Results for "Tony Bennett and Gladys Knight"

Cross-Over Fever: Tony Bennett's Proteges; Gladys Knight's Mentors

by Samuel Chell
November 4, 2006

What's a listener to make of all the recent recorded efforts by r&b, c&w, and even opera divas to sing “jazz," the “standards," the Great American Songbook? Are we witnessing artistic virtuosity or a number of mid to late-life identity crises? Whatever the case, no end seems in sight, especially when super-producer Phil Ramone is on ...