Song:The Last Time I Saw Paris
Album:The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern
In recent years, Tony Bennett has recorded so many duets that it's become a running joke to long time music fans. Of course the high point or low point, depending on your point of view, was when Bennett recorded the 2014 album Cheek To Cheek with Lady Gaga. Bennett became the oldest artist to top the Billboard Hot 200 album chart. The album won a Grammy and Bennett and Lady Gaga toured successfully. This 2015 album which immediately followed that album recalled a time in the 70s when things weren't going well for Bennett. Columbia dropped him in 1972. It looked like his career was over. He was forced to start his own label. Bennett returned to his jazz roots and recorded two albums with pianist Bill Evans. The albums were highly acclaimed but Bennett was in big trouble until his son Danny took over as his manager. He returned to Columbia in 1986. Of course Bill Evans is long gone. But I guess Bennett wanted to show that he could still be a jazz singer. Pianist Bill Charlap is the son of singer Sandy Stewart and Peter Pan composer Moose Charlap. He has recorded as a leader since the 90s and was also a member of Phil Woods' band. Charlap performs regularly at the Village Vanguard in New York with his trio of Peter Washington on bass and Kenny Washington on drums. The Last Time I Saw Paris also features Charlap's wife pianist Renee Rosnes. The album won a Grammy. Bennett must have been pleased because his 2018 album with Diana Krall Love Is Here To Stay was backed up by Charlap's trio. Though there is talk that Bennett's next album will reunite him with Lady Gaga, it looks like he plans to record with Charlap again. Tony Bennett is currently on tour. Here's Tony Bennett with Bill Charlap performing The Last Time I Saw Paris 2015.
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