{"title":"Edel International @sw@if@label-48046@","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"laura-quiet-land-cd-digipak","title":"Laura - Quiet Land - CD DIGIPAK","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs a hardened Jazz Critic who has heard and seen hundreds of singers over the years, unfortunately it becomes harder and harder to impress me.  However, Laura Kipp doesnt fail to impress from the outset.  Despite her age she is so mature, well travelled and charismatic and this comes across in her voice. Her far reaching travels from her homeland in Swabia Germany to Paris, from New York to Los Angeles are  also reflected in her broad range of styles, from  brilliant songwriter ballads to punchy jazz vocals, from soulful blues to string saturated glamorous  Hollywood sounds .  She has already internalised that unique power of jazz which she combines with her own individual expression together with collaborative creativity. She builds on this with a confidence in her amazing voice, her songwriting as well as the combined skills of her band members, the arrangements of both her mentor and bassist Jens Loh along with the expertise of Cornelius Claudio Kreusch as the producer and distributer. The result is irresistible and quite rare in the German Jazz scene.     Young Jazz musicians today can be obsessed with the experimental style, she has moved beyond this and her style, can only be described in the best sense of the term as “old fashioned“ with a modern twist. It is simply pure musical pleasure for those who love a bit of sophistication.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Season of Mist - International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53420331172183,"sku":"P-110823-","price":13.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/6500\/8471\/files\/Laura-Quiet-Land-CD-DIGIPAK-110823-1-1623220045.jpg?v=1778088736"},{"product_id":"marion-sobo-band-histoires-cd-digipak","title":"Marion Sobo Band - Histoires - CD DIGIPAK","description":"\u003cp\u003eHer voice is sometimes tender and enchanting, sometimes gripping or tongue-twisting; the sound is raucous, almost whispering, then happily lilting or expressive and yearning. The Franco-American Marion sings of dancing dragons, of jumping into cold water and bathtubs full of beer, but also of tears and dreams, of love, lust and sorrow, of joy and fantasy. Colorful stories, told in six different languages – from elegant French to fairy-tale Romanes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust as colorful and diverse is the musical language of the band, which is mainly characterized by Gypsy Swing “à la Django”: acrobatic guitar solos and impressive violin playing next to powerful double bass and the percussive off-beat of the accompanying guitar. But in between, other sounds become audible again and again. There are improvised passages, quiet soundscapes and impressionistic moments: for example the violin in dialogue with the singing voice, warm bass tones, bowed with the bow, airy and intimate guitar playing and also echoes of the chanson tradition or Balkan rhythms. Each song follows its own narrative and musical dramaturgy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith “Histoires” the French-German-Polish quintet Marion \u0026amp; Sobo Band presents a captivating, at the same time playful album full of fantasy, humor and colorful music.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Histoires” – which means “stories” in French. The Marion \u0026amp; Sobo Band has quite a few to tell. “Jean” is about being impressed, being impressed by a figure that lifts off the diving board and unites with the blue of the sky as if in a watercolor. “Valse Folle” exudes nostalgic and playful memories of school days, while “Dream7” dreams of a world where people of all backgrounds are equal and their desire for peace and freedom comes true (“Wherever you go, wherever you come from, your’re worthy of peace, worthy of freedom”). In addition to their original compositions, the band has arranged two well-known pieces, “Ménilmontant” and “Ederlezi” as a tribute to their musical roots in Western and Eastern Europe between the French swing of the 1930s and the traditional melodies of the Balkans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn from the enthusiasm for traveling and languages, Marion \u0026amp; Sobo Band creates its own modern style of vocal gypsy jazz, global music and chanson. It is not a matter of merely stringing together cultural set pieces, but of felt living reality: the musicians see themselves as citizens of Europe and the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe heart of the Bonn band is the Franco-American singer Marion Lenfant-Preus and the Polish guitarist Alexander Sobocinski, called Sobo. He is from Poland and she spent her childhood and youth in France. The two well-traveled musicians met at a jazz session in Bonn. Since then they follow together the idea to create music beyond pigeonholes for a cross-cultural and cross-generational audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Marion \u0026amp; Sobo Band was included in the funding catalog “Music Cultures 2019-2021” by the Kultursekretariat NRW.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Season of Mist - International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53420331598167,"sku":"P-110824-","price":13.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/6500\/8471\/files\/Marion-Sobo-Band-Histoires-CD-DIGIPAK-110824-1-1623219694_31d56ad1-d1da-45b4-85f5-c56d9d2b6b47.jpg?v=1778088745"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.season-of-mist.com\/collections\/label-edel-international.oembed","provider":"Season of Mist - International","version":"1.0","type":"link"}