Sinne Eeg - Dreams (2017) SACD ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

Sinne Eeg is likely the finest contemporary jazz singer you’ve yet to discover. While the 40-year-old Dane, regularly ranked foremost throughout Scandinavia, has recorded seven previous albums as a leader, Dreams is only her second Stateside release. Still, it’s an ideal point of entry, a stunning showcase of not only her intoxicating style, which suggests the cashmere embrace of Nancy Wilson paired with the sharp interpretive skills of Shirley Horn, but also her songwriting acumen. Of Dreams’ 10 tracks, four are covers, including a gently inquisitive “What Is This Thing Called Love?” and a downy “I’ll Remember April”. Eeg’s lilting “Falling in Love With Love” proves a sterling showcase for her estimable bandmates: Americans Larry Koonse (guitar), Scott Colley (bass) and Joey Baron (drums) plus her fellow countryman Jacob Christoffersen (piano).

The news that Sinne Eeg is a much-admired jazz vocalist in Denmark might not grab many front pages, but the prizewinning 40-year-old is a genuine original and her stock is growing. A singer of laidback improv alertness and coolly lustrous tonality, Eeg balances a mainstream repertoire here (four creatively recoloured Broadway standards) with six thoughtful originals, astutely partnered y pianist Jacob Christoffersen and guitarist Larry Koonse, and the bass/drums pairing of Scott Colley and Joey Baron. Eeg suggests an earthier Diana Krall in the deft timing of her bluesy ballad The Bitter End; glimpses Betty Carter in the surefooted scatting of Head Over High Heels; boldly presents her own title track as a wordless vocal against Colley’s rich pizzicato (followed by Christoffersen’s rolling, Jarrett-like groove), and sensitively avoids mawkishness in a wistful tribute to emotion-numbed orphans in Aleppo. The structures are mostly familiar, but the delivery is anything but.

Tracklist:

01. The Bitter End
02. Head Over High Heels
03. Love Song
04. What Is This Thing Called Love
05. Falling In Love With Love
06. Dreams
07. Aleppo
08. Time To Go
09. I'll Remember April
10. Anything Goes
11. On A Clear Day
12. Rain

Personnel
Sinne Eeg - vocals
Jacob Christoffersen - piano
Larry Koonse - guitar
Scott Colley - bass
Joey Baron - drums

Produced by Sinne Eeg. Engineered by Mike Marciano.
Recorded on January 12-13, 2017 at Systems Two, Brooklyn, NY.
Mixed & Mastered by Lasse Nilsson at Nilento Studio, Göteborg.


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Uncompressed SACD ISO size > 903 MB
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