Album Review: I Remember You from Nicolas Bearde
Album: I Remember You: The Music of Nat King Cole Artist: Nicolas Bearde Label: Right Groove Records Website: www.nicolasbearde.com I Remember You: The Music of Nat King Cole is Nicolas Bearde’s newest endeavor and the sixth CD he has released on his own label, Right Groove Records. His re-imaginings modernize the formula for swing music from the days of Nat King Cole. Bearde's R&B enriched voicing helms the tracks, engaging the listener's melodic sensibilities. Creamy and debonair, Bearde's renditions move the music of Nat King Cole into the 21st century in time with Cole's 100th birthday celebration. Supple and smooth, Bearde's treatment of "That Sunday, That Summer" displays his sensual phrasing and even keel. Moving deeper into the recording, the emotive tone of his voice in "Funny (Not Much)" rings like a nightingale as Eric Alexander's saxophone twirls float with a lingering peal above the melodic verses of the piano k...