Anyone who likes swing, ballads and melodic jazz will certainly appreciate the new CD from John Pizzarelli: After Hours. It is a CD that you can put on as background music, but to which you can absolutely listen quietly alone or with a loved one. In addition to the trio, which consists of singer / guitarist John Pizzarelli, bassist Martin Pizzarelli and pianist Ray Kennedy (which means that this
… music shows strong similarities with the music of Nat King Cole), you can also hear on several songs: tenor saxophonist Harry Allen, trumpet player Randy Sandke, father Bucky Pizzarelli on acoustic rhythm guitar and drummer Joe Cocuzzo. Including: Coquette, I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry, But Not For Me and Sometimes I'm Happy. Pizzarelli wrote two songs himself: Lullaby and Be My Baby Tonight; Randy Sandke wrote the closing song Stringbean. Pizzarelli will certainly appeal to many.more