Caecilie Norby - Arabesque (2010/2012) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Cæcilie Norby is one of the best living danish jazz singers - 11 nominations for 'Danish Vocal Jazz Album of the Year'. In "Arabesque", she returns to her classical roots. She wrote both the music (some of it together with her husband, bassist Lars Danielsson who is also the producer of her albums) and the texts for most of the 15 tracks of the album, based on classical themes by Ravel, Faure, Satie, Rimsky-Korsakov, Debussy in addition to some tracks composed by Michel Legrand , one Abbey Lincoln song (Wholly Earth) and one composition by her father.

As expected, 'Arabesque' is a marvelous blend of classical and jazz, played with great skill by some of the best artists in european jazz Lars Danielsson, Bugge Wesseltoft, Katrine Gislinge (piano), Ulf Wakenius, Palle Mikkelborg, Hans Ulrok and Anders Engen. Melodic, original (just listen to the funky swing interpretation of 'Bei mir bist du schoen'), elegant, slow, melancholic music played with great talent.

Musical pigeonholes have never interested Danish singer Cæcilie Norby: “I have always been in search of catchy melodies – if you want to have a hit in the pop world, you need a strong melody. In jazz the central subject is that which opens a piece and, in classical music, even the grandest orchestral arrangements may become boring and flat if they aren’t carried by a natural melody.” For Norby it is the melody that is the essence of music, and the decisive criteria according to which she evaluates and chooses music which is free of any genre boundaries. It is an approach which mirrors her extraordinary career and is probably also the secret of her success.

Tracklist:

01 - The Dead Princess
02 - Wholly Earth
03 - No Air
04 - No Phrase
05 - Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen
06 - The Tears of Billie Blue
07 - Women Of Santiago
08 - Pavane Opus
09 - Scheherazade
10 - I Will Say Goodbye
11 - Simple Theme
12 - Hvirvelvinden / The Windmills Of Your Mind
13 - Forever You
14 - Nocturne
15 - How Oft [Bonus Track - In Memory Of Erik Norby]

Produced by Lars Danielsson and Cæcilie Norby.
Recorded at Bugges Room by Bugge Wesseltoft, Focus Studios by Hans Nielsen, Tia Dia Studios by Bo Savik and Lars Danielsson.
Mixed and mastered at Nilento Studios by Lars Nilsson.

Musicians:
Caecilie Norby - vocals
Lars Danielsson - bass, cello, git, organ
Bugge Wesseltoft - piano, synth
Katrine Gislinge - piano
Ulf Wakenius - guitar
Palle Mikkelborg - trumpet
Hans Ulrik - flute & bass-clarinet
Anders Engen - drums & percussion
Xavier Desandre-Navarre - drums & percussion


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