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Giacomo Gates Centerpiece CD

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Featuring Harold Danko, Ray Drummond, Greg Bandy, Vic Juris and Vincent Herring, vocalist Gates presents a set of classics highlighted by his own lyrics and those of King Pleasure, Eddie Jefferson and Cole Porter. "Gates continues to cement his place in

Centerpiece is the third album from Connecticut-based crooner Giacomo Gates. This is full-fledged jazz lounge singing at its contemporary best. The songs are standards from throughout the timeline of jazz, but with an extra ounce of emphasis on some of the writers: Cole Porter, Eddie Jefferson, and King Pleasure. There are clear echoes in Gates' technique of Sinatra at times, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross methods at times, and maybe a bit of Joe Williams on some of the bop standards. With these echoes and influences in hand, Gates then fuses them into a coherent style of his own. The great thing here, beyond being able to mimic aspects of the greats, is his ability to jump from style to style along the way and claim the songs for himself. In "Route 66," he slows the pace down to a lazy croon. In "I Got the Blues," he picks up the phrasing to a jumping bop format very reminiscent of a sped-up round of some of the Dizzy Gillespie/Joe Carroll classics. The forward drive is only enhanced as he smashes into a lyricized version of "Milestones" (which also features some exceptional solos from the band). The album is an exceptional take on vocal jazz, which tends to lose its sheer power and fun in favor of sentimentality in many new artists. Gates reclaims the fun of it and keeps the technical aspects at peak performance to boot. Definitely worth picking up for any fan of older styles of vocal jazz, and most likely for fans of contemporary vocal jazz to get a glimpse of a different take. ~ Adam Greenberg

Personnel: Giacomo Gates (vocals); Vic Juris (guitar); Vincent Herring (alto saxophone); Harold Danko (piano); Ray Drummond (double bass); Greg Bandy (drums).

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List Price $15.97 (You save $3.08)
Category Rock/Pop Albums, Jazz CDs, Vocal, Jazz Vocals
Label Origin (Arts)
Orig Year 2004
All Time Sales Rank   58490  
CD Universe Part number 6736822
Catalog number 72428
Discs 1
Release Date Jun 15, 2004
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer Giacomo Gates; Jon Russell
Engineer Jon Russell
Personnel Greg Bandy - drums
Giacomo Gates - vocals

Also: Ray Drummond, Vincent Herring, Harold Danko, Vic Juris
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Giacomo Gates Centerpiece Album Track Listing



1.Summertime
2.I Told You I Love You, Now Get Out
3.Centerpiece
4.Meldey: How High The Moon / Ornithology
5.You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
6.All of Me
7.Lady Bird
8.Route 66
9.Scotch & Soda
10.Lester Leaps In / I Got The Blues
11.Milestones
12.Hittin' The Jug / Swan Song
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Average Rating: (4.5 out of 5 stars) 4.5 stars

5 stars The next great male jazz singer
Giacomo Gates is carrying the "vocalese"torch. He pairs his rich voice and an impeccable line-up of swinging tunes (even his ballads swing).I love this guy and have his other three recordings.Please take it from me, this cd is as good as it gets and that's coming from someone who has over a thousand cds of jazz singers from 1929 to the present. His band is also excellent. Enjoy!
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4 stars GREAT CAR MUSIC
LOVE HIS SCATTING
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