As we told you the other day, the last song Amy Winehouse recorded was a duet with her musical hero, Tony Bennett, of “Body and Soul,” a song made famous by Billie Holliday. All royalties made from the song will go to a foundation to help kids with addiction issues set up by Winehouse’s father. Bennett praised her talent in a recent interview with the BBC.
“Amy was beautiful. She was quite nervous, but I thought, I met Sinatra before a show, and he was nervous, and Duke Ellington, and he was nervous. What calmed her down when we did the record, and I’ll never forget it, I said the way you sound [you sound like] Dinah Washington … and that calmed her down. She’s truly a good jazz singer. She’s not making believe it’s jazz. She’s completely original and she’s good at it.”
The song is beautiful, but obviously a bit haunting. Enjoy.
