Viktoria Tolstoy - Meet Me at the Movies

Styles: Vocal 
Year: 2017
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:44
Size: 112,0 MB
Art: Front

(5:44)  1. Calling You
(5:31)  2. As Time Goes By
(3:56)  3. En Man (Marlowe's Theme)
(4:29)  4. Out Here on My Own
(3:56)  5. Why Should I Care
(3:14)  6. The Book of Love
(4:33)  7. Love Song for a Vampire
(3:48)  8. Kiss from a Rose
(4:49)  9. Angel
(5:30) 10. New World
(3:10) 11. Smile

The box office is not really in sight when Viktoria Tolstoy starts to sing. But everything is different on this CD. But this time, the Swede has selected film scores of well-known strips and dipped heavily into the jazz pot. The result is newly dressed and yetunadulterated classics. Sometimes it takes 20-30 bars, until one becomes aware: "Of course, that's it ..." Because often outweighs listening first, Exact-listening, sound pearl capturing. Tolstoy abducts, seduces and strokes gently, smiles mischievously and makes you listen with every tone where you otherwise stick to the picture on the big screen. Sure, it's the old songs and yet they sound so different from the movies - pearly, smoky, groovy. Modern and new. Together with Mattias Svensson (bass), Rasmus Kihlberg (drums) and Krister Jonsson (guitar), Tolstoy brings back a hundred-fold reproduced sound. A thousand-fold musical throats and ancient classics become crystal clear and subtly nuanced jazz. "As time goes by", "Dancer in the Dark", "Kiss from a rose" - Tolstoy presents it soft and smooth in one place, rough and handy on another. Glanzlichter puts in several songs Nils Landgren with his red trombone, who is also the producer of the CD. He cleans even the smallest song passages musically bright, makes it flash brightly and gives the film titles radiant sound accessories. In addition, Tolstoy has brought the Finnish pianist Iiro Rantala as a guest. He succeeds on the piano a leap in time: With a light finger, he drives out the kitsch from the well-known wise men, transforms the dusty into modern-jazzy. Melancholic gets intensity, soft feeling ends in sounds with verve and modernity. And Tolstoy shows together with their musicians: full orchestra and Hollywood bombast are not necessary for the classics. The small, almost sparse cast brings to light Tolstoy's clear voice and lively, jazzy interpretation, setting the musicians in particular passages great scene and convinces with a fine sound universe. Very nicely done! I think the cinemas in this country should once again arrange film music evenings. Viktoria Tolstoy and her musicians would be the right choice for a matinee. Until a cinema owner dares, the CD offers a 48-minute cinema experience of a special kind. ~ Sabine Meinert https://www.aboutjazz.de/2017/01/viktoria-tolstoy-meet-me-at-the-movies.html

Personnel:  Viktoria Tolstoy / vocals;  Krister Jonsson / guitars;  Mattias Svensson / electric & acoustic bass;  Rasmus Kihlberg / drums;  Iiro Rantala / piano;  Nils Landgren / trombone & vocals

Meet Me at the Movies

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