曲目リスト

1. Smile [DVD]
2. Sing, You Sinners [DVD]
3. Because of You [DVD]
4. Best Is Yet to Come [DVD]
5. Shadow of Your Smile [DVD]
6. Rags to Riches [DVD]
7. Just in Time [DVD]
8. For Once in My Life [DVD]
9. Steppin' Out [DVD]
10. I Left My Heart in San Francisco [DVD]
11. Bonus Materials [DVD]

商品の詳細

• Amazon.co.jp ランキング: #42065 / DVD
• 発売日: 2006-11-21
• 形式: Import
• オリジナル言語: 英語
• 実行時間: 42 分

Amazon.com
High concept and high class, An American Classic is a worthy visual complement to Tony Bennett's 2006 duets CD of the same name. The notion of pairing veteran artists with a variety of singing partners is nothing new, of course (cf. B.B. King and Frank Sinatra, among many others), but this one goes a step further; under the direction of Rob Marshall (Chicago, Memoirs of a Geisha) and his team, Bennett appears in what's described as a "docu-musical," faithfully re-creating a variety of performance settings much like the ones in which the 80-year-old singer has appeared in the course of his long, fruitful career. Thus we find him on a concert stage with Barbra Streisand ("Smile"), in a nightclub with John Legend (a swinging, uptempo "Sing, You Sinners"), in the studio with k.d. lang and trumpeter Chris Botti ("Because of You"), on a '60s-style TV variety show with Diana Krall (a classy "The Best is Yet to Come"), in Vegas with Elton John ("Rags To Riches") and then Michael Buble (an amusing "Just in Time"), and so forth, on up to Bennett's triumphant shot on MTV Unplugged with Christina Aguilera (no jazz singer, but she keeps most of her excesses in check on "Steppin' Out") and the inevitable "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" (Bennett with piano accompaniment only). It's all very respectful, well staged, and entertainingly choreographed, but if this 45-minute cavalcade has a significant shortcoming, it's that it mostly lacks fire and spontaneity; the only time Bennett cuts loose is during an audio-only "I Got Rhythm" heard under the various DVD menus. Viewers may also be disappointed that Sting, Bono, Paul McCartney, James Taylor, the Dixie Chicks, and several others on the CD do not appear here, and it's a notable drag that not a single one of the composers or arrangers of the material is identified. Bonus features include a "making of" documentary and other featurettes. --Sam Graham

Video Description
Tracks:
1."Smile" Barbra Streisand
2."Sing You Sinners" John Legend
3."Because Of You" k.d. lang and Chris Botti
4."The Best Is Yet To Come" Diana Krall
5."The Shadow Of Your Smile" Juanes
6."Rags To Riches" Elton John
7."Just In Time" Michael Bublé
8."For Once In My Life" Stevie Wonder
9."Steppin' Out With My Baby" Christina Aguilera
10."I Left My Heart In San Francisco" Tony Bennett

Product Description:
TONY BENNETT: AN AMERICAN CLASSIC is a ground-breaking television event that takes us on a musical journey of this legendary entertainer's life. Re-creating the venues of Tony's career, from the downtown Greenwich Village club where Tony was discovered, to the Columbia recording studios of the early 60's, from rat pack Las Vegas to Carnegie Hall, Tony will be joined for each show-stopping number by the myriad of superstars that appear with him on his Duets album. In a bold re-invention of the form, each set piece was filmed as a small movie by an Academy Award-winning team, lead by director Rob Marshall (Memoirs Of A Geisha, Chicago.) Seamlessly woven throughout the program will be introductions and narrative insights. This event invites us to celebrate the life of who Frank Sinatra called "the greatest singer ever." As the special ends, Tony Bennett will take the empty stage, this time alone, and deliver his signature classic, "I Left My Heart In San Francisco."

カスタマーレビュー

わぁ〜！夢のよう
米NBCテレビで放送された、トニー・ベネットのテレビスペシャルです！9月に発売された同名タイトルのアルバムの映像版といったところでしょう。本編は映画「シカゴ」で知られるボブ・マーシャル監督が手がけており、映像はハリウッド映画そのものです。単なるライブ映像とは違って、昔のテレビスペシャルのように練りに練られていますのでライブの緊張感は無いのですが、それでもほぼ全ての歌はハンドマイクを使って実際に歌っているのであなどれませんね。CDには参加していなかったクリスティーナ・アギレラが素晴しい歌声を披露してくれています。彼女独特の「力み」が抜けて、のびのびとデュエットを楽しんでいるのでいつもより好感が持てました。
ハリウッドスターによる解説シーンが途中途中に出てくるものの、まったりとせず、息もつかせぬ役45分のヒットメドレー状態です！息するのを忘れないでください！！

スティービー・ワンダーの歌唱は一際輝いており、圧巻です！それにつられたのか、トニーも信じられないようなロングブレスを聞かせてくれます。80歳なんて信じられませんね。

メイキングなどの映像特典を含めて約80分、リージョン0です。
字幕機能は無しです。

American Classic
グラミー賞で
Stevie Wonderとのデュエット曲で受賞した
最新アルバムの映像盤

監督はChicagoの
Rob Marshall

何がいいって
編集
音楽ものは
切り刻まれることが多いが
これでいいんです

Simple Is Best