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Inger Marie Gundersen: Make This Moment

By AAJ Italy Staff
October 17, 2006
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Nuovo capitolo della serie “donne in pop - jazz”. Questa volta è la norvegese Inger Marie Gundersen a interessare la produzione discografica con il debutto Make This Moment.

Dopo un’esperienza come singer in big band o in più semplici formazioni nella città natale di Arendal, la cantante ha voluto spiccare il volo con un CD in cui rilegge classici jazz (“Nature Boy”, “Blame it on My Youth”), si affaccia sul patrimonio beatlesiano (“Fool on the Hill”) e sul cantautorato americano più raffinato (“Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow” - Carole King - e “Song for You Away” - James Taylor).

Ci sono pure due song originali (la title track e “Melancholy Blue”). Accompagnata da un quintetto di buoni musicisti, Marie Gundersen dimostra di aver studiato il canto femminile non solo nel jazz, ma anche nel rock (Tapestry di Carole King e Blue di Joni Mitchell sembrano essere la sua tesi di laurea in canto).

Non avrà lo charme delle più patinate e più fortunate colleghe (Norah Jones e dintorni), ma la grazia e la sensibilità con cui si avvicina a quel repertorio non è di secondaria importanza.

Sensitive and delicate.

Track Listing

01. Let it be me (Becaud/Curtis/Delanoe) - 3:37; 02. Make this moment (Larsen/Thygesen) 3:15; 03. Blame it on my youth (Levant/Heyman) - 5:57; 04. Will you still love me tomorrow (King/Goffin) - 4:46;05. But beautiful (Hensen/Burke) - 5:01; 06. Melancholy blue (Larsen/Thygesen/Riebe) - 4:20; 07. Fool on the hill/Nature boy (Lennon/McCartney/Eden Abhes) - 6:02; 08. Song for you far away (J. Taylor) - 4:17; 09. Always on my mind (W. Nelson) - 5:13; 10. Just a song bifore I go (G. Nash) - 3:10; 11. Sebastian waltz (E. Larsen) - 4:14

Personnel

Inger Marie Gundersen

vocals

Inger Marie Gundersen (voce); Oscar Jansen (piano); Ole Kristian Kvamme (basso); Geir Åge Johnsen (batteria); Kristoffer Hansen (piano); Øivind G. Stømer (sassofoni) Per Sigmond (tromba)

Album information

Title: Make This Moment | Year Released: 2006 | Record Label: Stunt Records/Sundance Music

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