tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9067288802988385219.post1527413141025033299..comments2023-10-25T04:20:01.493-04:00Comments on Standard of the Day: Tony Bennett at the Chevrolet Theater: A ReviewB-Solhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10717121313061173603noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9067288802988385219.post-87389810109663432262009-02-23T15:04:00.000-05:002009-02-23T15:04:00.000-05:00The concert received very little media attention. ...The concert received very little media attention. I almost think it may have been a tune-up for his DC performance coming up on Wednesday.<BR/>Funny you should mention Springsteen, because I was also thinking he's another performer who cares very deeply about his music. Their styles are so very different though, and I just don't know if the Boss has the vocal chops to keep up with Tony...B-Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10717121313061173603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9067288802988385219.post-60700363193772076092009-02-23T14:14:00.000-05:002009-02-23T14:14:00.000-05:00I've now seen Tony Bennett four times, twice in Bo...I've now seen Tony Bennett four times, twice in Boston in the late 90s, and two years ago at Chevrolet and this Saturday night concert you wrote about. I've always enjoyed the concerts but always fantasized about watching him up close in a small jazz club, which would be his element. For this show, I splurged a little and got up pretty close to the stage. Completely worth the effort.<BR/>He is nothing if not the consummate professional and interpreter of these songs. Such a stylist, and the way he manipulates his voice, lending texture to every phrase, was mesmerizing. My wife and I brought are young kids because this man is the last connection to an age of class in entertainment, but also because we knew they'd love it. And they did.<BR/><BR/>You're right on the money about "Heart" and the closer, "How do you keep the music playing." That was quite poignant, and would be, the way he sang it, whether he was 32 or 82. <BR/><BR/>There are only three performances I will see everytime I can: Grateful Dead, Bruce Springsteen, and Tony Bennett -- all of them care deeply, I think, about their audience and about their music ...<BR/><BR/>Come to think of it, and this also occurred to me Saturday night as I experienced Mr. Bennett's passion for the music, isn't a Springsteen-Bennett duet, (or concert!) overdue? I think that spiritually, emotionally, and certainly geographically, they come from similar neighborhoods ...<BR/>Thanks for the review -- love to read them after a concert, but not sure if any media critics were thereAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12332136984697781899noreply@blogger.com