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"This Perfect Day" represents the first solo release by singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer-engineer Bill Gable since his highly-acclaimed Private Music/BMG international release "There Were Signs" in 1989. Singled out by Billboard Magazine for its "superb lyrical imagery," selections from "There Were Signs" were featured on well over 150 AC/NAC/jazz/NPR/college stations throughout the US during the early 1990s, with a video for its single "Go Ahead And Run" reaching medium rotation on VH1. Outside the US, "There Were Signs," an album that unapologetically defied radio formats and superficial categorization, attracted an even more dedicated fan-base that exists to this day. As with Gable's previous work, "This Perfect Day" combines uncompromisingly intelligent and artful songwriting with a striking mix of jazz and world music influences, featuring Gable on vocals, guitars and keyboards, Steve Rodby (Pat Metheny Group) on bass, Tom Brechtlein (Leonard Cohen, Rickie Lee Jones) on drums, Luis Conte (Madonna, Eric Clapton) and Alex Acuna (Weather Report, U2) on percussion, Bob Sheppard (Steely Dan, Lyle Mays) on flute, and Dino Saluzzi on bandoneon. In addition to his solo career, Gable has composed and performed with the Yellowjackets on 3 Grammy-nominated recordings, and has written songs for artists as diverse as Chicago and Branford Marsalis. His songs have been recorded by artists in Brazil, Argentina, Italy, Japan, Finland and Korea. Steely Dan's Walter Becker has described Gable as "first and foremost a great songwriter" with a "marvelous ability to combine exotic musical elements and seemingly disparate influences into a uniquely seasoned and tasty succotash." Listen to this album and see why Gable is regarded as one of the most uncompromising and intelligent singer-songwriters working today.