Grete Skarpeid feat. Aruan Ortiz – My Songs (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:06:05 minutes | 1,03 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: Qobuz | Front Cover | © Neuklang / Bauer Studios GmbH
Recorded at Samurai Hotel Recording Studios by David Stoller on 13 to 16 november 2014. Mastered april 2015, at Blackler Mastering by Kevin Blackler.
This album is the result of a chance meeting between jazz pianist Aruan Ortiz an myself. He was playing in my home town of Voss, Norway, together with the Don Byron quartet. During a conversation he asked me if I sang? I replied: «A little bit», and asked if he would like to hear one of my own songs written that same day. He was kind enough to listen, and with inspiring words he encouraged me to follow my ideas and continue to write.
He invited me to join him in New York for a recording session, and I had the wonderful experience of working alongside great musicians who played my music so beautifully. Although this has been my first studio recording, under Aruans professional guidance, together with his arrangements and production, the music has become alive, playful and energetic and at the same time it has broadened the complexity of its harmony and rhythms.
Although these songs and lyrics has a personal background and express own experiences, moods and emotions, my hope is that the listener can relate to the universal expressions of love, loss and life. Enjoy!
Tracklist:
1. Valley of Sjo 06:22
2. Moving On 04:48
3. So Long 06:03
4. The Sun 04:23
5. Maybe 04:04
6. Julie 05:29
7. Jag Vet en Dejlig Rosa 04:50
8. I Want to Dance 05:46
9. Embrace 05:43
10. Folk Song 05:35
Personnel:
Grete Skarpeid – vocals
Aruán Ortiz – piano, arrangement, producer
Victor Prieto – accordeon
Arturo Stable – percussion
Marika Hughes – cello
Tom Guarna – guitar
Carlo De Rosa – bass
Download:
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mqs.link_GreteSkarpeidfeat.ArunrtizMySngs2016Qbuz2496.part2.rar