Showing posts with label Victoria Rummler. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Victoria Rummler. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Victoria Rummler - Take Two

Styles: Jazz, Pop, Stage & Screen
Year: 2017
Time: 45:58
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 106,4 MB
Art: Front

(0:20) 1. 20th Century Fox Theme
(3:34) 2. Love Is Here to Stay (From "An American in Paris")
(3:00) 3. Theme from Le Ballon Rouge (From "Le Ballon Rouge")
(3:10) 4. The Pink Panther Theme (From "The Pink Panther")
(5:59) 5. Smile (From "Modern Times")
(4:01) 6. Frankly (From "Frankly")
(3:02) 7. Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (From "Lift to a Scaffold")
(1:00) 8. C'est le vent, Betty (From "Betty Blue / 37,2 Le Matin")
(4:11) 9. I Wanna Be Loved by You (From "Some Like It Hot")
(3:21) 10. Casablanca (From "Casablanca")
(3:43) 11. La chanson d'hélène (From "Les Choses De La Vie")
(3:02) 12. Theme from Le Ballon Rouge (From "The Red Balloon")
(2:18) 13. Cantina Theme (From "Star Wars")
(5:11) 14. Chanson de Delphine (From "Les Demoiselles De Rochefort")

It all started with a commission from the Théâtre du Bois d’Arcy near Paris, to do a jazz performance with a theme. I spontaneously chose “cinema,” probably due to the strong connection between jazz standards and movies. It also felt like an amusing challenge to juxtapose genres and make each piece a kind of short film for the ears. Since that first performance, the project has rolled around in my head, hibernated, and periodically resurfaced. Today it has finally emerged from my mind’s egg.

In the past, movie music meant lush orchestration, so in recording this album I decided to pull a musical u-ey: only voice and guitar, with as little arrangement as possible. The idea of working with different guitarists felt natural in light of the sweeping differences between the pieces, and it was thrilling to work with no less than five masters of the instrument: Lionel Loueke, Nguyên Lê, Federico Casagrande, Guilherme Monteiro and Dano Haider. Each of the songs reflects some aspect of my personal or creative journey. Cut! That’s a wrap! - Victoria Rummler, November 2016 

Personnel: Victoria Rummler (vcl), Federico Casagrande, Dano Haider, Guilherme Monteiro, Lionel Loueke, Nguyên Lê (g)

Take Two

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Victoria Rummler - Am I Am

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:13
Size: 87,5 MB
Art: Front

(3:16)  1. Guys With Ties
(3:48)  2. Home Is Inside
(3:22)  3. Teach Me Tonight
(3:28)  4. Friends Old And New
(2:48)  5. Frere Jacques
(4:18)  6. Am I Am
(3:19)  7. Island Of Nowhere
(1:47)  8. Blue Boots
(3:57)  9. Italy Blues
(4:10) 10. Over The Rainbow
(3:55) 11. Love Day

A clear, sensual voice that runs the gamut of notes and emotions. Steeped in nuance and free of technical limitations, Victoria Rummler's music is refreshingly fun and joyous. Born near Detroit, USA, Vicki has been a Euro-convert for almost twenty years. Her musical experience began with a fascination for the piano at age six which led to many years of lessons, competitions, accompaniment and a profound appreciation that is still very much alive today. She began singing in children’s groups and a church choir that toured Mexico and Central America. Studying clarinet, dance, and theater in the USA, she took off for Germany after completing her Bachelor of Arts degree in music at Williams College in 1988. 

She worked with a performance art group in Munich and went on to Paris in 1993, where she discovered her passion for vocal jazz, honing her craft with Michele Hendricks, Laurence Saltiel and Roger Letson. In 2004, she was invited to record with cutting-edge electro a cappella group “Les Grandes Gueules” on their second album for SONY-BMG, “Vocal Extreme.” Since deciding to concentrate on her solo career, Vicki’s musical personality has evolved by leaps and bounds. Her first solo album, "Twinkle," was released in 2004 to rave reviews on both sides of the Atlantic. Her sophomore album, currently in preparation, takes her music one step further, with more personal lyrics and arrangements that reflect all her musical influences throughout the years, from blues to African and bossa nova. Vicki's live performances are ebullient and virtuosic, and her rapport with the audience is playful yet genuine. 

Perhaps as a result of this strong connection with her listeners, Victoria Rummler's master classes and "creative singing" workshops are also highly in demand.  http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/victoriarummler1