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Tony Bennett8 p.m. Saturday, October 27. Fox Theatre, 527 North Grand Boulevard.By Roy KastenPublished on October 24, 2007 at 8:57amAt 81 and with over 50 years of recordings under his belt, Tony Bennett is still swinging around that eternal American lamppost and still keeping it lit with pop fire. But for all of his vocal gifts Sinatra once called him the best singer in the business Bennett's taste and humility (which shouldn't be confused with lack of ambition) remain his calling cards. That grace only makes last year's Duets, an overly decorous set with the blood-chilling likes of Celine Dion, Tim McGraw and Bono, a pointless footnote to one of the great second acts in American music. By any law of nature, Bennett shouldn't be able to outsing the generations who've learned from his in-around-and-upside-down-the-beat phrasing. That he can, without ever missing the soul of the beat, is cause for joy and respect. <
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