Five years later Bennett did the same again, this time sparring with Amy Winehouse (her last recording), k.d. That first batch saw him singing a selection from the Great American Songbook with Paul McCartney, Elton John, Celine Dion, accompanied by a jazz quartet, supplemented with a big band or orchestra. I like it when things are a little different, unsettling, with some things jutting out more than others.”įor both Bennetts, the album delivered their second American number one and Australian top 10 - the first number one came in 2011 on the back of the Duets II album, itself a follow-up to Duets: An American Classic, which was released to celebrate Bennett’s 80th birthday. They just sonically lay there all the time, lifeless, without any movement. I see people who beat tracks to death, endlessly editing and treating them and fitting them to a grid, and these tracks are dead on arrival. There is something about the resulting live sound that’s a little scary and unpredictable, and that is exactly the point. There is no ProTools plug-in, no piece of racked gear, that can do it. He continues: “There’s no other way to achieve that sound. And when the junior Bennett says, ‘record like this,’ he’s referring to the live tracking and producing approach of Cheek To Cheek, the senior Bennett’s latest album of duets with the inimitable Lady Gaga. “What I find with everything I record like this is that spill is a crucial element,” said Dae Bennett - engineer, mixer, producer, and son of the legendary American singer Tony Bennett.
Photo: Steven Klein Tony Bennett’s son Dae took up the reins from Phil Ramone on his father’s latest album of duets, this time with just the one (surprise) guest, Lady Gaga.
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