Veronica Mortensen - Presents Passed

Styles: Jazz, Vocal
Year: 2015
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:35
Size: 130,1 MB
Art: Front

(5:22)  1. Born to Be Blue
(5:03)  2. They Say It's Spring
(5:49)  3. He Was Too Good to Me
(4:23)  4. Everybody's Song but My Own
(5:04)  5. Lies of Handsome Men
(4:38)  6. Watch What Happens
(4:11)  7. Hearts Desire
(3:40)  8. We'll Be Together Again
(5:21)  9. A Child Is Born
(5:10) 10. May I Come In?
(2:59) 11. Lazy Afternoon
(4:49) 12. Thanks for You

Veronica Mortensen is a treasured vocalist and talented songwriter. In 2013 she received an honorary award from the Danish composers’ association DPA for her songwriting. This was after the release of her previous album Catching Waves, on which most tracks bore her signature. Her new album, Presents Passed, is the first of five releases with no songwriting contributions from her hand. The repertoire on Presents Passed exclusively features jazz standards. It is a necessary release, says Veronica. “There are so many great songs, and it would irk me if I never took the opportunity in my career to record a few of them. I could never have written these songs myself, so it feels like a privilege to sing them. I think of them as small jewels  presents if you will passed down from another time. Thus the album title, Presents Passed”. She deliberately avoided the most well known standards that have been interpreted so many times before. 

She chose songs that have made a deep impression on her the lyrics, the tunes. The new album features songs by composers like Thad Jones, Michel Legrand, Mel Torme and others. Veronica passes them gently and lovingly on to us, so we may feel them too. More than anything, Veronica is an interpreter. She tells a story with extreme presence, blending almost humbly with the music and the great musicians surrounding her. “I wanted to record an album with a subdued atmosphere, an album you feel like listening to an evening when you light a few candles and pour a glass of wine. I feel we have succeeded. The fine musicians on the recording had a good feel for the mood I was looking for”, she says.  And it is wonderful!  

More... http://www.sundance.dk/docs/pressrel/642-29.pdf

Presents Passed

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