The Bebop Shop Norma Winstone & Azimuth

The Bebop Shop : Changes: Post-Bop Modernists : Norma Winstone & Azimuth


	John Taylor, Norma Winstone & Kenny Wheeler: Azimuth (Vinyl LP: ECM) Luminessence, ECM's new audiophile vinyl-reissue series, is a kaleidoscope, shedding light on the jewels of the label's deep catalogue in elegant, high-quality editions - audiophile vinyl pressing, high-grade tip-on gatefold sleeves that include new liner notes. Recorded in 1977 and now reissued in ECM's audiophile Luminessence vinyl series, the debut album of the Azimuth trio was truly ahead of its time. Formed by adding Canadian-born trumpeter Kenny Wheeler to the British duo of pianist John Taylor and vocalist Norma Winstone, the group's futuristic musical palette embraced hypnotic, minimalistic pulse patterns, otherworldly synthesizer sounds, songs, collective improvisation and solo flights. In recent seasons, the number of listeners under Azimuth's sway has grown exponentially, as the music has adapted itself to new contexts. The vast international audience that has heard fragments of Azimuth's "The Tunnel" as part of a major rap hit by Drake in 2023 (on his 200M+ streaming "IDGAF"), can now discover the original in its pristine form, still magical after all these years - as is the whole album. Produced by Manfred Eicher, this new edition with gatefold sleeve adds liner notes detailing Azimuth's story. (Proper Music) Price: £36.99


Norma Winstone: Somewhere Called Home (CD: ECM Touchstones) A milestone in the career of British singer Winstone, as she strips jazz standards to their emotional core and adds words of her own to tunes by Egberto Gismonti, Ralph Towner and Kenny Wheeler. This album is part of the ECM TOUCHSTONES series: Great music and full-dimensional sound at download price, in cardboard covers with original artwork. (ECM Records) Price: £11.99


	Norma Winstone & John Taylor: In Concert (CD: Enodoc) This duo recording of revered British jazz vocalist Norma Winstone and pianist John Taylor is appearing on CD for the first time. It was recorded August 1988 at the Guildhall School of Music, London. They perform music by Leonard Bernstein, Steve Swallow, Egberto Gismonti and Ralph Towner, amongst others, with lyrics by Norma herself, Johnny Mercer and Margaret Busby. (Proper Music) Price: £13.99


Norma Winstone: Well Kept Secret (CD: Enodoc) Price: £13.99


	Norma Winstone & John Taylor: ...Like Song, Like Weather (CD: Enodoc) Price: £13.99


Norma Winstone: Manhattan In The Rain (CD: Enodoc) Price: £13.99


	Norma Winstone & Fred Hersch: Songs & Lullabies (CD: Enodoc) Price: £13.99


Norma Winstone: Distances (CD: ECM) Norma Winstone, England’s finest jazz vocalist, returns with a trio featuring German reedman Klaus Gesing and Italian pianist Glauco Venier (both of whom make their ECM debuts here) and a superb programme that takes in songs from Cole Porter to Peter Gabriel, a free calypso, a tribute to Coltrane, adaptations of Satie, folk songs, Pasolini and more and flows like an extended suite. Winstone’s lyrics reveal a real poetic sensibility, and both Gesing and Venier are fine jazz composers who put their considerable instrumental skills in the service of the songs. The result: a unique and special group language and one of the season’s outstanding recordings. (ECM Records) Price: £14.99


	Norma Winstone with the NDR Big Band: It's Later Than You Think (CD: Provocateur) Norma Winstone’s new CD with the NDR Bigband is a lesson in how to sing contemporary songs with ease, style and a depth that comes from a place that most singers reach for but never realise. Her experience and love of all good songs and songwriters shines through on this album, which includes songs by Elvis Costello, Joni Mitchell and Randy Newman. Norma’s career is well documented with musicians such as John Taylor, Ralph Towner, Michael Garrick, Kenny Wheeler, Fred Hersch and Jimmy Rowles. (Provocateur Records) Price: £13.99


Norma Winstone, Klaus Gesing & Glauco Venier: Dance Without Answer (CD: ECM) The great British jazz singer Norma Winstone once again casts her net wide for source material for this third ECM album with Italian pianist Glauco Venier and German clarinetist / saxophonist Klaus Gesing. Alongside new pieces by Winstone/Gesing and by Venier, the trio covers tunes by singer-songwriters Nick Drake, Fred Neil and Tom Waits. They take a fresh approach to Madonna’s “Live To Tell”, and to Dave Grusin’s “It Might Be You”, as well as Ralph Towner’s “A Breath Away” (now with lyrics by Norma) and “Bein’ Green”, a children’s song elevated to jazz standard status by Sinatra, Stan Kenton, Ray Charles and many more. “As Winstone moves ever farther from the Great American Songbook,” All About Jazz observed, “it's certain that, with band mates as sympathetic as Gesing and Venier, there's precious little she can't do.” (ECM Records) Price: £14.99


	Norma Winstone: Descansado- Songs For Films (CD: ECM) A creative journey into the world of cinema with new arrangements - by Klaus Gesing and Glauco Venier - of music by Nino Rota, Michel Legrand, William Walton, Bernard Herrmann, and Ennio Morricone for the movies of Scorsese, Godard, Wenders, Jewison, Zeffirelli, Olivier and more. Several of the arrangements incorporate new words by Norma Winstone who, in addition to being one of the great jazz singers, has long been a sensitive lyricist. For this project her acclaimed trio with Gesing and Venier is augmented by two special guests: Norwegian improvising percussionist Helge Andreas Norbakken and Italian classical cellist Mario Brunello. Norbakken is well-known to ECM listeners for his recordings with Jon Balke, Mathias Eick and Jon Hassell, while Brunello is highly regarded in classical and contemporary music circles for his interpretive versatility. ”Descansado – Music for Films” was recorded at ArteSuono Studio in Udine, Italy, in March 2017 and produced by Manfred Eicher. (ECM Records) Price: £14.99

The Bebop Shop : Changes: Post-Bop Modernists : Norma Winstone & Azimuth

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