Taken from his Trippin’ N Rhythm debut recording ‘New Beginnings’, ‘Closer To You’ by Ryan La Valette is a cool collaboration with Chris “Big Dog” Davis and very much in the category of quiet storm smooth jazz.
For ‘New Beginnings’ New Zealand bred and based multi instrumentalist Ryan La Valette enlisted the help of three of the genre’s top producers and keyboard players, Nicholas Cole, Greg Manning and Chris “Big Dog” Davis. The aim was to showcase his prowess both as a songwriter and performer on guitar, bass and saxophone. If ‘Closer To You’ is anything to go by he has done this and then some.