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sisters in jazz

Caecilie Norby

sisters in jazz

Format: CD
Label: ACT music
UPC: 0614427973825
Catnr: ACT 97382
Release date: 25 January 2019
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Label
ACT music
UPC
0614427973825
Catalogue number
ACT 97382
Release date
25 January 2019
Album
Artist(s)
Composer(s)
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About the album

Throughout my career as a recording artist, I have had the great fortune of playing with some of the best musicians on the scene - enabling me to continuously explore new musical paths and means of expression. For whatever reason the vast majority of these artists that I have performed with have been men.

On this album we gather musical forces celebrating women in jazz. My European sisters and I come from six different countries, and our groups’ age range spand over 30 years. These backgrounds all merged and resulted in an album that is diverse, dynamic and flavored with a mature empathy to the compositions.

In their skilled company, I have been given a wonderful platform on which I am able to convey the selected 12 tunes with the desired depth, humor and integrity that I fiercely believe that they deserve. In addition to two of my own compositions we have recorded 10 beautiful songs written by significant female composers, who have greatly influenced my musical growth.

There is no doubt that strong, competent female musicians are underrepresented on the music scene! Nor is there any doubt that they exist! Hence, when producer Siggi Loch presented me with the “sisters in jazz” idea, I was delighted and welcomed the opportunity to celebrate woman in music.

These ladies represent some of the most exciting, diverse and dynamic players on the European jazz scene. We had magic from the very first moment we met in Village recording studio in Copenhagen, some very hot days in June. The heat brought forth a playfulness amongst us. The music came first, egos were put aside and that special magic and bond that arises when good music comes to life, came into play here.

Artist(s)

Caecilie Norby (vocals)

Danish singer Cæcilie Norby has never cared for musical stereotypes. To her, the melody of a song is the music’s essence and the only attribute to judge a composition – regardless of the genre. An attitude eminently suitable to describe her fascinating career and the secret to her success: Norby’s parents are classical musicians. But only after she had discovered jazz and blues for herself, she decided to follow in the foodsteps of her parents and to become a professional musician. As a teenager, she was very much into rock and pop music. She soon made herself a name as a traveler between the genres with her funk-jazz-band „Frontline“ and won every Danish jazz award in the early 80es. In...
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Danish singer Cæcilie Norby has never cared for musical stereotypes. To her, the melody of a song is the music’s essence and the only attribute to judge a composition – regardless of the genre. An attitude eminently suitable to describe her fascinating career and the secret to her success: Norby’s parents are classical musicians. But only after she had discovered jazz and blues for herself, she decided to follow in the foodsteps of her parents and to become a professional musician. As a teenager, she was very much into rock and pop music. She soon made herself a name as a traveler between the genres with her funk-jazz-band „Frontline“ and won every Danish jazz award in the early 80es. In collaboration with Nina Forsberg Norby founded the pop-rock band „One Two“ in 1985. The duo sold quarter of a million records only in Denmark. Working with Forsberg and as a solo artist, Norby was the most important Sacndinavian singer to combine pop and jazz music and paved the way for the international success of singers like Rebekka Bakken, Silje Nergaard or Viktoria Tolstoy. Norby was the first Scandinavian singer signed to ”Blue Note” and published four albums on this legendary label. She collaborated with many international stars - from Bugge Wesseltoft to Mike Stern, Chick Corea or Kurt Elling. Her most important musical partner and producer of almost every of her solo albums likewise is the most important person in her privat life: Her husband, bass-player Lars Danielsson. „Arabesque“ is Cæcilie Norby’s 2011 ACT-debut: For the first time she wrote lyriks to classical, impressionistic compositions by composers like Satie or Ravel. But Norby not only manages to find the right jazz-tone to suite this classical melodies, but also impressively proves what a great ”classical composer” Michel Legrand can be. Cæcilie Norby constantly builds bridges with her music: She attracts classical music fans, jazz freaks or pop fans and everyone keen on good melodies.
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Marilyn Mazur (percussion)

Marilyn Mazur  (1955) Born in New York City. Moved to Denmark at the age of 6. In the 70’ies she was active as a dancer, composer and pianist, but she switched to percussion and drums as her main instruments when she was 19 (she has a degree in percussion from the Royal Danish Academy of Music). Since then Marilyn has been active as a composer, bandleader and musician in a vast number of connections. She has been a member of the orchestras of i.e. Miles Davis(1985-89), Wayne Shorter(1987) and Jan Garbarek(1991-2005).
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Marilyn Mazur (1955) Born in New York City. Moved to Denmark at the age of 6.
In the 70’ies she was active as a dancer, composer and pianist, but she switched to percussion and drums as her main instruments when she was 19 (she has a degree in percussion from the Royal Danish Academy of Music). Since then Marilyn has been active as a composer, bandleader and musician in a vast number of connections.
She has been a member of the orchestras of i.e. Miles Davis(1985-89), Wayne Shorter(1987) and Jan Garbarek(1991-2005).

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Rita Marcotulli (piano)

The origin of their intuitive musical understanding can be found in the remarkable similarities between their careers to date: both began with classical music at a very early age, both developed their musicianship with a classical education, and both are inexorably linked by the love of the traditional songs of their homeland, Italy. Rita Marcotulli carved herself an impressive international career in a very short time. Alongside jazz greats such as Chet Baker, Joe Lovano, Paul Bley, Palle Danielsson, Michel Portal, Enrico Rava, Pat Metheny and Nguyên Lê, the native Roman also collaborates repeatedly with popular stars of the Italian music scene such as the songwriters Pino Daniele and Gianmaria Testa.
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The origin of their intuitive musical understanding can be found in the remarkable similarities between their careers to date: both began with classical music at a very early age, both developed their musicianship with a classical education, and both are inexorably linked by the love of the traditional songs of their homeland, Italy.
Rita Marcotulli carved herself an impressive international career in a very short time. Alongside jazz greats such as Chet Baker, Joe Lovano, Paul Bley, Palle Danielsson, Michel Portal, Enrico Rava, Pat Metheny and Nguyên Lê, the native Roman also collaborates repeatedly with popular stars of the Italian music scene such as the songwriters Pino Daniele and Gianmaria Testa.

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Lisa Wulff (double bass)

Composer(s)

Caecilie Norby (vocals)

Danish singer Cæcilie Norby has never cared for musical stereotypes. To her, the melody of a song is the music’s essence and the only attribute to judge a composition – regardless of the genre. An attitude eminently suitable to describe her fascinating career and the secret to her success: Norby’s parents are classical musicians. But only after she had discovered jazz and blues for herself, she decided to follow in the foodsteps of her parents and to become a professional musician. As a teenager, she was very much into rock and pop music. She soon made herself a name as a traveler between the genres with her funk-jazz-band „Frontline“ and won every Danish jazz award in the early 80es. In...
more
Danish singer Cæcilie Norby has never cared for musical stereotypes. To her, the melody of a song is the music’s essence and the only attribute to judge a composition – regardless of the genre. An attitude eminently suitable to describe her fascinating career and the secret to her success: Norby’s parents are classical musicians. But only after she had discovered jazz and blues for herself, she decided to follow in the foodsteps of her parents and to become a professional musician. As a teenager, she was very much into rock and pop music. She soon made herself a name as a traveler between the genres with her funk-jazz-band „Frontline“ and won every Danish jazz award in the early 80es. In collaboration with Nina Forsberg Norby founded the pop-rock band „One Two“ in 1985. The duo sold quarter of a million records only in Denmark. Working with Forsberg and as a solo artist, Norby was the most important Sacndinavian singer to combine pop and jazz music and paved the way for the international success of singers like Rebekka Bakken, Silje Nergaard or Viktoria Tolstoy. Norby was the first Scandinavian singer signed to ”Blue Note” and published four albums on this legendary label. She collaborated with many international stars - from Bugge Wesseltoft to Mike Stern, Chick Corea or Kurt Elling. Her most important musical partner and producer of almost every of her solo albums likewise is the most important person in her privat life: Her husband, bass-player Lars Danielsson. „Arabesque“ is Cæcilie Norby’s 2011 ACT-debut: For the first time she wrote lyriks to classical, impressionistic compositions by composers like Satie or Ravel. But Norby not only manages to find the right jazz-tone to suite this classical melodies, but also impressively proves what a great ”classical composer” Michel Legrand can be. Cæcilie Norby constantly builds bridges with her music: She attracts classical music fans, jazz freaks or pop fans and everyone keen on good melodies.
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01.
Easy Money
04:20
(Rickie Lee Jones) Caecilie Norby, Marilyn Mazur, Hildegunn Øiseth, Rita Marcotulli, Nicole Johänntgen, Lisa Wulff, Dorota Piotrowska
02.
Willow Weep For Me
04:49
(Ann Ronell) Caecilie Norby, Marilyn Mazur, Hildegunn Øiseth, Rita Marcotulli, Nicole Johänntgen, Lisa Wulff, Dorota Piotrowska
03.
Droppin‘ Things
04:34
(Betty Carter) Caecilie Norby, Marilyn Mazur, Hildegunn Øiseth, Rita Marcotulli, Nicole Johänntgen, Lisa Wulff, Dorota Piotrowska
04.
Man From Mars
06:24
(Joni Mitchell) Caecilie Norby, Marilyn Mazur, Hildegunn Øiseth, Rita Marcotulli, Nicole Johänntgen, Lisa Wulff, Dorota Piotrowska
05.
Naked In The Dark
03:59
(Cæcilie Norby) Caecilie Norby, Marilyn Mazur, Hildegunn Øiseth, Rita Marcotulli, Nicole Johänntgen, Lisa Wulff, Dorota Piotrowska
06.
First Conversation
04:58
(Cæcilie Norby) Caecilie Norby, Marilyn Mazur, Hildegunn Øiseth, Rita Marcotulli, Nicole Johänntgen, Lisa Wulff, Dorota Piotrowska
07.
Puzzled
03:47
(Caecilie Norby) Caecilie Norby, Marilyn Mazur, Hildegunn Øiseth, Rita Marcotulli, Nicole Johänntgen, Lisa Wulff, Dorota Piotrowska
08.
Love Has Gone Away
04:25
(Caecilie Norby) Caecilie Norby, Marilyn Mazur, Hildegunn Øiseth, Rita Marcotulli, Nicole Johänntgen, Lisa Wulff, Dorota Piotrowska
09.
Big Yellow Taxi
04:04
(Joni Mitchell) Caecilie Norby, Marilyn Mazur, Hildegunn Øiseth, Rita Marcotulli, Nicole Johänntgen, Lisa Wulff, Dorota Piotrowska
10.
All At Once
05:54
(Bonnie Raitt) Caecilie Norby, Marilyn Mazur, Hildegunn Øiseth, Rita Marcotulli, Nicole Johänntgen, Lisa Wulff, Dorota Piotrowska
11.
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
04:52
(Carole King) Caecilie Norby, Marilyn Mazur, Hildegunn Øiseth, Rita Marcotulli, Nicole Johänntgen, Lisa Wulff, Dorota Piotrowska
12.
Do I Move You
03:43
(Caecilie Norby) Caecilie Norby, Marilyn Mazur, Hildegunn Øiseth, Rita Marcotulli, Nicole Johänntgen, Lisa Wulff, Dorota Piotrowska
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