Ron Kaplan
Lounging Around Redux
Kapland Records 2006

©Kapland Records 2006

This is the second Ron Kaplan album received here and it acts as a companion to Saloon.

Once again we have an exemplary selection of songs from the Great American Songbook performed with a small jazz band in an intimate setting. Kaplan has one of those warm as treacle voices which can take any one of these nine songs make it seem like a direct communication to you.

Some of the highlights include Cry Me A River, Just One Of Those Things, Caravan, What A Wonderful World and I Surrender Dear, but there are no bad tracks here. Ably backed by Larry Scalar on guitar, Giuseppe Morella on drums and Perry Thorsell on bass (plus guests on some of the tracks), this is a leisurely paced album suited to chilling out with a glass of wine or beer, preferably with the lover of choice snuggling in your arms.