Sidsel Endresen - a brand new song

This album begins with an a capella rendition of the Aretha Franklin classic 'Chain of Fools' in which Norwegian vocal artist Sidsel Endresen, who has emerged as one of the foremost Nordic voices of the last decade with avant-garde jazz albums on the ECM label such as 'Exile' and 'I Write', shows us that she can do a very passable impression of Annie Lennox when she puts her mind to it. 'Night Song' is, to my knowledge, her first recorded collaboration with jazz pianist and synthesiser artist Bugge Wesseltoft, who has always been at the leading edge of contemporary music, and has recently achieved considerable success with his 'new Conception of Jazz' series. Recorded in 1994 it is a highly individual meeting of two very different but in many ways similar artistes. In addition to 'Chain of Fools' the album also includes a version of the Rodgers & Hart classic 'The Lady is a Tramp that begins with Ms Endresen singing the well known lyric over a tinkling synthesised glockenspiel and ends with an extended and melancholy piano solo that just drifts on and on and... Couple this with the seven minute tone poem 'Psalm' in which a haunting melodic chant gives way to some distinctly strangled shrieks and groans and you have a strange but surprisingly endearing album that hangs around in your consciousness and pops up again when you least expect it. Not the normal fare, but highly recommended nevertheless.

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