Sunset in the Blue - The Deluxe Version

Melody Gardot

Label: Verve Records
Released: 2021
Duration: 1:18
Views: 2,563

Tracks

If You Love Me; C'est Magnifique; There Where He Lives in Me; Love Song; You Won't Forget Me; Sunset in the Blue; Um Beijo; Ninguem, Ninguem; From Paris With Love; Ave Maria; Moon River; I Fall in Love Too Easily; Little Something; From Paris with Love(acoustic); Love Song (Ibrahim Maalouf); Trav'lin' Light; What Is This Thing Called Love; C'est Magnifique - Live in Namouche Studios - Antonio Zambujo

Personnel

Melody Gardot

voice / vocals

Antonio Zambujo

voice / vocals

Till Bronner

trumpet

Donny McCaslin

saxophone, tenor

Anthony Wilson

guitar

Dadi Carvalho

guitar

Nando Duarte

guitar, acoustic

Larry Klein

guitar, acoustic

Philippe Baden Powell

piano

Sam Minaie

bass

John Leftwich

bass, acoustic

Chuck Berghofer

bass, acoustic

Chuck Staab

drums

Vinnie Colaiuta

drums

Paulinho DaCosta

percussion

Ibrahim Maalouf

trumpet

Additional Personnel / Information

On "Little Someting": Melody Gardot: vocals; Sting: vocals ; Dominic Milller: guitar; Antione Chatenet: guitar, bass, synth pads, synthesizer pluck and strings, drums.

Album Description

Henri Matisse the master of the use of color said, "Art should be something like a good armchair in which to rest from physical fatigue." Melody Gardot's "Sunset in the Blue -The Deluxe Version" shows its mastery in both the color of the design of its cover and the execution of its musicianship. Matisse got in trouble with some art critics for his simile back in the day. Some listeners might have a similar reaction to Melody's music, but not for me. Gardot's tone is comfortable as sitting in an armchair sipping good champagne or brandy. Maybe Decca issued The Deluxe Version for the brandy drinkers. In the original version she is partially or totally credited for writing 9 of the 13 songs with lush orchestrations. The Deluxe Version adds 5 tracks of acoustic versions without lush orchestrations. Leslie Duncan's "Love Song" in The Deluxe Version counterpoints Melody with {{m: Ibrahim Maalouf = 28483}}. You'll enjoy your adult beverage even more with the sound of his Middle Eastern trumpet and her honey- infused voice. {{m: Philippe Baden Powell = 40734}} adds a Brazilian/European/Bill Evans touch throughout both versions. Some songs qualify as the finest examples of the (to use Charlie Haden's album title) The Art of the Song. I'm talking particularly about the opening track of both versions -"If You Love Me." But it is not the only one just the one that stands out for me. The PhillyGirl who lived out of a family suitcase for a while has become a fixture in Paris and the European jazz scene. Check out the official video of "C'est Magnifique." For shades of its derivation from Aimee, Trintignant and Lelouch... https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=6224PNHoH_w. Around the world critics compare Miss Gardot to Julie London, Sade, Norah Jones, Shirley Horn, Diana Krall, Dinah Washington, Abbey Lincoln and Marlene Dietrich. That being said, all the songs here are pure Melody to me.