Luca Kiella - Ready For You

Size: 114.9 MB
Time: 48:56
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2021
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Full

01. Till Tomorrow (3:28)
02. Here No More (3:11)
03. I Hate My Boss (3:40)
04. Desperate Train To Nowhere (4:25)
05. Ready For You (4:39)
06. Many Reasons Ago (4:00)
07. Misstep (3:49)
08. A True Connection (4:47)
09. Let You Go (3:51)
10. Wanna Love You Tonight (3:36)
11. Won't You Please (3:58)
12. Is There Any Love Left For Me? (5:25)

Every generation needs an upbeat crooner, and what Harry Connick Jr. was to the Millennials, Luca Kiella could easily be for today’s ears. He’s got an upbeat and boy-next-door voice, writes his own stuff, and knows how two swing in the style of New Orleans romps as hie plays a variety of keyboards with his team of Aaron Weistrop/g, Paul Hall/dr, William Baggett/b, Packy Lundholm/g-perc, Chuck Bontragen/dr and a swinging horn section of Mark Mullins/tb, Bobby campo/tp, and Brad Walker/ts.

With the swaying horns, he boogaloos through the fun “Misstep”, sets fire with his organ grinding on the blue collar “I Hate My Boss” and gives hints of Dr. John with his full fisted piano on “Here No More”. His stride is just right with Weistrop as he struts through “Is There Any Love Left For Me?” while showing his tender side on piano for the heartfelt “Let You Go”. Hall provides a Motown backbeat on “Wanna Love You Tonight” while Baggett gives some tasty bass lines to accompany Kiella on “Many Reasons Ago”. Kiella’s lyrics are well thought out, hip, clever and work well with the danceable charts. When’s this guy hitting So Cal? ~George W. Harris

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Luca Kiella - Figure It Out

Source: Digital Lossless Copy
Size: 42.6 MB
Time: 18:27
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Full

01. Ten O'clock Blues (2:00)
02. Unnecessarily Mercenary (3:19)
03. Figure It Out (4:02)
04. I Can't Stop Loving You (3:32)
05. So Many Questions (5:32)

This has been a major surprise for us here at RMHQ; a pleasant one, but a surprise none the less. Mostly because the stable it came from is more recognised as supplying us with some of the sharpest Rhythm and Blues in the Western Hemisphere; and that sure ain’t the way to describe Italian singer-pianist Luca Kiella at all.
That said, he really does play The Blues but it’s that late night, nightclub style that we normally associate with Brother Ray or more recently Mr Jon Cleary or the British star Jamie Cullum; but with an added contemporary edge to his songs.
The glorious instrumental Ten O’Clock Blues gets the show on the road in a clever way; nodding to the likes of Monk and Dr. John in the way Kiella tinkles the ivories; but never ever sounding like either on a classy tune that’s just waiting for a TV advert.
This is followed by Kiella’s homage to his hero with a reverential rendition of Jon Cleary’s Unnecessarily Mercenary that will get the toes a’tappin and the brain cells working overtime.
Choosing to cover Don Gibson’s I Can’t Stop Loving You in this format is a brave and possibly even dangerous choice; but Luca treads that tightrope without a safety net; and gives it everything he has coming out the other end with a rather sexy love song that will make the ladies go weak at the knees, and the men grooving along to the wonderful Jimmy Smith style organ sweeps and Aaron Weistrop’s super cool guitar licks too.
This 5 track EP closes with a startling song called So Many Questions, which needs to be played with the lights turned way down low; as our Italian friend tells his story of leaving home to cross an ocean for the love of music; and if his piano playing doesn’t move you…… you don’t have a soul!
I normally like to be contrary when it comes to choosing a Favourite Song; but I have to agree with the record company publicist this time; and go for the title track and single, Figure It Out, a really swinging Jazzy Blues tune with an edgy song sung in Luca’s finest Italian-American accent. Winner, winner, winner!
For a debut there’s a whole lot to like here; nothing more so than Luca Kiella’s superb keyboard skills and his delightful voice which will get even better the older he gets. ~The Rocking Magpie

Figure It Out

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