Tony Bennett

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This is mostly just to tell you folks that our Brian D. Johnson has a fantastic profile of Tony Bennett, based on extended and unusually close access to the great singer during his recent visit to the Montreal International Jazz Festival. Jessica Darmanin shot nifty photos that day too. I attended that Montreal concert, as it happens. Bennett was in excellent form, better than when I last heard him in New Orleans in 2009.

Tony Bennett, 85, sings with Amy Winehouse and Lady Gaga on his new CD, and has taken up sculpting. Try to keep up.

Just try to keep up with the 85-year-old music legend

Last night it seemed, by the play it was getting on the New York Times website, that this review of a Tony Bennett Concert at the Apollo Theater in Harlem might be slotted for Page 1. It would be an idiosyncratic call, though not unprecedented. In the end, it’s only on Page 1 of the inside Arts section. No matter; it captures some of what makes Bennett such a fascinating figure in American music.

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