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Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga sing at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 8 2015. Earlier in the evening they won a Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album for the collaboration "Cheek To Cheek."
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On paper, they’re an admittedly odd couple: Tony Bennett, the legendary jazz and pop singer, and Lady Gaga, the quirky queen of modern rock and outré fashions. He’s 88 years old, she’s 28. Tony strolls on stage in a dapper tuxedo, she’s shown up before in a dress made of meat.
But then there are the things they have in common: Big, powerhouse voices (...). And on stage together (...) they were a delight.
Bennett beamed happily at the young woman he calls Lady in interviews, Gaga visibly shifted from admiring to flirtatious with Bennett, and both delighted the crowd in the sold-out theater for 27 songs, duets and solo numbers, over a fast-paced 90 minutes.
At any age, but especially at 88, Bennett is an amazing singer. Yes, at times his voice has a little bit of rasp to it, more than in his younger days, but his ability to connect to the emotions of these songs remains unmatched (...).
Where his individual numbers focused more often on the heartfelt and the romantic, Lady Gaga’s solo spotlights allowed her to shine in the kind of dramatics and fun she’s known for (...)
In her solo numbers, Lady Gaga wowed the crowd (...) Her voice, always powerful though often processed in the studio for pop radio in her own work, worked terrifically well in this setting, too.
And with that big, brassy number, and a finale of Duke Ellington’s “It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing),” they were done, walking off stage hand in hand, the odd couple that ended up making beautiful music and a whole lot of sense.
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Read the full article here.
The praise continues 
Buy your Tickets , buy Cheek To Cheek on iTunes.
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