Artist.......: Rigmor Gustafsson
Album........: On My Way to You
Label........: Act music
Genre........: Jazz
Catnr........: n/a
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Mar-11-2006
str.date.....: Feb-06-2006
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
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track title time
01. the summer knows 04:31
02. windmills of your mind 04:25
03. how do you keep the music playing 06:01
04. after the rain 02:54
05. love makes the changes 04:40
06. once upon a summertime 03:06
07. where_s the love 03:16
08. on my way to you 02:58
09. watch what happens 04:14
10. the way he makes me feel 02:48
11. what are you doing the rest of your life 05:55
12. one at a time 02:57
13. i was born in love with you 04:27
14. you must believe in spring 04:09
15. la valse des lilas 03:05
Runtime 59:26 min
Size 74,2 MB
Release Notes:
ôSheÆs always had a good ear for good composersö,
declares trombonist Nils Landgren in the booklet
for this CD. And who is ôsheö? None other than the
Rigmor Gustafsson - On my way to youincredible
Swedish singer Rigmor Gustafsson. Gustafsson, who
was celebrated at the 2001 JazzFest in Berlin as ôa
new star in the vocal heavensö, earns acclaim for
äher great voice and stage presenceô from Nils
Landgren. Both the voice and a sensitive ear for
composers are brought together on her third CD for
ACT. For ôOn My Way To Youö Gustafsson focuses on
songs written over the past decades by the world
famous Frenchman Michel Legrand. Legrand is the
winner of three Oscars and five Grammies. Special
material for a special voice.
Michel Legrand, born in Paris in 1932, has
established himself over the past half century as a
musician who will have everlasting impact not just
through his songs and music for film but also in
the classical world as a successful conductor and
composer. For example, he wrote and conducted the
music for the Barbra Streisand success öYentlö
(1983), as well as individual songs for screen
greats from Paris and Hollywood. He has worked with
stars such as Miles Davis, Edith Piaf, Sarah
Vaughan, Stan Getz, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles,
Lena Horne and many others. Some of his melodies
belong to the most popular of all time: they are
whistled during walks in the park, and they are
known in many versions. Indeed we rarely actually
even consider where they come from.
Such a song is ôThe Windmills Of Your Mindö û sung
on this album by Rigmor Gustafsson with an intense
melancholy and tender mysteriousness. It comes from
the 1967 version of ôThe Thomas Crowne Affairö
(with Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway). The
sophisticated way in which the melody is put
together creates such a pleasant effect that her
sophisticated blast of fresh air will keep the
song's windmills turning for a long time to come.
It is almost impossible to count up all of of
LegrandÆs worldwide successes, but here are at
least a few: "How Do You Keep The Music Playing?" û
performed by Rigmor Gustafsson as a shimmering duet
with Magnum Coltrane Price û comes from the 1982
film ôBest Friendsö (with Burt Reynolds and Goldie
Hawn); the popular jazz standard You Must Believe
in Spring" from "Les Demoiselles de Rochefort"
released in 1968 is sung by Rigmor Gustafsson with
a particularly elastic jazz feel. In addition there
are two tracks from the 1963 groundbreaking musical
film "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg" directed by
Jacques Demy and starring the young Catherine
Deneuve: "Watch What Happens" and "Where's The
Love". The title song of GustafssonÆs previous
album "I Will Wait For You" (ACT 9418-2) is also
from "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg".
Rigmor GustafssonÆs new album shows continuity not
just from her first success on ACT (ACT 9418-2) but
also her second, "Close To You" (ACT 9703-2), her
homage to soul diva Dionne Warwick. Michel
LegrandÆs music has close affinity to that of Burt
Bacharach, who wrote many of Dionne WarwickÆs
worldwide hits. Both are masters of the
unforgettable tune. And Rigmor Gustafsson is the
perfect interpreter: a singer with a great
awareness for the nuances of a voiceÆs tone;
simultaneously she is one whose voice has a strong
degree of glamour, a quiet but unobtrusive twinkle
and a many-sided glister û just as one recollects
from the famous films.
GustafssonÆs interpretations of Legrand are both
measured and smooth. And, as they were written for
films, they allow the singer to take on musical
roles. The tenderness, the elegance, the emotional
depths, the softness, the na∩ve childishness or
plainness, a vocal beauty û Rigmor Gustafsson
achieves all these on the different songs on this
album. The transparent, carefully-worked
arrangements, using Hammond organ, accordion or
Wurlitzer û and not least Nils LandgrenÆs trombone
û often leave adequate space to heighten the
emotional impact. They give these interpretations
the feel of an atmospheric intensity as a short
film. The combination of LegrandÆs melodies and
GustafssonÆs voice makes a perfect match.