April

Opis

AprilOpis:Product Description ECM debut album by Swiss singer Susanne Abbuehl, which draws upon the jazz tradition, improvised music, poetry and Indian music. Focal points of April, a gentle, sensuous album, are the music of Carla Bley and the poetry of EE Cummings. Abbuehl has written words to classic Bley tunes including "Ida Lu pino", "Closer", and "A.

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R.". She has also written music to acpany her singing of the poems of innovative American poet Cummings. The album also includes a unique interpretation of Thelonious Monk's much-loved "Round Midnight" and concludes with a midnight raga, a position written by North Indian classical singer Prabha Atre. Susanne is joined by Wolfert Brederode (kyb), Christof May (cl) and Samuel Rohrer (d/pc).

Review Taking her cue from the stripped down romanticism of the likes of Paul Bley, Jimmy Giuffreand Annette Peacock, Swiss born singer Susanne Abbuehl's debut for ECM is a work of inspired, quiet joy. Abbuehl studied with the late Jeanne Lee, and though there are echoes of Lee here (particularly the more introspective moments of her collaborations with Archie Shepp), Abbuehl's is a singular talent. Backed by piano, clarinet and drums, the closest reference is probably Jimmy Guiffre's early 60s trio recordings (in themselves a formative influence in shaping the ECM aesthetic), and Abbuehl's adaptions of Carla Bley's spare, angular ballads 'Ida Lupino' and 'Closer' make the connection explicit. 'Ida Lupino' is especially lovely; Abbuehl's impressionistic wordplay meshes with Bley's lucid, simple melody perfectly, giving way to a limpid, expressive solo from pianist Wolfert Breorode. Abbuehl's own writing is equally strong; the opening "Yes is a Pleasant Country" (a settting of e.e.cummings) is simply gorgeous; nothing extraneous, every note placed with unforced precision over plangent piano chording. A surprising inclusion is Bley's A.

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R (originally a vehicle for Don Cherry, from Escalator Over The Hill). Here Samuel Rohrer's tuned drums provide bass ostinato as Abbuel and clarinettist Christof May negotiate the snaking melody. Abbuehl's singing relies on texture for expression rather than melodic embellishment; she obviously delights in the poetry of the lyric, hence her interest in cummings and Robert Creeley. When she does embark on improvisational flights (as on "skies may be blue, yes") influences from Indian vocal tradition leak in but seem to be part of her aesthetic rather than tacked on exotica. Indeed the closing "Mane Na" is an arrangement of a Hindustani tune; it's fine enough, but doesn't measure up to much of the rest of the record. I'm not sure how much the world needs another version of "Round Midnight" either; here Abbuehl sounds a bit unfortable with the mundane jazz cliches of the lyric, but elsewhere proves herself to be a singer of great emotional depth and clarity. Sublime. --Peter Marsh This link will take you off in a new windowAutor:Susanne AbbuehlNośnik:Audio CDPłyt:Język: Data wydania: 2009Waga: 0.18 gramWysokość: 0.6 cmSzerokość: 5 cmDługość: 5.6 cmUWAGA: Kupując produkt na tej aukcji zgadzasz się na wydłużony termin realizacji wysyłki (10-14 dni roboczych). Podany towar pochodzi z zagranicznego magazynu, stąd wydłużony czas realizacji który podany jest obok.