专辑简介

Bill Gable is an American singer-songwriter, producer, engineer, arranger and multi-intrumentalist. His uncompromising and sophisticated projects straddle the boundaries between pop, jazz and world music. His first album "There Were Signs" was distributed by BMG worldwide in 1990 and re-released by Sony in 2013. His second album "This Perfect Day" was released in 2003. Many years in the making, his newest release "No Straight Lines" was largely written during travels to Spain, Portugal and Morocco and draws from musical and literary sources from those regions. The album features Gable on vocals, guitars and cello; Steve Rodby (Pat Metheny Group) and Jimmy Haslip (Yellowjackets, Bruce Hornsby) on basses; Larry Goldings (James Taylor, Norah Jones) on piano; Greg Ellis (Beck, Mickey Hart) and Joey Heredia (Stevie Wonder, Sergio Mendes) on percussion; Ethan Margolis (Inés Bacán, El Lebrijano) on flamenco guitar, cajon and palmas; and Manuel Gutierrez (Duquende, Louis Winsberg) on flamenco footwork. With evocative uses of oud, ney and zurna throughout, the album is counter-balanced by two gorgeous string quartet arrangements by the Argentinians Jorge del Barrio (Dianne Reeves, Sheryl Crow) and Eduardo del Barrio (Caldera, Stan Getz). Last but not least, the project features background vocals by Motown legend Leon Ware and others. Soulful and exacting at the same time, "No Straight Lines" takes the listener on a unique musical journey.