Feature
“Fire and Desire.” These are the hallmarks of youth well lived and also the name of Vincent Ingala’s newest, 2021 album - his personal pandemic release. Not only do we witness once again that good art can come from adversity and relative isolation, we also learn that good people raise interesting people who can become dynamic artists. “The pandemic was a shock at first. But then I had nothing but time.” And time for an artist is potentially magical. “During Covid l9 I was exploding with ideas and a renewed sense of energy. That was the best part of the lockdown.” I had a chance to interview Vincent who was as lively and easy on the ear as is his music. He was born and raised in a small town in Connecticut. His father and uncle ran a traveling lip sync gig and had a significant local following. His grandmother bought him a drum set for his 4th Christmas and that was that — his musical career took off in that one loving gesture that good and wise grandmothers are well known for. “From then on, I couldn’t get enough of music.” 30| SmoothJazz Magazine
Let the music take you… Jan/Feb
