The #zot2017 review is also about love, and I love Howe Gelb and his music.

Howe Gelb - Further Standards (Fire Records, November 24, 2017)

I've seen few musicians perform live with the same skill as Howe Gelb. A skill that goes beyond his technical abilities and has clearly developed over time through experiences accumulated over the years. I mean, I've rarely seen someone so comfortable with both the guitar and the piano, using these instruments as if they were an extension of his body. And I think the first time I saw Howe live with Giant Sand changed my life. Interestingly, Howe Gelb is also the last concert I saw live. Perhaps the only one I've seen in the past two or three years during which my life has experienced various incidents and situations I’m still trying to navigate. After presenting "Future Standards" (released in 2016 on Fire Records), ten new songs in the style of great old standards from authors like Monk, Cohen, Bacharach, Chet Baker, etc., he comes back with this aptly titled "Further Standards." Howe revisits songs in a night recorded live in London with the mesmerizing vocalist Lonna Kelly (along with loyal Thoger Lund on bass and Andrew Collber on drums, plus guest Naim Amor on guitar), presenting selections from "Future Standards" and other classics of his, as well as two unreleased songs ("Presumptuous" and "All You Need To Know"). Beautiful, light as a cat gliding gracefully over the piano keys.

Howe Gelb And Lonna Kelley - Presumptuous (Further Standards 2017

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