Beat Kaestli turns his attention to the Great American Songbook on Invitation, his auspicious debut for Chesky Records. Recorded at St. Peter's Church in Chelsea, this stirring collection of jazz standards is the perfect showcase for Kaestli's hauntingly beautiful voice, which falls somewhere in the Chet Baker-Kenny Rankin range. His voice is imbued with clarion articulation, naturally relaxed phrasing and uncanny feeling.
Invitation is a testament to the importance and vitality of the non-Sinatra aspect of male vocal singing in a world where the is so much emphasis on precisely that and very little, unfortunately, on what a Chet Baker or Kenny Rankin was doing.
Kaestli is doing it with rare style and verve. He is indeed a talent worthy of wider recognition.
Features:
• Super Audio CD
• SACD Multi-Channel SACD Layer
• SACD Stereo SACD Layer
• This Hybrid SACD contains a 'Red Book' Stereo CD Layer which is playable on most conventional CD Players!
Selections:
1. Day In Day Out
2. It Could Happen To You
3. Invitation
4. My Foolish Heart
5. The Island
6. My Romance
7. The Nearness Of You
8. Moonlight in Vermont
9. I've Got You Under My Skin
Invitation is a testament to the importance and vitality of the non-Sinatra aspect of male vocal singing in a world where the is so much emphasis on precisely that and very little, unfortunately, on what a Chet Baker or Kenny Rankin was doing.
Kaestli is doing it with rare style and verve. He is indeed a talent worthy of wider recognition.
Features:
• Super Audio CD
• SACD Multi-Channel SACD Layer
• SACD Stereo SACD Layer
• This Hybrid SACD contains a 'Red Book' Stereo CD Layer which is playable on most conventional CD Players!
Selections:
1. Day In Day Out
2. It Could Happen To You
3. Invitation
4. My Foolish Heart
5. The Island
6. My Romance
7. The Nearness Of You
8. Moonlight in Vermont
9. I've Got You Under My Skin
