Artist: John Basile, David Finck, Carmen Intorre Jr.
Title: Heatin' Up
Year Of Release: 2024
Label: Stringtime Jazz 010
Genre: Jazz
Quality: flac lossless (tracks)
Total Time: 00:40:36
Total Size: 245 mb


Tracklist

01. Under the Influence (feat. David Finck & Carmen Intorre Jr.)
02. For All We Know (feat. David Finck & Carmen Intorre Jr.)
03. Girl Talk (feat. David Finck & Carmen Intorre Jr.)
04. See Saw (feat. David Finck & Carmen Intorre Jr.)
05. Moon and Sand (feat. David Finck & Carmen Intorre Jr.)
06. Never Will I Marry (feat. David Finck & Carmen Intorre Jr.)
07. Summer's Dawn (feat. David Finck & Carmen Intorre Jr.)
08. Like a Lover (feat. David Finck & Carmen Intorre Jr.)
09. Tear It Down (feat. David Finck & Carmen Intorre Jr.)
10. Countenance (feat. David Finck & Carmen Intorre Jr.)

John Basile's warm tone and impeccable articulation on Heatin' Up at first may trigger memories of the late, great Pat Martino, an iconic guitarist whom Basile obviously admires. But listen closer to the elegant phrasing, the confident use of space and "less is more" approach he applies to tunes like Cy Coleman's "See Saw," the oft-covered standard "For All We Know" or his own gorgeous ballad "Countenance," and another influence comes to mind. As Basile put it, "There's no stronger influence on me than Jim Hall." That Hall-like touch, where there is barely a sense of someone playing a plectrum instrument, is evident throughout these ten tracks on Heatin' Up (Springtime Jazz 010). But in terms of his vocal phrasing on an old school swinger like "Never Will I Marry," famously covered on the 1961 Capitol album, Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley) or on Alec Wilder's "Moon and Sand," (a 1941 tune previously recorded by everyone from Chet Baker to Kenny Burrell and even Basile himself, on his 1987 album Sunny Side Up, yet another major influence on Basile comes into play.