Bill Coon; Standard Elegance

This CD is well titled because standards are the rule of the day and elegance reigns from the first note to the last. This is my initial encounter with guitarist Bill Coon. But I hope that it's the first of many. Playing luscious solo guitar, Coon weaves his magic through thirteen examples of artistic excellence. Just to give you an idea, how about “All The Things You Are”, “Yesterdays”, “But Beautiful”, “Prelude To A Kiss”, “East Of The Sun”, “Here's That Rainy Day”, and many more. Did I get your attention? Perhaps my personal fave is Django Reinhardt's “Nuages”, It's pronounced without the letter “s” and translates from French to the word “Clouds”. If you're a guitar lover---and I don't mean all these instruments lined up in pawn shops---well, you'll return to this stirring recital again and again.

Cellar Music Group; 2025; appx. 50 min.