Almost In Your Arms Claire Martin

• 1 I Feel A Song Coming On 03:26
• 2 This One's From The Heart 04:51
• 3 Almost In Your Arms 03:28
• 4 Apparently, I'm Fine 02:39
• 5 Bitter With The Sweet 03:12
• 6 The Art Teacher 04:17
• 7 Train In The Desert 04:01
• 8 This House Is Empty Now 04:53
• 9 Water and Salt 03:25
• 10 September Song 03:22
• 11 Do You Ever Wonder 04:44
• Total Runtime 42:18

Info for Almost In Your Arms

Auf ihrem Album „Almost in Your Arms“ kehrt Claire zu einer früheren Erfolgsformel zurück: Ihr sehr erfahrenes schwedisches Trio aus Pianist Martin Sjöstedt, Kontrabassist Niklas Fernqvist und Schlagzeuger Daniel Fredriksson wird von mehreren hervorragenden Gastmusikern begleitet. Die Lieder, die Claire Martin für das Trio ausgewählt hat, zeigen ihr weitreichendes Interesse und Wissen in den vielen Untergenres der Popmusik und des Jazz. Ihre angeborene Begeisterung für frische Anregungen und faszinierende Kontraste wurde in die Zusammenstellung einer Auswahl von Material investiert, mit dem sie, mit der Unterstützung von James McMillan, starke persönliche Resonanz findet. Claire Martin ist eine der versiertesten und inspiriertesten Jazzsängerinnen der Welt.

Claire Martin, Gesang
Martin Sjöstedt, Klavier
Niklas Fernqvist, Kontrabass
Daniel Fredriksson, Schlagzeug & Percussion
Gastmusiker:
Karl-Martin Almqvist, Saxophon
Joe Locke, Vibraphon
Mark Jaimes, Gitarren
Nikki Iles, Akkordeon
Charlie Wood, Gesang
James McMillan, Trompete, Flügelhorn, Keyboards, Programmierung

Produziert, bearbeitet und gemischt von James McMillan bei Quiet Money Studios, Hastings
Aufgenommen vom 24. bis 26. Januar 2024
Gemastert von Michael Scherchen bei The Mix Factory

Claire Martin
has established herself as a tour de force on the UK jazz scene. She has enjoyed worldwide critical acclaim and gained many honours, including eight British Jazz Awards, during a career of over three decades. In 2018 she was the proud recipient of the BASCA Gold Badge Award for her contribution to jazz and was voted Jazz Vocalist of the Year at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards in 2022. Claire became a professional singer at nineteen and signed to the prestigious Glasgow based Linn Records in 1990, Claire has since released twenty albums with the label, collaborating with musical luminaries including Martin Taylor, John Martyn, Stéphane Grappelli, Kenny Barron, Sir Richard Rodney Bennett and Jim Mullen on many of these recordings. She has also recorded three albums for the Copenhagen-based Stunt Records, including the highly praised ‘Songs & Stories’ album with Callum Au in 2020. Claire has performed worldwide with her trio and, until his death in 2012, worked extensively with the celebrated composer and pianist Sir Richard Rodney Bennett in a cabaret duo setting both in England and the US where they played to sell-out houses at venues. Claire has appeared as a featured soloist with the Hallé, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, the Royal Northern Sinfonia, the BBC Big Band and the BBC Concert Orchestra. She co-presented BBC Radio 3’s flagship jazz program ‘Jazz Line-Up’ from 2000 to 2017 and interviewed many of her musical heroes, including Pat Metheny and the late Michael Brecker. At the Queen’s Birthday Honours in June 2011 Claire was delighted to be awarded an OBE for services to Jazz.

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