When saxophonist Vincent Ingala burst into Smooth Jazz consciousness in 2010, he was a multi-talented wunderkind in his late teens setting the genre on fire. Some eleven years later, as he releases his seventh album (and third on Shanachie), the high spirited, infectiously passionate and dance groove intensive FIRE & DESIRE, the veteran powerhouse has 18 Top Ten and 8 #1 radio singles under his belt. The pandemic era recording protocols were a snap for one man band Ingala, who does it all – composing, producing, recording, mixing and playing all instruments (keys, drums, guitar, bass and of course sax) – on an exuberant, celebratory (but also lushly romantic at times) set that taps adventurously into his loves for jazz, R&B, pop, funk, disco (via a re-imagined 70’s instrumental classic) and rock.
