Fay Claassen
Sing!
- Type CD
- Label Challenge Records
- UPC 0608917330120
- Catalog number CR 73301
- Release date 03 September 2010
About the album
It does say a lot that Fay Claassen is recognized, worldwide, by music critics as a jazz singer of international stature and allure. The greatest jazzdiva of the Netherlands is part of the younger generation vocalists and her new cd one can call 'grand', figuratively ánd literally speaking.
First there is this immense, big orchestra that is accompanying Fay: more than 120 people. In other words this is a BIG Big Band, consisting of WDR Big Band & het Rundfunk Orchester with conducter/arranger Michael Abene. Then there is the repertoire of great female vocal icons: from Ella to Björk and a lot of other famous ladies in between. This all makes the cd a big and extraordinary musical journey around the world. The choice of repertoire makes perfectly clear that Fay Claassen has a very broad musical interest. The fact that she sings also songs of for instance Joni Mitchell and Björk is a very pleasant surprise! Her interpretations are full of conviction and with a high doses of authenticity she makes these songs totally her own.
Cadence in the USA once wrote: “Fay Claassen is to singing what Audrey Hepburn was to the movies: elegant and graceful“. These words are also applicable to this new cd, where women have the leading role. Actrice Audrey Hepburn had a enormous and natural class and that is also a very important characteristic of Fay Claassen.
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11Tight04:29
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12Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby05:43
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13Throw It Away06:36
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14A Felicidade05:33
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15You Turn Me On04:31
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16Cover Me03:11
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17Be Cool05:26
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18Umhome04:25
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19A Good Man Is Hard To Find06:02
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110A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing05:23
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111Tea For Two06:48
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112Everything Must Change06:42
Watch Jan Verwey and Bert van den Brink in Vrije Geluiden
29-11-2010
On Sunday the 28th of November 2010 10:30h, Jan Verwey presented his new album “Standards & Other Pieces” in the Dutch television program, Vrije Geluiden (VPRO). He did this with his partner in crime behind the piano: Bert van den Brink. You can watch the episode of this Vrije Geluiden again HERE. "Standards and other pieces" scored many reviews in the press: ''The ...
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