Tony Bennett releases ‘Duets II’ recorded with seventeen famous guests (2011)
Tony Bennett‘s ‘Duets II’ is an album recorded with seventeen very famous guests and released on September 20, 2011 by Columbia.
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1 . The Lady Is A Tramp (w/ Lady Gaga)
2 . The Lady Is A Tramp (w/ Lady Gaga, éA Very Gaga Thanksgiving”)
3 . One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) (w/ John Mayer)
4 . Body And Soul (w/ Amy Winehouse)
5 . Don’t Get Around Much Anymore (In Studio Version)
6 . Blue Velvet (w/ k.d. Lang)
7 . Speak Low
8 . This Is All I Ask (w/ Josh Groban)
9 . Stranger In Paradise
10 . The Way You Look Tonight
11 . Yesterday I Heard The Rain
Track listing : 1.The Lady Is a Tramp (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 03:18 . 2.One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 02:58 . 3.Body and Soul (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) – 03:23 . 4.Don’t Get Around Much Anymore (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) – 02:42 . 5.Blue Velvet (Bernie Wayne, Lee Morris) – 04:35 . 6.How Do You Keep the Music Playing (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) – 05:29 . 7.The Girl I Love (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 03:53 . 8.On the Sunny Side of the Street (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) – 02:57 . 9.Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) (Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse) – 03:53 . 10.Speak Low (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash) – 03:56 . 11.This Is All I Ask (Gordon Jenkins) – 04:36 . 12.Watch What Happens (Norman Gimbel, Michel Legrand) – 02:10 . 13.Stranger in Paradise (Robert Wright, George Forrest, Alexander Borodin) – 05:03 . 14.The Way You Look Tonight (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) – 03:55 . 15.Yesterday I Heard the Rain (Canache Armando Manzanero, Gene Lees) – 03:44 . 16.It Had to Be You (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) – 03:51 . 17.When Do the Bells Ring for Me (Charles DeForest) – 02:52 .
Musicians : Tony Bennett – Vocals . Lady Gaga – Vocals on (1) . John Mayer – Vocals on (2) . Amy Winehouse – Vocals on (3) . Michael Bublé – Vocals on (4) . k)d) lang – Vocals on (5) . Aretha Franklin – Vocals on (6) . Sheryl Crow – Vocals on (7) . Willie Nelson – Vocals on (8) . Queen Latifah – Vocals on (9) . Norah Jones – Vocals on (10) . Josh Groban – Vocals on (11) . Natalie Cole – Vocals on (12) . Andrea Bocelli – Vocals on (13) . Faith Hill – Vocals on (14) . Alejandro Sanz – Vocals on (15) . Carrie Underwood – Vocals on (16) . Mariah Carey – Vocals on (17) . Lee Musiker – Piano . Gray Sargent – Guitar . Grace Paradise – Harp . Erik Charlston – Percussion . Gordon Gottlieb – Percussion . Ben Herman – Percussion . Harold Jones – Drums . Tim Cobb – Bass . David Finck – Bass . Marshall Wood – Bass . Marc Goldberg – Bassoon . Charles Pillow – Clarinet, Clarinet (Bass) . Katherine Fink – Flute, Piccolo . Pamela Sklar – Flute, Piccolo . Bob Carlisle – French Horn . Barbara Jostlein – French Horn . Thomas Jostlein – French Horn . Philip Myers – French Horn . Ann Scherer – French Horn . Diane Lesser – Oboe . Lawrence Feldman – Sax (Alto) . Lou Marini – Sax (Alto) . Dave Mann – Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor) . Ronald Janelli – Sax (Baritone) . Roger Rosenberg – Sax (Baritone) . Mark Phaneuf – Sax (Tenor) . Charlie Pillow – Sax (Tenor) . Andy Snitzer – Sax (Tenor) . Arturo Sandoval – Trumpet . George Flynn – Trombone (Bass) . Mike Davis – Trombone (Tenor) . Larry Farrell – Trombone (Tenor) . Keith O’Quinn – Trombone (Tenor) . Bud Burridge – Trumpet . Tony Kadleck – Trumpet . Bob Millikan – Trumpet . John Owens – Trumpet . Diane Barere – Celli . Stephanie Cummins – Celli . Dave Eggar – Celli . Jeanne LeBlanc – Celli . Richard Locker – Celli . Ellen Westermann – Celli . Adrian Benjamin – Viola . Karen Dreyfus – Viola . Desiree Elsevier – Viola . Monica Gerard – Viola . David Gold – Viola . Vincent Lionti – Viola . Todd Low – Viola . Craig Mumm – Viola . Alissa Smith – Viola . Judy Witmer – Viola . Elena Barere – Violin . Avril Brown – Violin . Sean Carney – Violin . Jonathan Dinklage – Violin . Shirien Taylor Donahue – Violin . Cornelius Dufallo – Violin . Sanguen Eanet – Violin . Katherine Fong – Violin . Karen Karlsrud – Violin . Yoon Kwon – Violin . Ann Leathers – Violin . Matthew Lehmann – Violin . Liz Lim-Dutton – Violin . Katherine Livolsi – Violin . Laura McGinnis – Violin . Ming Feng Hsin – Violin . Yurika Mok – Violin . Lorenza Ponce – Violin . Carol Pool – Violin . Wen Qian – Violin . Catherine Sim – Violin . Entcho Todorov – Violin . Una Tone – Violin . Yuri Vodovoz – Violin . Nancy Wu – Violin . Xiao-Done Wang – Violin .
Production Produced by Phil Ramone, Dae Bennett . Jorge Calandrelli – Arranger, Conductor . Marion Evans – Arranger, Conductor . Dustin Higgins – Engineer . Dae Bennett – Engineer, Mixing, Producer . Adam Bancroft – Assistant Engineer . Brian Chirlo – Assistant Engineer . Nicholas Essig – Assistant Engineer . Alessandro Perrotta – Assistant Engineer . Bob Ludwig – Mastering .
Package : Josh Cheuse – Art Direction, Photography . Kelsey Bennett – Photography .
Recorded in 2011 .
Released on September 20, 2011 by Columbia.
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ChicagoNow
Tony Bennett Duets II: The Songs Rated Best to Worst While playing this album in the kitchen recently, my 13-year old wrinkled her nose (not in a good way) and asked why we were listening to Christmas music since it sounds like the Harry Connick, Jr. album I have listened to obsessively around the holidays for years. […]
Contactmusic.com
Obviously, with such an established and well-managed act like Tony Bennett it would be a surprise if it did go on to dishearten longtime fans and disappoint those who have stumbled upon the living legend for the first time. […]
allmusic
Celebrity musical pairings rarely lead to innovation or excitement, but Duets II is an enjoyable celebration of what Tony Bennett has meant to pop musicand what he can bring out in any star vocalist he steps up to the microphone with. […]
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