Clementia by Marit van der Lei Nextet

Marit van der Lei Nextet

Clementia

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Format: CD
Label: Challenge Records
UPC: 0608917356427
Catnr: CR 73564
Release date: 01 September 2023
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Challenge Records

UPC
0608917356427

Catalogue number
CR 73564

Release date
01 September 2023

"... In the Netherlands, she has been described as one of the country's most promising new voices. We can finally see this for ourselves with her new project..."

sk.jazz.sk, 15-1-2024

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About the album

To me, human psychology is an inexhaustible source of inspiration. Why do we behave and feel as we do? I’ve found out that personalities can be divided into 5 dimensions. One of those dimensions is the extent to which someone can experience “mildness”. In my opinion mildness has to some extent been turned into a stigma, as opposed to a positive character trait. We have collectively become less mild. The distance between people who are less like-minded has grown. Over recent years, that distance has become painfully clear. I started thinking about how we can achieve reconciliation. With ourselves, with each other, with the world around us. So that we can be more contemplative and no longer have to fall back on radical judgment.

Music soothes, and with that deep conviction I wrote the music for this album. I went looking for sounds, chords, whispers and everything that goes with this message. I started by looking at myself. What are my own convictions, beliefs and opinions? What are they based on? Are they true? Because of this inner journey, this has become very personal album. I hope it can take you along on a soothing path, discovering your own thoughts and feelings. Because if we are aware of our own true inner world, I know that we can be kinder to the outside world.

Sinds haar debuutalbum 'In Other Words’ (2018) wordt Marit vaak genoemd als een van de meest veelbelovende zangeressen van Nederland. Haar warme, expressieve klank is geïnspireerd door Kenny Wheeler en de Noorse Daniël Herskedal. Door deze fascinatie voor koperblazers heeft ze als moderne jazz zangeres haar eigen concept van klank, frasering en compositie en benadert zij haar stem als een volwaardig instrument.

Op haar nieuwe album ‘Clementia’ mengt zij de menselijke stem met de warme klank van de saxofoon. Niet alleen tekst maar ook klanken zijn veelzeggend en dragen emotie mee. Zo smelt de stem samen met de emotionele sound van de saxofoon. Samen met haar band ‘Marit van der Lei Nextet’, bestaande uit jonge Nederlandse topmuzikanten, vertegenwoordigt zij de “Next Generation” van de jazzscene. Het Nextet speelt originele composities. Alle composities en arrangementen op het album zijn geschreven door Van der Lei.

Für mich ist die menschliche Psychologie eine unerschöpfliche Quelle der Inspiration. Warum verhalten und fühlen wir uns so, wie wir es tun? Ich habe herausgefunden, dass sich Persönlichkeiten in 5 Dimensionen einteilen lassen. Eine dieser Dimensionen ist das Ausmaß, in dem jemand "Milde" erfahren kann. Meiner Meinung nach ist Milde in gewissem Maße zu einem Stigma geworden, im Gegensatz zu einer positiven Charaktereigenschaft. Wir sind kollektiv weniger mild geworden. Der Abstand zwischen Menschen, die sich weniger ähnlich sind, ist größer geworden. In den letzten Jahren ist diese Distanz schmerzlich deutlich geworden. Ich habe angefangen, darüber nachzudenken, wie wir eine Versöhnung erreichen können. Mit uns selbst, mit den anderen, mit der Welt um uns herum. Damit wir kontemplativer werden können und nicht mehr auf radikale Urteile zurückgreifen müssen.

Musik beruhigt, und mit dieser tiefen Überzeugung habe ich die Musik für dieses Album geschrieben. Ich habe mich auf die Suche gemacht nach Klängen, Akkorden, Flüstern und allem, was zu dieser Botschaft passt. Ich begann damit, mich selbst zu betrachten. Was sind meine eigenen Überzeugungen, Glaubenssätze und Meinungen? Worauf beruhen sie? Sind sie wahr? Aufgrund dieser inneren Reise ist dies ein sehr persönliches Album geworden. Ich hoffe, es kann Sie auf einen wohltuenden Weg mitnehmen, Ihre eigenen Gedanken und Gefühle zu entdecken. Denn ich weiß, wenn wir uns unserer eigenen wahren inneren Welt bewusst sind, können wir freundlicher zur Außenwelt sein.
Von dem Augenblick an, als ich meine Liebe zur Jazzmusik entdeckte, war ich vom Klang der Bläser fasziniert. Diese Faszination führte mich zu einer sehr instrumentalen Denkweise über Klang, Phrasierung und Komposition. Als Ergebnis schreibe ich für mein eigenes 'Marit van der Lei Nextet' Musik, die intensiv und manchmal zurückhaltend klingt, wobei die Ausdruckskraft exponentiell zuzunehmen scheint. Mein Debütalbum 'In other words' (2018) wurde mit Begeisterung aufgenommen, und nun wird mein Name oft als eine der vielversprechendsten Vokalistinnen der nächsten Generation in den Niederlanden genannt, u.a. von der Zeitschrift Jazzism, Jazzflits und der Keep an Eye Foundation.

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Marit van der Lei (vocals)

The Marit van de Lei Nextet plays its own compositions. Deeply convinced of the soothing power of music, Marit has written her second album, entitled 'Clementia'. This was written from the perspective of someone who sees that, collectively, we have become less kind and have mostly moved to more radical ways of thinking. She found her music by searching out corresponding colours, noises, sounds words and chords that could put this message across. Marit is convinced that soothing is the first step towards renewed kindness, helping us to achieve a reconciliation with ourselves, each other and everything around us. The Marit van der Lei Nextet was created in 2014 as a collective of musicians at the Utrecht Conservatoire and has now...

The Marit van de Lei Nextet plays its own compositions. Deeply convinced of the soothing power of music, Marit has written her second album, entitled "Clementia". This was written from the perspective of someone who sees that, collectively, we have become less kind and have mostly moved to more radical ways of thinking. She found her music by searching out corresponding colours, noises, sounds words and chords that could put this message across. Marit is convinced that soothing is the first step towards renewed kindness, helping us to achieve a reconciliation with ourselves, each other and everything around us.
The Marit van der Lei Nextet was created in 2014 as a collective of musicians at the Utrecht Conservatoire and has now reached its fixed format, in which it has been performing over a number of years. It has become a band of top young musicians who currently represent the "Next Generation" of the jazz scene. The Nextet plays original compositions, creating soundscapes that will transport you to a gentler world. She performs either with her band or sometimes as a solo singer, manipulating her voice with guitar pedal effects to achieve unique pieces. The underlying layers of both hope and despair seem to turn the new music on her album "Clementia" into a quest for security. It is the outstretched hand of trust, searching for peace. Marit is continuously investigating different ways of using her voice; a sigh, a moan, sometimes having a greater impact than words alone could ever achieve.
Marit van der Lei – vocals, compositions / arrangements Kika Sprangers – alto sax Matthias van den Brande – tenor sax Federico Castelli – guitar Marre de Graaff – bass guitar Ruud Voesten – drums

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Jesse Schilderink (tenor saxophone)

Kika Sprangers (alto saxophone)

Federico Castelli (guitar)

Marre de Graaff (bass guitar)

Willem Romers (drums)

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Marit van der Lei (vocals)

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... In the Netherlands, she has been described as one of the country's most promising new voices. We can finally see this for ourselves with her new project...
sk.jazz.sk, 15-1-2024

The beautiful balance between vocals and instrument use gives this disc a soft, yet pervasive character. The underlying message is always the search for reconciliation with others and with ourselves
Jazz & Mo', 01-12-2023

... What ultimately characterizes the music is a great degree of calm and tranquility, a close interaction of all participants, combining many elements of jazz as well as those outside the genre...
Musikansich, 05-11-2023

You are immediately touched by the singer's desire for adventure, her courage to put it into action and the diversity she brings by switching from improvisation to composition. In short, you are often surprised. Marit van der Lei's voice is flexible, expressive and leading. Good qualities to keep up with the craftsmanship that is panting behind her. Technical masterpieces, placed in the music by what you can call the crème de la crème of the young Dutch jazz generation: Kika Sprangers, Jesse Schilderink, Federico Castelli, Marre de Graaff and Willem Romers. They not only create a foundation for the singer, but also build a road with ample diversions to showcase their own skills.
Jazznu.com, 15-10-2023

With a voice that feels like a warm hug Van der Lei calms you down. Sometimes she tells her story with text, but often she needs no words express hersef. A sigh, a groan or whisper - she approaches her voice as an instrument and melts effortlessly together with the brass section. Van der Lei does not know whether her album can really bring about reconciliation and improve the world. All she can do is reach out and take you into her music, to bridge the gap between the different beliefs and opinions in this world. “That's my bigger goal: to soften.”
Jazzism, 12-10-2023

'I'm going to go think about how reconciliation can take place.' The atmospheric Abide In Ease is one of the eleven pieces with which she wants to change your mind.
Jazzism, 12-10-2023

... She layers her dark organ several times in the opener "I Will Never Get To See", alienates her voice, scats weightlessly through her mystical compositions, which she wrote for the Nextet, and fascinates with an almost brassy phrasing...
Jazzthing, 23-8-2023