Only the Lover Sings is Georgia Cécile's stunning debut album. Ten tracks composed with songwriting partner Euan Stevenson, the recording features her stellar trio - pianist Stevenson, bassist Mario Caribé and drummer Max Popp - augmented by four SNJO stalwarts - Ryan Quigley (trumpet), Konrad Wiszniewski (tenor sax), Michael Owers and Chris Grieve (trombones) - and an ace string quartet led by violinist Seonaid Aitken featuring Kirsty Orton (second violin), Patsy Reid (viola) and Alice Allen (cello).
Cécile's album has been long in the making (the production values are second to none) but now it's here. Each song sounds familiar, some owing something to the best songwriters of our times, some possessing a filmic quality, all, one way or another, influenced, or inspired, by the Great American Songbook. Come Summertime is set to become a standard, Harpoon is likely to be Cécile's showstopper for the foreseeable future, and Blue is Just a Colour is the one to show off the ensemble's jazz chops - soulful with a hip-hop groove, the rapid-fire horns ultimately taken down by Stevenson at the (B3?) organ.
Only the Lover Sings is available here. Highly recommended - Russell
Georgia Cécile (vocals); Euan Stevenson (piano, organ); Mario Caribé (double bass); Max Popp (drums, percussion); Ryan Quigley (trumpet); Konrad Wiszniewski (tenor sax); Michael Owers (trombone, bass trombone); Chris Grieve (trombone); Seonaid Aitken (violin); Kirsty Orton (violin); Patsy Reid (viola); Alice Allen (cello)
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