Jazz: Tony Bennet and ???

On a warm summer evening one of my favourite ways to relax is by pouring myself a nice cold drink (alcohol is optional) and put on some sweet jazz music. Bear in mind though that I'm not talking about some experimental form of jazz, which can be interesting in its own way, but can hardly be called relaxing. No I am talking about the real jazz standards, the ones composed in the 1930s and popularized in the '40s, '50s and '60s by stars like Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and many others. The swing jazz from this era was the most popular style during these decades and therefore also known as 'traditional pop music'. The rise in popularity of rock music however meant that jazz would disappear more to the background. To this day many of the jazz standards are still covered, by singers like Michael Bublé. There are nevertheless some artist who simply cannot quit singing. Recently Tony Bennett, contemporary of Sinatra and currently 89 years old, recorded a new album collaborating with a female singer. You might wonder who this legend picked as his musical partner in crime. Whoever you had in mind, I am pretty sure you weren't imagining Lady Gaga. Apparently Gaga once sang a few jazz standards at a gala Bennett was attending. Bennett liked this so much that he asked Gaga to sing a duet with him. She agreed and they ended up making a full album together. They might seem like an odd couple but their sound turned out great. Some of my favourite songs on the album include: But Beautiful, Anything Goes and It Don'tMean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing).