Romancing The Song

Join Melissa Stylianou and Beat Kaestli in their exploration of jazz, telling stories of love and loss in the languages of romance. They will put their unique touch on beautiful originals and well-known standards from Brazil, France, Mexico, and the U.S. 

Starring vocals by Melissa Stylianou & Beat Kaestli with  Pete McCann on guitar & Gary Wang on bass

Melissa Stylianou is a Jazz vocalist, lyricist, and educator Melissa Stylianou, hailed by piano master Fred Hersch for her “gorgeous instrument, superb musicianship, and great taste,” has garnered acclaim as both a gifted songwriter and a bold, imaginative interpreter of wide-ranging material spanning diverse genres, from the Great American Songbook to Johnny Cash to original songs. In addition to her five albums as a leader, Stylianou documented her close musical bond with guitar legend Gene Bertoncini and bassist Ike Sturm on the 2022 album Dream Dancing (Anzic Records). The album received wide critical acclaim (including a rare 5-star review in Downbeat Magazine). As a bandleader and songwriter, and as a member of the powerhouse vocal trio Duchess, Stylianou maintains a busy performing and recording schedule. She is currently developing an album of original songs that will reflect and combine her Irish and Greek-Cypriot musical roots.

Beat Kaestli is an internationally acclaimed vocalist, songwriter, arranger and producer. He has toured the world extensively and performed his music on 6 continents, while charming audience locally at The Blue Note, Birdland, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) and The Jazz Standard. He has collaborated with Jazz greats, like Esperanza Spalding, Jon Hendricks, Gregoire Maret and Magos Herrera, to name a few, and has recorded six CDs to date, including The Chesky Records release “Invitation”.

"Kaestli achieves much the same spellbinding effect as José James on For All We Know.” - JazzTimes Magazine