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Gerard Carelli: "Lucky To Be Me" |
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One of the most splendidly beautiful things about music is the cavalcade of images that a single song can evoke; the manner in which something so scientific (i.e. the physics of sound) can become something so much more: an emotion, a smile, an internal pulse. As Gerard Carelli - one of New York's finest - displays on his recent release Lucky To Be Me, music can be this humanly force and effect you the same way a strong swig of cognac, or a month-long vacation.
Carelli is a rarity of the modern artist, a throwback to the day of smart suits, smoky ballrooms and sweet, sweet swing. Born in New Jersey, he has travelled worldwide and played with (or for) some of the most prolific names: Ray Charles, Rosemary Clooney, Johnny Mathis and Mel Torme.
One of the few singer-trombonists, he has taken his distinct brand of Sinatraesque style to the furthest reaches and the boldest aspirations.
Lucky To Be Me bounces between hectic gem and seductive croon-tune. Each of the fourteen songs twists around the others
- creating the sturdiest of soulful ropes - and does not break, simply does not let up. Standards such as "New York, New York" and Irving Berlin's
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"Always" are flawlessly executed; "Leader of a Big-Time Band" (Cole Porter) lends the light-hearted thread and "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?" is just a perfect instrumental painting of the most vivid of colours. Carelli even throws in his hat and joins the cats with an original composition of his own, the surprisingly solid "Well Worth Waiting For".
If there is a weakness to Lucky To Be Me it is the fact that Carelli seems afraid to put more of his own material out there. "Well Worth Waiting For" is just that: a modern interpretation of an old-time style, but one that is refreshing and definitely worth the wait. Now Carelli needs to gain the confidence that a song like this should provide and continue to offer additional original compositions that will undoubtedly become the standards of the future.
This release is the release for your many moods; melancholy, happy, thoughtful, upbeat and supreme.
By Dave Brosha, CanEHdian.com
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