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Album:   Love on the Tyrrhenian Artist:   CeCe Gable Label: CCGableLLC Website:   https://cecegable.com   Love on the Tyrrhenian , the sixth full-length recording from vocalist CeCe Gable blends American swing with Latin influences and easy listening/contemporary adult pop serenity.   Track after track weaves a melodious tapestry of picturesque tunage, sweeping listeners away along a blissful cruise. A lounging samba rhythm transports the title track and "Little Boat" into a balmy, paradise-imbued realm with the keys twinkling softly as Gable's warm vocals blanket the listener in succor-rich vibrations.   There is a nostalgic slant in the music reminiscent of the alluring escapes penned by Antonio Carlos Jobim.      Gable continues serenading the listener with the luxurious atmospherics of "The Riviera," a staple of Cy Coleman and Joseph Allen McCarthy .   The arrangement is given an elevating boost by pianist-arranger John Shipley, en...

Album:  The Venetian Artist:  Vin Venezia Label:  Innervision Records Website:  www.vincentvenezia.com Guitarist Vin Venezia's latest release, The Venetian , features 13 tracks consisting of vintage jazz standards, contemporary works, and original material by Venezia.  Supporting Venezia are Richie Morales on drums, Harvie S on bass, David Budway on piano, Danny Walsh on tenor saxophone, and special guest Bob Magnuson, who plays tenor sax on Miles Davis's gem "Solar" with a fervor reminiscent of Davis himself. Venezia mesmerizes the audience with his interpretation of Victor Young and Ned Washington's tune "Stella By Starlight," stroking his guitar strings with a tenderness that ignites waves of soothing emanations. Another vintage standard "Alone Together," penned by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz, is treated with a funky flare in Harvie S's grooving bass line as Walsh's tenor sax intersperses twirling toots along the rollicking prog...

Album:  Opening Artist:  Chris Keefe Label: Zugzwangbebop Records Website:  chriskeefemusic.com The camaraderie demonstrated by pianist Chris Keefe, bassist Harvie S, and drummer Adam Nussbaum on Keefe's latest release Opening displays a genuine esprit de corps that affects the listener instantly.  Launching the recording with "Got a Chick?," Harvie S and Nussbaum work with Keefe's musical statements, inseminating arcs and rhythmic beats that enhance the revelry and interplay. The trio's kinetic interplay makes each track enjoyable.  The refinement and liveliness of "Just in Time" is magnetic, and the sleek pendulum-like swells of "Modern" are aurally comforting.  The shuffling beats of "Along Came Betty" have a hardcore bop luster, and the solemn ambience of "Fall In Love Too Easily" has a tranquilizing effect on the listener, imbued with a straight-ahead jazz shine.  "Chobim" permeates a dreamy bossa nova sway t...

Album:  Σymposium For Peace Artist:  George Nazos Website:  https://www.georgenazos.com An agreeable mixture of folkloric jazz, ambient acoustics, and improvised phrasing, Σymposium For Peace from guitarist, composer and bandleader George Nazos is an enterprising venture.  Accompanied by Harvie S on bass, Joe Abba on drums and guest vocalist Tamuz Nissim, Nazos flexes his instinct for theatrical flourishes, threading chords that sow together into searing stories. Nazos's strumming tenderly treads across "I See You" brandishing an ambient texture that's bolstered by the light strokes of Abba's drums and soft throbbing of Harvie S's bass.   Nazos changes course on "Santie" displaying a nimble flutter that wields a folkoric twinkle, which transitions into the gentle glittering effects strewn across "Lonely Moon."  His guitar strings weave searing messages as though groping in the darkness, grasping for something in the distance and wandering ...

Single:  Once Again It's Winter Artist:  CeCe Gable Label:  CCGableLLC Website:  https://cecegable.hearnow.com Fireside jazz is a precise description of singer-songwriter CeCe Gable's music.  Her single "Once Again It's Winter" is a collaboration she did with pianist/accordionist/composer/arranger Corky Bennett. While Bennett wrote the music, Gable wrote the lyrics and sang the tune.  The verses are primarily based on her experiences while living in Vermont, a transitional phase in her life that left an indelible mark in her memory, which she shares in the song. The elegant phrasing of Akio Sasajima's guitar chords imbue a bossa nova flare strewn across the track, producing a balmy atmosphere around Gable's soothing tone.  The music is both airy and earthy as bassist Harvie S and drummer Andrew Heglund infuse gently rolling knolls along the melody.  The intimacy Gable creates with the audience results in a cozy, fireside ambience. The single follo...

Album:  More Than A Song Artist:  CeCe Gable Label:  CCGableLLC Website:  www.cecegable.com Vocalist CeCe Gable works her sultry timbres through a trove of jazz standards on her latest release More Than A Song .  The warm texture of her register and graceful swagger of her vocal inflections make her recording sonically heavenly on the aural senses.  From the seductive lure she projects through "As Long As I Live" to the reflective shimmer in her vocals ruminating across "Fotografia," Gable holds her audience with rapt attention. The coquettish lilt in her vocal inflections caress the gentle swells of "East of the Sun" as Harvie S's bass solo engraves a rumba-esque sway augmented by the gentle waves of Roni Ben-Hur's guitar riffs.  Gable treats each track with loving care as she fodders the amorous embers of "Love Is a Necessary Evil," transitioning into the soft rhythmic pulse of "I Thought About You," as the tender billow o...

Album:  Heat Songs Artist:  George Nazos Label:   Street of Stars Website:  www.georgenazos.com Born in Athens, Greece and working in New York City, guitarist-composer George (Giorgos) Nazos blends various styles of guitar from acoustic jazz and flamenco to collaborative freestyle and ambient.  Nazos moves through a gamut of expressions on his latest recording Heat Songs , weaving sublime sensations in the chord sequences integrated with improvised patterns.  His studies on the guitar demonstrate his imaginative leanings and melodic sensibilities.  Joined by Harvie S on bass, Tony Jefferson on drums, and vocalist Tamuz Nissim, the effort is a finely orchestrated collaboration. Nissim's soothing lullaby-lilt along "Bird on a Wire" is catacomb by Nazos' guitar trickles as his chords amble in a meditative fashion.   Plucking at notes in a freestyle manner across "Our Melody," Nazos creates a mosaic of sounds framed in Harvie S' throbbin...