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Beat Kaestli
Invitation
Genres: Jazz, Pop

Track Listings (9) - Disc #1
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

CD Details

All Artists: Beat Kaestli
Title: Invitation
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Chesky Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2010
Re-Release Date: 4/13/2010
Album Type: Hybrid SACD - DSD
Genres: Jazz, Pop
Style:
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 090368034861

Synopsis

Product Description

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.

CD Reviews

One of the best Jazz vocalist CD's i've ever heard!

jsporn | 06/02/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I'm so happy I found Beat Kaestli and I'm even happier that I bought this album from Chesky Records. This album is a true beauty. Certain aspects of this recording are immediately inviting and bear mentioning. First, is the audio quality. This is Kaestli's debut for Chesky Records, and the label goes out of its way to make sure its albums have a pristine sound. While Chesky might be marketing to audiophiles--since this is an SACD Multichannel Hybrid Disc--the music is inviting enough to appeal to a broad audience, regardless of their audio gear. Once you get past the recording technology, you arrive at Kaestli's voice. His unpretentious tenor simply glides and floats over the band throughout these nine performances. His voice is truly beautiful and is so pervasive that at times it almost seems like time stands still.

This CD just made it to #23 on the Roots Music Chart. I certainly hope it goes higher, because this is one of the best Jazz Vocalist CD's I have heard in a long time. This album is a sure buy for anyone who appreciates the American Songbook sung by an incredible tenor voice."