Giacomo Gates

Jazz vocalist Giacomo Gates is blessed with a smooth and expressive baritone voice and an all-encompassing Musicality that combines a hipster-like coolness, a dash of vocalese, an Eckstine-esque seductiveness that has the the storytelling skills of a griot, a firm grounding in the blues, and a Sense of swing that is unmatched. His performances can be quiet and full of insight (or innuendo) or exuberant and joyous

Whatever style Gates may offer - be it sensitive, sensitive, sensual, or syncopated - he infuses the music with an underlying humor, ironic cultural and social implications, and a a mischievous delight in surprising his listeners

You is a perfect Example of Gates at his best: The singer presents a Program with a unique and decidedly altruistic leitmotif. Here are 18 songs that everyone knows and loves, arranged with Creativity and wit, and performed in Gates' gregarious voice, so that there can be no mistake:

PERSONNEL:

• Giacomo Gates - (vocals)
• Tim Ray - (piano)
• John Lockwood - (bass)
• James Lattini - (drums)

Weston, CT, January 12-14, 2021

TRACKS:

• 01. Exactly Like You
• 02. I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
• 03. With Plenty of Money and You
• 04. I Didn’t Know About You
• 05. The Nearness of You
• 06. It Had to Be You
• 07. I Thought About You
• 08. I Want to Talk About You
• 09. I Mean You
• 10. P.S. I Love You
• 11. Are You Havin’ Any Fun?
• 12. I Remember You
• 13. You’re Blasé
• 14. Everything But You
• 15. You’ve Changed
• 16. Since I Fell for You
• 17. I’ve Got News for You
• 18 You Never Miss the Water ‘Till the Well Runs Dry