Amy Cervini - No One Ever Tells You (2018/2019) [Hi-Res]

Hailed by Time Out New York for "tearing down boundaries between old and new jazz styles, rock, pop, country and more," Toronto-born, New York-based vocalist Amy Cervini follows up her 2014 Anzic release Jazz Country with the gritty, blues-oriented No One Ever Tells You. Joined by her brilliant longtime cohorts Jesse Lewis (guitar), Michael Cabe (piano), Matt Aronoff (bass), Jared Schonig (drums) and special guest organist Gary Versace (on four cuts), Cervini puts her stamp on songs "that have resonated with me as a mother, as a partner, and as a woman," she writes in her album notes. "They are songs about love, struggle, and empowerment."

"Both the vocal and instrumental performances on No One Ever Tells You are glorious. But it is the unremitting melancholy of with which Miss Cervini treats a classic idiom, turning every song into an evocative tableau that is the signature element of this disc to die for."

Amy Cervini, vocals
Jesse Lewis, guitar
Michael Cabe, piano
Matt Aronoff, bass
Jared Schonig, drums
Gary Versace, Hammond B3 organ (1, 2, 8, 9)