Roberto Tola - Colors 2020 (CD)

Hello my friends, I'm so excited to make this article. About 12 days ago I had the pleasure to present on my show the brand new album called "Colors" by the Italian guitarist, composer and arranger, Roberto Tola. In 2017 he left his footprint in the industry of music with the awarded and successful album "Bein Green". 

Roberto collaborated on that album with some great musicians, such as the saxophonists Bob Mintzer and Najee, the trumpeter Bill McGee, the vibraphonist Tim Collins and with two members from the well-known british group Shakatak. I'm talking to you about the pianist Bill Sharpe and the vocalist Jill Saward. The album was great and was soon known to the world. All the radios around the world were constantly playing the tracks from that album. Of course, the song "Sunny Morning" stood out. It was an amazing song that was written and arranged by Roberto himself. Jill Saward on vocals. It soon reached #No1 on the charts in England. Immediately, the reviews of the album were pretty nice and opened the road for Roberto to later  receive some awards.

The success of Roberto Tola was fresh and he continued with the song "Slow Motion". This song was the beginning for the upcoming new album. It was originally composed by 2 brazilian artists, Celso Fonseca and Ronaldo Bastos. Roberto collaborated with the exceptional singer, Darryl Walker who collaborated with the trumpeter and former member of the famous band Tower of Power, Greg Adams. Roberto made a great job on the arrangements on that song and Darryl Walker was fantastic on vocals. Instantly the song reached No1 on the smoothjazz British charts and kept this place for 24 weeks. A great accomplishment that indicates how great this song is. I love the guitar in the beginning combined with flugelhorn.

As I told you the song "Slow Motion" was the harbinger of the upcoming album. It was finally released on May 29th. It is called "Colors". All the songs arranged by Roberto himself. Definitely, the song "Time And Place" is great. Roberto made the song better than the original. It was written by William Sharpe and Jill Saward and it was first recorded in 2016 by Shakatak. Darryl Walker was fantastic on vocals again.

The song "Laura" also stands out featuring Mando Cordova from the Republic of Panama. It is a traditional folk song that was composed by Ginetto Ruzzetta and originally titled “L’Asthru Isthiu". I love this track. Great arrangements by Roberto and fantastic rendition by Mando Cordova. Finally I suggest you to listen to instrumentals "Preludio" featuring the well known saxophonist and flutist, Paula Atherton and "Helwa Ya Balady" composed by Gilbert Sinoué, Marwan Saada, Jeff Barnel & Bernard Liamis. The song was originally sung by the famous singer, born and raised in Cairo, Egypt, the beautiful and charming Dalidà. I suggest that everyone buy this exceptional and quality album.