For those not in the know, with The Nearness of You - In Loving Memory of Jim Rotondi (out September 12th), Lili Maljić (also known as Lili Mae) offers more than a collection of standards - this is a cohesive artistic statement that reveals her voice as both interpreter and innovator.

Furthermore, her sensitivity to the material, collaborative spirit, and musical curiosity place her firmly among the most exciting new jazz vocalists to emerge from Europe.

Simply put, The Nearness of You - In Loving Memory of Jim Rotondi is a striking debut that reimagines some beloved jazz standards with elegance, depth and a daring artistry hat is rarely seen in this day and age.

1. The Shadow of Your Smile [5:49]
2. Easy To Love [5:02]
3. Never Let Me Go [6:36]
4. The Touch of Your Lips [4:33]
5. The Nearness of You [6:17]
6. This Can’t Be Love [2:56]
7. You Go To My Head [5:13]
8. The Song Is You [4:00]
9. I Didn’t Know About You [4:48]
10. That Old Black Magic [4:53]

The Austin-based jazz vocalist opens her new set on a vibrantly-hued bossa nova flow of The Shadow of Your Smile and an affluent swing shown within Easy To Love and then we get brought forth the stunning balladry of Never Let Me Go, a smile-inducing mid-tempo swing within The Touch of Your Lips and the spirited, wholly reinvented title track The Nearness of You.

Along next on this simply sumptuous new album is the effortless This Can’t Be Love and that is itself followed seamlessly by a veritably melancholic, yet tonally rich You Go To My Head, the spirited The Song Is You, the music rounding out on the soulful balladry of I Didn’t Know About You, coming to an all too soon close on an exquisite, stripped-down, ballad-formed That Old Black Magic.