Label: DCC Compact Classics (US), GZS-1053
Style: Soul-Jazz, Big Band, Easy Listening
Country: Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S. (December 12, 1915 - May 14, 1998)
Time: 46:18
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 271 Mb
Duets
is a moving Experience, if a little surreal. A horde of outsize talent -
from Barbra and Aretha to Bono and Luther - gangs up on the genius who
more or less invented 20th-century popular singing. Predictably, expert
players madly dazzle while Frank shadowboxes his former glory. The
recent rage for tributes, duets and high-concept packagings - sometimes
nice lovefests, frequently triumphs of marketing over musical
inspiration - reaches a zenith with Sinatra's first studio session in a
decade. When he finds a pal, the action's nifty - Tony Bennett and Liza
Minnelli urge Frank over the respective hurdles of "New York, New York"
and "I've Got the World on a String." And the bizarre sound of Bono
scat-crooning (and making like Bowie) on "I've Got You Under My Skin"
is, um, arresting. Too often, however, such guests as Gloria Estefan,
Anita Baker, Julio Iglesias and others overcompensate for sharing a mike
with God by going nuts. With Kenny G sweetly accompanying, Frank's real
moment is "All the Way/One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)":
This is the emotion behind the Voice that once made galaxies swing.
Safer
but stronger, Tony Bennett's Steppin' Out finds him reviving Gershwin,
Cole Porter, Jerome Kern and Irving Berlin songs that Fred Astaire
introduced. Classy, of course, is the operative concept; so, too, is the
delightful exuberance that makes Bennett as much a treasure as any of
these jewels.
(https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/duets-2-128290/) Review by Paul Evans. December 23, 1993
01. Luther Vandross / The Lady Is A Tramp (03:27)
02. Aretha Franklin / What Now My Love (03:18)
03. Barbra Streisand / I've Got A Crush On You (03:27)
04. Julio Iglesias / Summer Wind (02:35)
05. Gloria Estefan / Come Rain Or Come Shine (04:07)
06. Tony Bennett / New York, New York (03:33)
07. Natalie Cole / They Can't Take That Away From Me (03:14)
08. Charles Aznavour / You Make Me Feel So Young (03:07)
09. with Carly Simon / Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry / In The Wee Small Hou... (04:00)
10. Liza Minnelli / I've Got The World On A String (02:21)
11. Anita Baker / Witchcraft (03:25)
12. Bono / I've Got You Under My Skin (03:35)
13. Kenny G / All The Way / One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) (06:05)
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