August 2006

Ron Kaplan: Weber Iago Album

Kapland Records

Ron’s ten song latest can’t be beat. A most remarkable pianist Weber Iago, assists Ron this time out. They keep alive performing the standard songbook catalogue, which has been the paramount cause in much of Ron’s life. The singing here is actually more serious narration. It’s most unusual to hear his impressive take on Ellingtonia in the form of “I’m Just A Lucky So And So”.  Ron actually croons this to a deep dark Herb Jefferies like performance. On the other hand his dramatics on “It Was A Very Good Year” (Drake) contains just the right amount of melodrama to breath new life into this till now all too familiar over done song.