Once In A
Lifetime Concert Appearance Kicks-Off Summer
at
Atlantis on June 13, 2015
“Bennett
and Gaga are an incredible pair, and they exited 2014 and ushered in
2015 with elegance, class and flair.” – review of New Year’s
Eve Concert in Las Vegas/The Las Vegas Sun
Paradise
Island, Bahamas –
World class entertainers and multi-Grammy
Award winning recording artists Tony Bennett
and Lady Gaga will be
performing an intimate concert at Atlantis,
Paradise Island on Saturday, June 13,
2015. The performance is part of the resort’s
Atlantis LIVE concert
series. Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga just kicked off their
international “Cheek To Cheek” concert tour in Las Vegas with
sold-out shows on December 30 & 31. Tickets for the June 13,
2015 performance will go on sale Thursday, January 22, 2015.
These
once in a lifetime performances will feature tracks from their
Grammy-nominated album Cheek To Cheek
which debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 charts upon its release on
Sept. 23 to widespread critical acclaim. At 88, Bennett remains
the oldest artist in music industry history to have an album on the
#1 spot on the Billboard charts. Cheek
To Cheek marks Lady
Gaga's third consecutive #1 album release in just over three years.
Billboard named “Cheek To Cheek” the #1 Jazz Album of 2014.
Cheek
To Cheek features
classic jazz standards sung by Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett in
a combination of vocal duets and solo performances. From
the title track, to “But Beautiful” to “I Won’t Dance,” the
record showcases the chemistry between the two artists, who span 60
years in age. As Bennett says, “What I really love about being a
jazz singer is that jazz artists are very creative, very honest, from
phrase to phrase” and Lady Gaga adds, “We wanted to make
something that sounded perfect because of the quality of the
emotion…the honesty.” Cheek
To Cheek also
features the Lady Gaga solo “Lush Life,” accompanied by Tony
Bennett’s solo of “Sophisticated Lady.” The two songs
compliment each other, as Lady Gaga explains, “I loved making ‘Lush
Life,’ Tony mentored me emotionally through the process,” and
Tony Bennett adds, “I sang ‘Sophisticated Lady’ to answer her
on ‘Lush Life,’ and because Duke Ellington wrote it, who
collaborated with Billy Strayhorn, the writer of ‘Lush Life.’”
Recorded in New York City, Cheek
To Cheek took
over a year to complete and features jazz musicians associated with
both artists including members of Bennett’s quartet: Mike
Renzi, Gray Sargent, Harold Jones and Marshall Wood as well
pianist Tom Ranier. Jazz trumpeter Brian Newman,
a long-time friend and colleague of Lady Gaga appears on the
album as well with his NYC-based jazz quintet. Jazz soloists on
selected tracks include tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano,
trumpeter George Rabbai and flutist Paul Horn, who passed away in
July.
For more information on tickets and reservations, call
1-800-Atlantis or visit AtlantisBahamas.com.
