For those unaware, Yola Nash’s new album Manhattan Whispers blends and blurs the lines between Jazz, Pop, Latin and Eastern European colors as she expertly crafts a personal musical style that is simply irresistible.

Indeed, it is the Polish-born jazz singer-songwriter’s eagerly awaited third studio album as a leader and she produced the project with Grammy-winning musicians and producers Edsel Gomez (Dee Dee Bridgewater) and Lonnie Park.

The unique smooth jazz artist’s style is stamped with her signature seductive sound, and her exotic delivery is flavored with Eastern European folk and brilliantly anchored in the Latin grooves.

Furthermore, Yola wrote all of the lyrics for eight of the nine songs, the lone song on Manhattan Whispers not penned by Yola being Truth Tango, a cabaret-like track that she describes as “musical exploration.”

Indeed, it is set to a beautiful theatrical poem by an award-winning Poet, Writer, Poetry Film Director, Fella Cederbaum, the music written by the author, a unique musical collaboration of which Yola is so very proud of having on her new album.

1. Manhattan Whispers
2. Lovers In Paris
3. Still Love You
4. World On Fire
5. Pray For Love
6. Angel’s Tears
7. So In Love
8. Truth Tango
9. Wonderful Life

This lushly orchestrated, delightfully Parisian in its overall construction, infectiously-imbibed, Latin-tinged work of musical art opens on the titular Manhattan Whispers and that Parisian-embodiment continues onward within the dance floor rumba Lovers In Paris and the swing embodiment of Still Love You, with the, at first, aching balladry, the next a fully upbeat and melodious ride within World On Fire and the gentle roustabout of Pray For Love both along next.

Next up on Yola’s quite stunning new album is the heartfelt yearning within the ballad Angel’s Tears which is itself followed by the buoyant jazz-pop vibe of So In Love, the album rounding out on the forthright melodies and rhythms within the aptly-named Truth Tango, coming to a close on the beautifully harmonic coming together of her multi-faceted skill set on Wonderful Life.

She is also joined on the album by the masterful pianist Edsel Gomez who serves as her music director. Gomez tailored powerful musical soundscapes around the award-winning jazz chanteuse’s passionate vocals. Also on the album are Grammy nominated accordionist Alex Meixner, guitarist Graham Keir, bassist Dave Baron, and Grammy–winning drummer-percussionist Luisito Quintero (Chick Corea).

Yola Nash - Manhattan Whispers [Official Music Video]

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