Marco Cappelli Acoustic Trio + Respect Quintet

Guitarist Marco Cappelli celebrates Les Nuages en France, a handsome new release by his Acoustic Trio. The album draws inspiration from French crime writer Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau (alias Fred Vargas), but you don't need to know that body of work to appreciate the disc's deft, lyrical and highly interactive chamber jazz. A quintet incarnation of the brash, buoyant Respect Sextet opens.