
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Tony Bennett & K.D. Lang, Performer - Tony Bennett, Performer - T Bone Burnett, Producer - James P. Johnson, Composer - James P. Johnson, Lyricist - Danny Bennett, Executive Producer - F.E. Miller, Composer - F.E. Miller, Lyricist
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Tony Bennett & K.D. Lang, Performer - Tony Bennett, Performer - Beasley Smith, Composer - Beasley Smith, Lyricist - T Bone Burnett, Producer - Haven Gillespie, Composer - Haven Gillespie, Lyricist - Danny Bennett, Executive Producer
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Tony Bennett & K.D. Lang, Performer - Tony Bennett, Performer - T Bone Burnett, Producer - Louis Armstrong, Composer - Louis Armstrong, Lyricist - Danny Bennett, Executive Producer - Horace Gerlach, Composer - Horace Gerlach, Lyricist
(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
Tony Bennett has sung with k.d. lang previously, notably on his MTV Unplugged album, and the two have meshed well together, largely because of lang's willingness to sublimate herself to Bennett's approach. The same thing can be said of the two on this full-length duet album (which also contains solos -- Bennett is heard alone on "That's My Dream," lang on "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" and "That Lucky Old Sun [Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day]"). It isn't just that lang joins in on material more suitable to Bennett's style than to hers. This is an album on which the musicians are the members of Bennett's backup group (plus strings), recorded in Bennett's studio. But one never gets the sense that lang is restricted by the approach. She is sufficiently versatile, or chameleon-like, to sound like she's enjoying herself, just as she did earlier in her career when she was working with producer Owen Bradley in Nashville and singing traditional country. At 76, Bennett sings with an easy, casual style, never seeming to work very hard for his effects, and lang, in her vocal prime, deliberately complements him, though she never seems quite as comfortable. Although there is no indication other than an uncredited painting (by Bennett, of course) inside the CD booklet, this is a tribute album to Louis Armstrong, who recorded these songs over the course of his long career. That doesn't mean that there's a trumpet to be heard anywhere on the disc or that either of the singers tries to re-create any aspect of Armstrong's vocal style. It simply provides an organizing principle that the listener can notice or not. (Well, it's hard not to notice during the title song, with Bennett's references to "Satchmo" and "Pops.") Like Armstrong, Bennett and lang are trying to make the music sound effortless and unstudied, and to a large extent they succeed.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:43:16
- Main artists: Tony Bennett K.D. lang
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: RPM Records - Columbia
- Genre: Pop/Rock
(P) 2002 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
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