John DeNicola (from the album Don’t Wait

John DeNicola (from the album Don’t Wait

John DeNicola (from the album Don’t Wait available on Omad Records) (by Danny McCloskey)
The album title for Don’t Wait, the recent release from John DeNicola, has meaning beyond signifying a studio effort from the award-winning songwriter. For John, the phrase is push for humanity, summed up by his quote ‘Get busy! Your family, your friends, your passions—whatever you’ve been wanting to say or do—the time is now’. After five decades in the music industry as a songwriter (“Hungry Eyes”, “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” from Dirty Dancing) John DeNicola recorded his debut in 2019 (She Said). His current release is the follow-up to the recording.

The title track to the album is a dreamy soundscape that collects the intentions circling through our brains and urges action. The urgency in his words has deeper meaning for the singer. A friend, and former bandmate, that had been a part of John DeNicola’s life since teenage years, Tim Lawless, passed away suddenly. To honor his friend’s memory, a song was born. “King of the World”; created on piano and to fully realize the tribute, John DeNichola assembled the pair’s bandmates from Sweetback, the band the old friends were a part of in the early 1980’s.

The spot where Jazz meets Rock is the soundtrack for “King of His Own World”, the cut that opens Don’t Wait, a peer to artists such as Steely Dan. Don’t Wait takes the punch out of the death of his friend, turning the sorrow into song when “A Room Full of You” discusses loss over the strains of a sitar while bright horn patterns and a righteous groove back the memory of a phone call in “Amen and Hallelujah”. A tough beat signals the coming of “Apocalypse” in its opening notes as a rotating rhythm cruises underneath “Flotsam and Jetsam”. John DeNicola relates the tale of “Saint Samantha’s Singing Penny” while he struts down “Donnybrook Lane” on a determined groove before exiting the album with a cover of Blood, Sweat & Tears with “I Can’t Quit Her”. (by Danny McCloskey)
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