THE JAZZ CHILL CORNER INTERNATIONAL DEBUT OF BELGIAN SINGER/SONGWRITER/PIANIST SUSAN CLYNES 'LIFE IS' SET FOR RELEASE FEB 18, 2014 |  |
- INTERNATIONAL DEBUT OF BELGIAN SINGER/SONGWRITER/PIANIST SUSAN CLYNES 'LIFE IS' SET FOR RELEASE FEB 18, 2014
- HALIFAX MEETS DETROIT ON SINGER & SONGWRITER CRISSI COCHRANE'S NEW ALBUM LITTLE SWAY
- JAMES BRANDON LEWIS - DIVINE TRAVELS
- JEFF BALLARD TRIO WITH LIONEL LOUEKE & MIGUEL ZENON - TIME'S TALES
- MIKE LONGO - STEP ON IT
- THE DUKES OF SEPTEMBER: DONALD FAGEN, MICHAEL MCDONALD, BOZ SCAGGS LIVE AT LINCOLN CENTER
- RONNIE BURRAGE - HEAL
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Posted: 10 Feb 2014 08:23 AM PST
"Life Is..." marks the international debut of Belgian singer/pianist Susan Clynes, on New York based MoonJune Records. This release was compiled from three live concerts done at two different locations, each one with a unique band configuration.
The Archiduc, an historic Art Deco bar in Brussels dating back to 1937, served as the backdrop for two of these performances. The first was done in trio format with Nico Chkifi on drums and Pierre Mottet on bass. The second was a more intimate solo performance at the Library of The Cultural Center of Bree. The third and final performance saw the return to the Archiduc, this time as a duet with Simon Lenski on cello. Each band configuration provided its own framework and pallet of tonal colors for these diverse sound portraits.
"A Good Man" and "Ileana's Song" make playful use of the drumkit and bass. These clever songs lie somewhere between Slapp Happy-era Dagmar Krause, Elaine Di Falco's work with Thinking Plague, Annette Peacock and early period Kristin Hersh in her band, Throwing Muses. The chiefly instrumental piece, "Les Larmes", a composition about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, is brimming with emotional expression making excellent use of the cello as a universal human voice.
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