Cheek To Cheek - Deluxe Edition (2014)

A collaborative album by American singers Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga. Bennett and Gaga fi rst met backstage in 2011 after the two performed at the Robin Hood Foundation gala in New York City, where Bennett asked Gaga to sing a duet with him. The two recorded a rendition of The Lady Is a Tramp, and began discussing plans for working on a jazz project. Cheek to Cheek consists of jazz standards by popular jazz composers like George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern and Irving Berlin. The album was inspired by Bennett and Gagas desire to introduce the songs to a younger generation, since they believed that the tracks had universal appeal. By January 2013, the album was confi rmed by both artists and recording started after Gaga recovered from her hip surgery. The recording sessions in New York City were accompanied by a live band and jazz musicians associated with both artists. Gaga deviated from her characteristic pop sound, wanting instead authentic jazz sounding vocals. (bron: Interscope)