Showing posts with label jazz. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jazz. Show all posts

Wednesday, 24 September 2014

Music's finest odd couple, Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga!

                                                                       

  Music's finest odd couple: Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga!

                                                                                                                                                         Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga's eagerly awaited colaboration Cheek to Cheek drops in on Tuesday.  The two are as doubtful a pair as it gets, but their first album together is most excellent: a cheeky return record that offers Tony Bennett the opportunity to connect with a more youthful fan base, and gives Lady Gaga the opportunity to showcase those fine pipes, that are normally covered under layers and layers of synths.
Said to have been Frank Sinatra's favourite singer Tony Bennett's voice is still in fine form and Lady Gaga is ammazing! A feast for fans of both.



Wednesday, 5 February 2014

The Police.

                                                                        The Police.

The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. For the majority of their history, the band consisted of Sting (lead vocals, bass), Andy Summers (guitar) and Stewart Copeland (drums). The Police became globally popular in the late 1970s and are generally regarded as one of the first new wave groups to achieve mainstream success, playing a style of rock that was influenced by punkreggae, and jazz. The group disbanded in 1986, but reunited in early 2007 for a one-off world tour lasting until August 2008.

Their 1983 album, Synchronicity, was number one on both the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200, and sold over 8 million copies in the US. The Police have sold more than 75 million records worldwide, and were the world's highest-earning musicians in 2008, thanks to their reunion tour.

The band has won a number of music awards throughout their career, including six Grammy Awards, two Brit Awards (winning Best British Group once), an MTV Video Music Award, and in 2003 were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  Four of their five albums appeared on Rolling Stone's 2003 list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The Police were included among both Rolling Stone's and VH1's lists of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.