Described as providing “an intimate look into a beautiful friendship and musical partnership that transcends generations,” the special will include footage from the making of the “Love for Sale” album as well as their first full-length collaboration, 2014’s “Cheek to Cheek,” and going back to their first fruitful meeting in 2011. Last in the three-special rollout will be a documentary, “The Lady and the Legend,” available exclusively via Paramount Plus, also with a premiere date yet to be announced. “Tony Bennett’s resurgence began in the ’90s with his ‘MTV Unplugged’ and it’s timely that the last chapter ends on the same note,” said Bennett’s son and longtime manager, Danny Bennett. That branding played a major role in Bennett’s career almost three decades ago when his first “MTV Unplugged” special was turned into a surprise-hit 1994 album that went on to win the 1995 Grammy for album of the year.
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The show was filmed with an intimate studio audience in New York City around the time of August’s Radio City Music Hall performances. "Thank you to all the Grammy voters for recognizing me and Tony's dedication to jazz music and for also recognizing it in major categories where this music is often not nominated.Next up is “MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga,” pegged for winter with no confirmed air date yet. I'll never forget that today he could track every word I was saying and understood the world was celebrating him and celebrating jazz - a genre that embodies the joy, abundance and imagination of Black music throughout history. "This means so much to me, the Bennetts, my family, jazz music, and the great Cole Porter who wrote all these timeless classics. I just keep crying and am utterly speechless. I am stunned and shocked and beyond grateful. She added: "Thank you so much to the for these 6 nominations for Love For Sale. I love you Tony, and the world loves you too. Believe in love and partnership, even with 60 years between us, and Alzheimer's, there is nothing like the magic of music. "Thank you to the public for loving us, we surely love each other, and you. "At 95 years old, he has more nominations than ever, I'm so honored to be his companion in music and his friend," she said. Gaga also took to social media to thank the Recording Academy, revealing that their latest work "happened because it was Tony's idea and I made him a promise that we would make it and we did". The two recorded the album while he had Alzheimer's "And not everyone you know, every case is different and everybody's different, but they're still there and my heart goes out to you and this album was made while he had Alzheimer's and we sang it while he had Alzheimer's and he was still able to do it, I am just floored by him." If you are with that person that you love, play some music from their childhood and I promise you that they will come to life in a way that is not expected. "I've sung with Tony for almost 10 years, and it's heartbreaking to watch what he's going through having Alzheimer's, and also I wish to say to anybody that's listening that knows somebody with Alzheimer's or dementia that's dealing with that in their lives.
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MORE: Lady Gaga looks incredible in stunning white lace wedding dress MORE: Inside Lady Gaga's $22.5m Malibu mansion "I can't tell you how much I learned from him and what it's like to sing with a legend for so many years," she shared. The superstar, who has collaborated with Tony in the past, appeared on BBC Radio Two's Zoe Ball Show in the hours after the announcement and spoke passionately about their relationship, calling him " one of my most favorite people on the whole planet". WATCH: Lady Gaga talks about working with Bradley Cooper in A Star Is Born