It’s pretty poetic that Amy Winehouse’s final recording was a collaboration with Tony Bennett on the classic song “Body & Soul.” The tune will appear on Bennett’s upcoming Duets II album, which also features collaborations with Lady Gaga, Aretha Franklin, Carrie Underwood, and a host of other huge current stars.
“Body & Soul,” the album’s first official single, will drop next Wednesday, September 14, and Bennett himself spoke to Entertainment Weekly for a feature that will be gracing your local newsstand on Friday, September 16.
In the conversation, Bennett talked extensively about recording with the late chanteuse, who he saw as a kindred spirit carrying on an endangered musical legacy.
“What I love about Amy Winehouse is that, of all the singers since the Beatles, you automatically check everyone out who’s a lot younger, but there’s been such a big walk away from jazz,” Bennett told EW‘s Melissa Maerz. “Some people think that anyone could sing jazz, but they can’t. It’s a gift of learning how to syncopate but it’s also a spirit that you’re either born with or you’re not. And Amy was born with that spirit.”
Based on the clip below of Bennett and Winehouse in the studio (a brief bit of which appeared on the MTV Video Music Awards a few weeks ago), the late singer seemed at ease working with one of her idols on one of her dad’s favorite songs. Watch the clip here, and learn more about their interaction after the jump: READ FULL STORY »
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