Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:06
Size: 103,7 MB
Art: Front
(7:03) 1. The Alice's Of My Life
(9:46) 2. Byssan Lull
(6:43) 3. Where My Heart Lives
(7:22) 4. Midnight Sun Upon Saltværsøya
(7:32) 5. New Life
(6:38) 6. The Great Grand
Cecilie Strange is releasing her fourth album, BEYOND, on April Records. Like previous work it’s calming and filled with lovely melodies. BEYOND is much more personal. Cecilie wanted to make an album about the “circle of life.” She wrote songs about people she loves, and, people she’s loved and lost.
The Alices Of My Life ’is dedicated to her Grandmother who died when Cecilia was eight and to Cecilia’s daughter, Alice. Cecilie and her band speak with the same voice. The piano likes to start a phrase and the saxophone finishes it elegantly. This music sounds simple. It’s like a folk melody.
The bass and drums weave in and out. No one’s showing off. This is how most of the album plays out. There’s a fragile strength to BEYOND.
On ‘Midnight Sun Upon Saltvaersoya ’saxophone and piano slow dance together. Cecilie adds achingly beautiful sax lines while Peter Rosendal’s left hand tentatively adds piano chords. His right picks single notes from the melancholy playbook. Thommy Andersson’s warm sounding bass is just perfect.
Cecilie doesn’t sound like any other sax player. She definitely has developed her own voice. Even though she plays tenor sometimes her tone reminds me of alto player Lee Konitz. She blows so quietly it can sound like the smaller instrument.
Cecilie sings ‘Byssan Lull ’to her children. It’s a Swedish folk song and it’s sung beautifully by Josefine Cronholm. I like Jakob Hoyer’s drumming. He’s quiet but you know he’s there. He always comes in at just the right moment. At almost ten minutes this is the longest tune on the album.
Cronholm sings wordlessly on ‘New Life.’ Even though she’s a great singer I think adding this song may have been a miscalculation. This is Cecilie’s record. For me, there’s too much singing. I’m not comfortable criticizing this album because I know a lot of people are going to get it and love it. Ceclie Strange wanted to make an album for people she’s known and loved. I think she’s succeeded beautifully.By Tim Larsen https://jazzviews.net/cecilie-strange-beyond/
Personnel: Cecilie Strange – Saxophone; Peter Rosendal – Piano; Thommy Andersson – Bass; Jakob Hoyer – Drums; Josefine Cronholm – Vocals (Tracks 1 and 5)
The Alices Of My Life ’is dedicated to her Grandmother who died when Cecilia was eight and to Cecilia’s daughter, Alice. Cecilie and her band speak with the same voice. The piano likes to start a phrase and the saxophone finishes it elegantly. This music sounds simple. It’s like a folk melody.
The bass and drums weave in and out. No one’s showing off. This is how most of the album plays out. There’s a fragile strength to BEYOND.
On ‘Midnight Sun Upon Saltvaersoya ’saxophone and piano slow dance together. Cecilie adds achingly beautiful sax lines while Peter Rosendal’s left hand tentatively adds piano chords. His right picks single notes from the melancholy playbook. Thommy Andersson’s warm sounding bass is just perfect.
Cecilie doesn’t sound like any other sax player. She definitely has developed her own voice. Even though she plays tenor sometimes her tone reminds me of alto player Lee Konitz. She blows so quietly it can sound like the smaller instrument.
Cecilie sings ‘Byssan Lull ’to her children. It’s a Swedish folk song and it’s sung beautifully by Josefine Cronholm. I like Jakob Hoyer’s drumming. He’s quiet but you know he’s there. He always comes in at just the right moment. At almost ten minutes this is the longest tune on the album.
Cronholm sings wordlessly on ‘New Life.’ Even though she’s a great singer I think adding this song may have been a miscalculation. This is Cecilie’s record. For me, there’s too much singing. I’m not comfortable criticizing this album because I know a lot of people are going to get it and love it. Ceclie Strange wanted to make an album for people she’s known and loved. I think she’s succeeded beautifully.By Tim Larsen https://jazzviews.net/cecilie-strange-beyond/
Personnel: Cecilie Strange – Saxophone; Peter Rosendal – Piano; Thommy Andersson – Bass; Jakob Hoyer – Drums; Josefine Cronholm – Vocals (Tracks 1 and 5)
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