Sidsel Endresen - Bonita '2015

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Bonita
02. Ripper Silk
03. Baton
04. Boom Boom
05. Knuckle Tattoo
06. White Mantilla
07. The Pink Link
08. Solemn Vista
09. Blue Punch


Norwegian vocalist Sidsel Endresen (who sings in English) is one of those 1990s
artists who demonstrates the increasing difficulty in applying traditional
20th-century categorizations to many contemporary music albums. Although the
singer/songwriter works with some notable jazz musicians, her records arent
really jazz; although they have plenty of experimental elements, they are firmly
grounded in songs, and are more accessible than much new music. Her pieces also
betray the influence of some rock and folk (her voice is very reminiscent of
Sandy Dennys), but bear even less concrete relationships to those forms.
Endresen has recorded a couple albums for ECM that bear some hallmarks of the
labels trademark spacious production values, but avoid sterility. Her abstract
lyrics are backed by jazzy minimalist strokes that occasionally skate into
dissonance. Drummer Jon Christensen and cellist David Darling are the most
recognizable of the musicians on these discs, which have a broader appeal than
the traditional ECM listening base.

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