Rolling Stone: Tony Bennett and Gaga to make a jazz album

[exoskeleton123 6]

On a hot summer day in New York last year, Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett recorded a flirty cover of Rodgers and Hart's "The Lady is a Tramp" for Bennett's 2011 Duets II LP, and Gaga was so nervous, she downed whiskey throughout the day. "Did all the girls used to have to get drunk to hang out with you?" Gaga asked. "You're such a dreamboat!"

The unlikely duo will reprise their chemistry on an entire new album, Bennett tells Rolling Stone. "Of all things, she called me from New Zealand and said, 'I want to do a jazz album with you,'" Bennett, 86, said in an interview where he also discussed his upcoming Viva Duets album, out on October 23rd. "And I said, 'You got it!' So that's one of the things we're gonna do."

"We're gonna do a jazz album with Marion Evans, a big swing band, and I'm looking forward to it because a lot of people don't know it, but she's a phenomenal jazz singer," Bennett says, adding the record will consist entirely of songs from the catalog of a mystery songwriter. "I can't mention the composer because I don't want anybody to do it before we do it, but there's a great composer that's very underrated, very famous, but not as famous as Gershwin or Porter. But he did as many hit songs as anybody, and so we're gonna do a big swinging album."

When will sessions happen? "As soon as I can," says Bennett.

Asked if he sees himself performing with Gaga soon, Bennett says, "Let's see what happens. She's a good friend and I respect that she's so creative, that every day she changes, she has so many ideas and carries them out. She just never stops with it. I call her the musical Picasso. Her energy is just phenomenal."

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lady-gaga-and-tony-bennett-plan-jazz-album-together-20120928

[Silver Keith 27]

:eww:

[Jase 11,877]

Probs won't happen anytime soon.

[Dex 89]

couldnt care less. hope it doesnt distract her too much :nails:

[Highway Capricorn 24]

:eww:

[exoskeleton123 6]

;) am I the only one that likes this? Also this is perfect Grammy bait

[Travis 543]

Meh Will be interesting, for sure. Somehow I can see it falling through.

[Rino 5,094]

yess.

love it :omgexcited:

[Dayman 5,705]

So here for that. The Lady is a Tramp was amazing, I would love a full album of songs like that. She is extrememly talented and songs like that showcase her voice amazingly.

[Stay 0]

Not here for this tbh :wtf:

[SKANK 14,288]

;) am I the only one that likes this? Also this is perfect Grammy bait

You are not the only one, I would love it if this came to fruition. But I have a feeling it's a project that will never see the light of day.

[Guest]

Wish it was Gaga only like a holidays gaga album thats jazz?

[Stuff 5]

Here for this.

[Shadow 5,718]

Cool, I think Gaga would do well in the jazz department. For her to do something like this with Tony Bennett has to speak volumes. :golfclap:

[Rollercoaster 2]

Yay! I love it when she slays as a classy musician like "what? I'm talented, stupid"