Sarah McKenzie - Without You [CD]

Normandy Lane Limited (Sarah McKenzie)

£11.70

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: NLL002
Barcode: 5060676310013
Release Date: 27 Oct 2023
Genre: Jazz

 Jazz pianist, composer and singer, Sarah McKenzie releases her sixth album, ‘Without You’. A Brazilian jazz project that conveys her love for Brazilian music and culture, ‘Without You’ includes a generous amount of Antonio Carlos Jobim songs along with four of McKenzie’s originals and a few other selections, all played tastefully, and in her own inventive way.
 “I’ve always loved the music of Brazil, Tom Jobim, Elis Regina, and of course Astrud Gilberto,” says Sarah McKenzie. “What I especially love about Jobim is the simplicity and clarity of his melodies, songs that one can remember and sing.
 “I went to Rio de Janeiro in 2017 and played at the official opening of the Blue Note jazz club and also a famous Brazilian television show called ‘Encontro com Fátima Bernardes’. At night I jammed with local musicians, who were most generous and tremendously talented. I had a fantastic time being in Brazil. I always wanted to record Brazilian music but not a typical ‘jazz singer does a Brazil tribute’ album.”
 At that concert, opening Rio’s Blue Note jazz club, Sarah performed with the brilliant Brazilian guitarist Romero Lubambo, who had previously played on her ‘Paris in the Rain’ album and has for years accompanied Astrud Gilberto on her tours. And she met the legendary Jacques Morelenbaum, the original cellist with Antonio Carlos Jobim. The genesis of ‘Without You’ began right there and then. Astonishingly those two Brazilian
legends had never before performed nor recorded together.
 With the addition of bassist Geoff Gascoyne (who worked regularly with Jamie Cullum and Michel Legrand), the famous and versatile drummer Peter Erskine (Weather Report), and percussionist Rogerio Boccato, who previously played on Sarah’s ‘Secrets of My Heart’ album, plus Bob Sheppard making guest appearances on flute and soprano sax, ‘Without You’ became the realization of Sarah McKenzie’s dream.

Tracklisting
The Gentle Rain
Corcovado (Quiet Nights)
The Voice of Rio
Mean What You Say
Fotografia
Quoi, Quoi, Quoi
Once I loved
Without You
Wave
Dindi
The Girl From Ipanema
Chega de Saudade
Bonita
Modinha