Nick Parrott - Close To You - Burt Bacharach Song Book (180g Double Vinyl LP)

New York City-based composer, arranger, and pianist John Di Martino is widely celebrated as a favorite collaborator among some of the world’s finest vocalists, instrumentalists, and producers. Nominated for multiple Grammy Awards, Di Martino has performed alongside legendary artists such as Kenny Burrell, James Moody, and Houston Person. On So In Love, the keyboard virtuoso leads his acclaimed Romantic Jazz Trio—featuring the stellar support of bassist Ira Coleman and legendary drummer Grady Tate—delivering an intelligent, deeply expressive performance that radiates a beautiful blend of sweet and bittersweet romanticism.

Recorded on September 9 and 10, 2004, at the historic Avatar Studio in New York, the album is a masterpiece of refined, modern jazz piano. The trio reconstructs timeless classics with exceptional beauty, shifting effortlessly from a stimulating, slightly post-bop interpretation of "Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise" to a lyrical, blues-infused reading of "Summertime." The diverse program also features fascinating, inventive discoveries, including a haunting rendition of Ruggero Leoncavallo's tragic opera aria "Vesti La Giubba"—complete with Coleman’s melancholic bowed bass—alongside a sophisticated, relaxed take on the Beatles' "Michelle" and the Latin gem "Murmullo."

Releasing in 2025 as part of the prestigious VENUS MASTERPIECE LP COLLECTION, this premium limited edition 180g Double Vinyl LP set brings these definitive trio sessions to a deluxe vinyl format. Produced, mixed, and mastered by the legendary sound engineer Tetsuo Hara using Venus’s signature "Hyper Magnum Sound" process, and housed in a stunning gatefold jacket with OBI strip, this release ensures that every nuance of the New York session is preserved in its entirety without omission, offering a strictly limited, one-time pressing that will be permanently retired once sold out.