Nicolas Bearde - Visions (2013)

One of today's premier male jazz vocalists, Nicolas Bearde returns to the studio for his fourth release on the Right Groove Records label. Produced by long-time collaborator and songwriting partner Larry Batiste, Nicolas hits the jazz trail with this largely uptempo offering of jazz classics, sweetened with a touch of late night R&B. Visions features a large and varied rosters of all-star musicians, including renowned bassist Alphonso Johnson (Weather Report), pianist David Garfield (George Benson), drummer Will Kennedy (Yellowjackets) and sax man Gary Meek (Airto). In addition to the tittle track, Stevie Wonder's plaintive and insightful plea for understanding "Visions", this outing includes two original compositions, "Falling in Love Again" and "If you were mine", plus smoking jazz classics such as Eugene McDaniel's "Compared to What", Errol Garner's "Misty" and "You're Sensational" written by West Indian jazz vocalist and composer Jon Lucien.