Joel Zighel – Down On Jones Street is one of the more overlooked independent jazz pop albums of 2020. This album is similar to nu-jazz. The album is quite claiming at that in spite of the loud vibrant production. Quality of his vocals are crystal clear undoubtedly. This is an album you do definitely not want to miss out on listening.
Katerina’s Smile is about a deceiving woman who misleads people. In her case she often mistreats men.
Katerina got her picture in the paper. It’s nothing but the same old lies. She was always a stranger to her neighbors. Though she never treated them unkind. You had a temporary thrill as she responded to your wandering hands. Now you’re feeling quite a chill because you don’t figure in her future plans. Don’t you pay no mind to what the woman will do. Katerina’s smile was not for you.
She’s never lonely. Katerina has got no one and only. She’s satisfied with her own ways. You can spot her where the leisure’s starting and the client always pays. She’s got an appointment later on with a connection from her newest crowd. Speculation’s running wild but you will never hear the truth out loud. Don’t you pay no mind to what the woman will do.
You saw the sun shining through her eyes. You were nothing short of mesmerized in ecstasy. Now you’re acting so surprised. The woman’s moving on. So why live in memory?
The song San Lorenzo Suite is about Joel searching for the source of love. Do you know where the love grows? Do you know the way to San Lorenzo?
Joel goes to San Lorenzo, Italy to search for the source of love. He was told to see a man named Enzo. He will tell him where the lovers hide. Enzo tells Joel that there’s a shady beach near San Lorenzo where the lovers lie awake all day. Where chilling wine and smoking innuendos are the pieces in the game we play.
Enzo tells Joel, “Welcome stranger, we’re so glad to see you. You say you’re searching for the source of love? Have a seat, I’m certain we can free you from this misconception you speak of. You should know where the love is grown.”
So Joel goes to go through San Lorenzo, Italy to search for the source of love up the fine Italian coast a fine Italian road car. He will find him where the lovers hide. The sun is shining Adriatic blue reflecting from the Adriatic Sea. If he keeps his eye upon his lodestar, is there anything that he can’t do?
Call It A Win explained why Joel wasn’t happy as he ought to be because the girl he loved didn’t respond back to him in a timely manner. But he’s gonna call it a win.
Joel picked a plum right of the tree. But he’s not as happy as he ought to be. It’s not half of what it could have been. But he’s gonna call it a win. She didn’t write writ Joel or call him on the phone. He didn’t stay up dreaming of her half the night It’s not quite as stellar as it might have been. But he’s gonna call it a win.
Restless hearts don’t need a home. Just two feet to roam. No subtle art shall we require when simple things inspire. Now the hour is late. The time is nigh. They’re not quite as sober as they might have been. When the story’s told he’s gonna call it a win.
Pull up a stool at a neighborhood saloon. You’ll be certain to find some action soon with the song Queen of Souls. Joel sings how about he drowns away his sorrows with whiskey.
It’s Sunday night in this old familiar town. The party’s over, but there’s something going down. Pull up a stool at a neighborhood saloon. You’ll be certain to find some action soon.
A lady is looking for someone she used to know. Clever culprits want to star in her show. It’s not quite winter and it’s not quite spring. Joel is just waiting to see what the seasons bring. Whiskey and time clear his head of the old. He’d stay here with you lovely sirens sipping wine. But he is searching for the queen of souls.
The sidewalk spinning like a tawdry carousel through purgatory to the pearly gates of hell. He shot the apple from the head of William Tell. But he still can’t remember where he fell.
Joel explains what goes on down at Jones Street on the song Down On Jones Street. He sings about who playing the finest jazz music in town. When the music’s right down on Jones Street, there is nowhere you’d rather be.
Another week is gone. And you soldier on in this grind up town. It gets you down. There’s this Joni tune about this horn playing man playin on the street and he sounds so sweet. You’ve been searching for that sound. Since you came. You never saw that dude. Never heard him play. And you’re so over it. You might be miles away. But this one cafe is where the local cats play right down on Jones Street. Playin’ real good for free. When the music’s right down on Jones Street, there is nowhere you’d rather be.
Another year is gone. You’re staying on in this strange hotel that you know so well. There’s a mystery clock on the penthouse floor. But you can’t read its hands from the basement door. Though you’ve been trying to tell that time since you came, you never heard it tick never held its chain.
I rate this album 5/5*!
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