Search - Fred Hersch, Norma Winstone :: Songs & Lullabies

Great 'Jazz Art Song'

E. C Goodstein | Northern CA United States | 04/20/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album is stellar IMO. Winstone has quietly been doing some
great work for the last 20 odd years in various contexts. Here
you really get a showcase for her lyric writing skill, and she responds. Hersch's instrumentals are a bit more 'lyrical' than
John Taylor of Azimuth, or even Kenny Wheeler, but no less
interesting. If there's not quite the stunning centerpiece of "A Timeless Place" ("The Peacocks"), as a total ensemble these are
great songs, great melodies and brilliantly done. Norma is also singing more warmly now than her early years. Full marks too
for including Gary Burton on three tracks. Rewards repeated, or even continous listening IMO."

Outstanding !

Rainer Noch | Unkel near Bonn, Germany | 07/08/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Fred Hersch exclusively plays his own great music and performs with the great voice of Norma Winstone. Both instruments - the lyric piano and the warm, a high technical level reaching, voice - do fit perfectly to each other. I have seldom heard a CD, where the piano and the voice fill so many harmonies, that other instruments (bass, drums) are not really needed. Especially the performance of the piece "The Eighth Deadly Sin (The Eleventh Hour)" is breath-taking. My recommendation: Strong buy !"