Barcelona based jazz vocalist Xavier Casellas presents his new release for the Fresh Sound Records label (Fresh Sound - 2005) Yesterday's Sun at the Cornelia Street Cafe in NYC on Narch 28th.
Xavier Casellas, vocals;
Emilio Solla, piano;
RJ Miller, drums;
Matt Pavolka, double bass.
A voice that's driven by subtle emotion, embracing both tradition and a contemporary standpoint in today's jazz scene alike is the pivoting centre around which the excellent arrangements by pianist-composer Emilio Solla revolve.
Instrumental classics such as Prism" by Keith Jarrett or more recent cult compositions like So it seems" by Chris Cheek become originally articulated pieces of vibrant vocalese in the latest CD release by Xavier Casellas, Yesterday's Sun.
Xavier Casellas emerges also as a skilled vocalese writer on his own right to deliver meaningful lyrics in such a way that one would think they had been there all along. One of the most beautiful pieces in Emilio Solla's latest CD Sentido (Fresh Sound -2004) Las ltimas pipas", becomes the compelling new track Last one's for the road", through verbalizing all its melancholy.
Along with these, the record explores freshly conceived versions of classic standards such as My ship" (Weill-Gershwin) or In the wee small hours..." by Mann/Hilliard, and also a bunch of not so usual songs by Gino Vannelli or James Taylor. Colorful stuff."
Xavier Casellas is coming up strong as one of the few europeen male voices aspiring to leave a deep footprint in the contemporay jazz scene." ~ Pere Pons - AVUI DAILY (Spanish Newspaper)
Xavier Casellas, vocals;
Emilio Solla, piano;
RJ Miller, drums;
Matt Pavolka, double bass.
A voice that's driven by subtle emotion, embracing both tradition and a contemporary standpoint in today's jazz scene alike is the pivoting centre around which the excellent arrangements by pianist-composer Emilio Solla revolve.
Instrumental classics such as Prism" by Keith Jarrett or more recent cult compositions like So it seems" by Chris Cheek become originally articulated pieces of vibrant vocalese in the latest CD release by Xavier Casellas, Yesterday's Sun.
Xavier Casellas emerges also as a skilled vocalese writer on his own right to deliver meaningful lyrics in such a way that one would think they had been there all along. One of the most beautiful pieces in Emilio Solla's latest CD Sentido (Fresh Sound -2004) Las ltimas pipas", becomes the compelling new track Last one's for the road", through verbalizing all its melancholy.
Along with these, the record explores freshly conceived versions of classic standards such as My ship" (Weill-Gershwin) or In the wee small hours..." by Mann/Hilliard, and also a bunch of not so usual songs by Gino Vannelli or James Taylor. Colorful stuff."
Xavier Casellas is coming up strong as one of the few europeen male voices aspiring to leave a deep footprint in the contemporay jazz scene." ~ Pere Pons - AVUI DAILY (Spanish Newspaper)
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