Album Review: Something's Gotta Give from Anthony Caceres
Album: Something's Gotta Give Artist: Anthony Caceres Label: A Jig in G Production Website: www.anthonycaceres.com The swinging style of singer, songwriter, and bass player Anthony Caceres is like no one before. Not Sinatra, not Harry Connick Jr., not Michael Feinstein, not Michael Buble though many of the songs on Caceres's CD Something's Gotta Give mirror his predecessors setlist. With jazz standards like Dizzy Gillespie's "A Night in Tunisia" and Cole Porter's "What Is This Thing Called Love," and long forgotten pop favorites like "Autumn Serenade" and "Once in Awhile," Caceres reprises the music of a begone day when swing reigned as the supreme choice of music. Extraordinarily, these begone tunes bode nicely with Caceres' register and modern treatment of the melodies. Hearing the bass parts of these songs played by Caceres and the vocals sung by him is a pleasing ride as he shares a new vision for them. H...