When in March of this year I reviewed the latest release from Italian sax virtuoso Rocco Ventrella I described its mixture of four new compositions, well selected covers and Grover Washington tributes as totally pleasing. Guaranteed to provide a perfect antidote to the stressful day ‘Give Me The Groove’ is a superb collection of smooth jazz that, courtesy of the up tempo title cut, is now propelling Ventrella into the charts. Launched to radio in a big way only two weeks ago it immediately became the third most added independent release and now sits handsomely at 33 on the smoothjazz.com Indie chart.
What’s more, its hip contemporary jazz vibe is sure to take it higher. To buy the album and to find out more about Rocco go to www.roccoventrella.com