Hanne Boel The Trio: Norwegian Recordings [Vinyl 1LP 180g]

Wokalistyka Jazzowa / Scandinavian Jazz
premiera polska: 2024-04-17
kontynent: Europa
kraj: Dania
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Hanne Boel, duńska artystka wszechczasów (ponad 2,5 milionów sprzedanych albumów) wydała swój 22 krążek. "Norwegian Recordings" to artystyczne porozumienie trójki doborowych muzyków, którzy z ogromną swobodą poruszają się po wielu gatunkach. Ich brzmienie łączy słoneczny soul - ze sztandarową "Killing Me Softly", znaną z wykonania Roberty Flack z 1973 i Lauryn Hill z Fugees w 1996, akustyczny indie pop, skręcjący w stronę americany i folku (grający na dobro Jens Runge), z czułością pogodnych, jazzujących ballad, dominujących na płycie.
Muzycy w wywiadach mówią o roboczym tytule "a nocturnal album", doskonale pasującym do tak ułożonego programu płyty. Każdy wie, że najsłynniejszą „Muzykę Nocną” napisał W.A.Mozart, jednak Hanne Boel z dwoma przyjaciółmi - Jacobem Funchem i Jensem Runge, którzy towarzyszyli jej na audiofilsko zarejestrowanym koncertowym "Unplugged 2017" (Stunt Records 2018), udała się rzecz niebywała. Ta wymykająca się gatunkowej przynależności muzyczna opowieść, może stać się idealną "nocną ścieżką dźwiękową", wymiennie używaną w stosunku do tej mozartowskiej.
Hanne Boel, która od nagrania "The Shining Of Things" (Stunt Records, 2011) jest u szczytu swojej kariery, stworzyła album, który nagrać mogą TYLKO starzy mistrzowie. Melancholijnie przebojowa, zawierająca kolejną porcję stylowych, spokojnych, za to zupełnie nieefektownych piosenek płyta, ucieszy fanów Joni Mitchell i Cassandry Wilson.
Osobne słowa uznania należą się producentom i realizatorom dźwięku, dzięki kolektywnej pracy sporego zespołu powstał album wybitny! Śpieszę donieść, że dostępny jest zarówno na tradycyjnym CD jak i vinylu.
autor: Mateusz Matyjak
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Editor's info:
With over 2.5 million albums sold, she is the best-selling Danish female artist of all time. For over 30 years, Hanne Boel, the award-winning artist with an unmistakable soulful voice, has been at the top of the Danish soul-pop scene. Including BLACK WOLF, her 1988 debut, she has released a staggering 21 albums.

And she shows no signs of slowing down. Album number 22, entitled NORWEGIAN RECORDINGS, is right around the corner and ready for an early 2024 release. The album breaks new ground in the storied career of the Danish icon, and she is the first to share that it’s anything but “traditional” when seen in context with the rest of her body of work. After a recent tour in Norway with her regular trio - together with guitarists Jacob Funch and Jens Runge - the plan was to make a new studio album in precisely the traditional sense. But after hearing some recordings from live concerts they had played, it was clear to everyone that the material was too good not to release:
“We were pleasantly surprised and incredibly proud of the live recordings when we listened back to them after our latest tour. I was pleased to hear myself sing, and it’s a gift when you can relax in your own company,” the legendary singer says. "Studio recordings have an unfortunate psychological effect on me, where I miss an audience's atmosphere and energy. Recording the same song multiple times can paralyze my spontaneity, and the possibility of constantly correcting and optimizing creates breaks in the flow. My flow is natural and in the moment at live concerts, which comes through on these live recordings.”

With that in mind, she and her trio decided to let the live vocal recordings take center stage and remain untouched. ‘Less is more’ was the dogma during the fine-tuning of the production, and thus, only minor details have been added to the tracks to support the already impressive vocal performances. “We decided to live with the small ‘mistakes’ that, for me, also create an organic calmness in my delivery - which then allows me to listen to myself with acceptance and appreciation,” says the now 66-year-old legend.

The result has become what Hanne, Jacob, and Jens have dubbed “a nocturnal album.” With calm, refined arrangements, tasteful instrumentation, and breathtaking guitar playing, they interpret ten tunes from Hanne's wellknown songbook and pair them with new presentations of songs selected from outside her immediate musical world.

The material on the album has primarily chosen itself, she explains: “Some are songs from my past, and some are newer songs, and then we play songs by other artists as well. This is how we’ve always created the repertoire for our live performances. We simply chose the ten best songs we had live versions of for the album. That’s why there is a version of a song like Light In Your Heart, which is from back in 1990, and Between Dark and Daylight, from the album of the same title, which is just three years old. There are new things that have yet to be recorded, and I have to mention our treatment of one of my favorite songs - Killing Me Softly With His Song - which was originally released in 1973 by Roberta Flack and later introduced to a new generation by Lauryn Hill and Fugees in 1996,” says Hanne Boel.

muzycy:
Hanne Boel: Vocal
Jacob Funch: Acoustic and electric guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion, vocal
Jens Runge: Acoustic guitar, dobro, chinese koto, vocal

utwory:
A1. Standing On the Edge of Love (Jerry Lynn Williams)
A2. Between Dark and Daylight (Jacob Bellens/Hanne Boel)
A3. Killing Me Softly with His Song (Charles Fox/Norman Gimbel)
A4. Don't Look Down (Tony Joe White/Michael McDonald))
A5. When the Day is Done (Nick Drake)
B1. Come Into My Garden (Amy Sky)
B2. Blood and Thunder (Peter-John Vettese/Hanne Boel)
B3. Let's Go Out Tonight (Blue Nile)
B4. The Ballad of Lucy Jordan (Shel Silverstein)
B5. Light in Your Heart (Martin Page/Bernie Taupin)

wydano: April 2024
nagrano: at various location in Norway, 2022 by Aske Rud Jorgensen

more info: www.sundance.dk