Tony Bennett Celebrates 90

[Hardbopjazz]

I hope I make it to 90. This is his second CD this year.

[Teasing the Korean]

I got very excited when I heard it was going to be a star-studded celebration.  Then I remembered that all of the stars I would want to see at a Tony Bennett celebration are dead.  

[duaneiac]

18 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said:

I got very excited when I heard it was going to be a star-studded celebration.  Then I remembered that all of the stars I would want to see at a Tony Bennett celebration are dead.  

That is true.  I guess that gets to be the problem with a performer who is 90 -- not too many of his contemporaries are left and fewer still are actively performing.  The only one of Tony Bennett's contemporaries going back to the 1950's, that I can think of, who is still regularly performing today (and still in good voice) is Johnny Mathis.

[JSngry]

Tony & Pete Townsend, please.

[Teasing the Korean]

5 hours ago, duaneiac said:

The only one of Tony Bennett's contemporaries going back to the 1950's, that I can think of, who is still regularly performing today (and still in good voice) is Johnny Mathis.

Jack Jones is still in good voice. 

[duaneiac]

1 hour ago, Teasing the Korean said:

Jack Jones is still in good voice. 

I'll confess, I had no idea he was still around.  Is he still performing?

Steve Lawrence might be another one, but again, I don't know if he is still performing.

I guess Shirley Bassey and Petula Clark would qualify as Mr. Bennett's contemporaries from back in the day as well, although as much as I am a fan of hers, I don't think Ms. Clark's voice has aged as well.

[Teasing the Korean]

1 hour ago, duaneiac said:

I'll confess, I had no idea he was still around.  Is he still performing?

He performs occasionally.  I saw him live in 2007 and 2012.  His voice and his range are still really strong, and he still has that crazy range, like a baritone and a tenor fused together.  He was backed by a jazz trio or quartet.  Naturally, he sounded older, but still really good. 

Edited December 2, 2016 by Teasing the Korean

[JSngry]

Yeah, Jack Jones is stealth. So much justified confidence in both pitch and time, I always think he's going to be wrong or worse, careless, but nope, never. And I like how he never gets held prisoner by any arrangement, cool or corn, he just nails whatever it is and sits there looking like Jack Jones, like hey, what am I supposed to do, suck?

 

[Teasing the Korean]

Anyone with a remote interest in Jack Jones should check out his brilliant Michel Legrand album: