There’s joy in the air thanks to jazz artist Ernesto Cervini and his brand-new album. The JUNO Award-winning Cervini released his latest record, entitled Joy, last month, a collection of tracks inspired by Canadian author Louise Penny’s New York Times bestselling detective novels. More specifically, it’s Penny’s Gamache series that really spoke to Cervini, and the elements of goodness, decency, courage, and love are a significant part of their themes. He attempted to compose music that would capture the essence of the characters, relationships, and landscapes that Penny so cleverly used in her writings. Joy is also significant for being the first Cervini album to feature vocals. Two of the songs feature Alex Samaras of the Canadian chamber pop ensemble Queer Songbook Orchestra, and another...