jazz2love

Album:  Looking Back Play It Again Artist:  Herb Silverstein and Michael Ross Label:  Silver Tunes Website:  www.herbsilversteinjazz.com Looking Back Play It Again from pianist Herb Silverstein and bass player Michael Ross features all original works by Silverstein.  A compilation of piano ballads and improvised chord patterns, Silverstein demonstrates his artistic inclinations and melodic sensibilities on the piano. The caressing glide of Silverstein's keys ambling along "Love in My Heart" produces a pacifying effect as the mellow tone of the music courses an even flow through the arrangement.  "Helix 49r" picks up the tempo with a tinge of zest, speeding up the pulsating beat of the keys, which switches its texture to a creamy froth through "Improvisation."  Silverstein's improvised doodles on the keys create an ethereal lift along the composition that changes to a brisk sweep across "Magic Sam." The sprightly movements of the keys...

Album:  Taking A Chance On Love Artist:  Linda Purl Label:  Reaching Records Website:  https://www.lindapurl.com/product/taking-a-chance-on-love/ Night club singers have a long history of singing the blues, and just as equally for singing about romance, Linda Purl indulges in the latter theme on her latest release Taking A Chance On Love from Reaching Records.  From the swing-infused "Pure Imagination" to the bossa nova swells of "Wave" to the consoling atmosphere portrayed by the piano ballad driving "Too Late Now," Purl charms her audience with caressing vocal strokes and a delicate touch in her delivery of the lyrics. Channeling the penetrative voicing of a magnetic narrator, Purl's treatment of Billy Joel's mollifying sonnet "Lullaby (Goodnight My Angel)" projects a loving sentiment that is palpable as she soothes, "Goodnight my angel / time to close your eyes / and save these questions for another day / I think I now what yo...