Album Review: For Lovers Only from Kenney Polson
Album Review: For Lovers Only from Kenney Polson Album: For Lovers Only Artist: Kenney Polson Label: Jazz Beyond B orders Website: https://kenneypolson.com Set on the trajectory for mass appeal, saxophonist Kenney Polson's latest release For Lovers Only is sonically smooth and emotively sublime. Track after track is sheer bliss, featuring Polson's relaxed temperament on the sax augmented by the warm R&B-style lulls of guitarists Bruce Conte and Phil Upchurch, the sleek grooves of bassist Michael Henderson, the soft glimmer in Tom Grant's piano notes, the sparkling effects of Roger Smith's keyboards, and the charming interplay of Polson's saxophone with trumpet player Larry Gittens and trombonist Fred Wesley. Like the title of the album leads audiences to believe, the music is designed to stir the listener's sense of romantic affection. Perhaps "La La Means I Love You" says it best blanketed in euphoric smooth jazz ethers. The f...