Artist.......: Veronica Mortensen
Album........: Happiness... is not included
Label........: Stunt Records
Genre........: Jazz
Catnr........: STUCD 07052
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Aug-11-2007
str.date.....: Apr-00-2007
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: http://www.veronica.dk
track title time
01. Beyond The Rainbow 03:44
02. Waiting For The Daylight 04:19
03. Broken Bicycles 04:34
04. Too Late 03:24
05. In My Life 03:08
06. Happiness Is Not Included 03:01
07. Lovely Is She 05:05
08. Valentine's Day 03:28
09. Think Twice 04:15
10. I Do It For Your Love 05:27
11. Let The Sandman Come 05:01
Runtime 45:26 min
Size 58,8 MB
Release Notes:
About the artist ...
Born in Aarhus (Denmark), singer Veronica Mortensen
was raised by her mother in Athens, Greece. At the
age of 20, she moved back to Denmark to pursue a
singing career - a natural choice, being the
daughter of 2 musicians. She started her own
soulband, a mini-bigband playing Aretha Franklin
covers and Motown-classics, and soon after joined
the more experimental acidjazzband Virtual Fantasy.
Veronica graduated from Royal Academy of Music in
Aarhus in the summer of 1996 and took her Diploma
exam from Rythmic Conservatory of Copenhagen in
1998. She has performed on several albums and
TV-shows, both as a lead singer and as a background
vocalist.
Veronica has been a popular guest with the Kluvers
Big Band for the last 12 years, with whom she has
played the Aarhus International Jazzfestival,
toured Estland and played "Sacred Concerts" of Duke
Ellington. She also has appeared in rockmusicals
like "A tribute to the Blues Brothers", "Another
Brick In The Wall" and "Hair" playing in both
Copenhagen and Paris.
Veronica's first album "Pieces In A Puzzle" (2003),
was very well received by the critics and was
chosen for "Album of the week" by the Danish
national radio (DR P4). Following the album she
played concerts in Denmark and abroad, among them
at the "Bankok Heineken Jazzfestival" (Thailand)
and at "Ladies' Jazzfestival" in Gdynia (Poland).
Beside her own music and band, she has also
appeared with Peter Vuust Quartet, with whom she
recorded the cd "Image Of Falling".
About the album ...
Danish singer and composer Veronica Mortensen's
second album "HAPPINESS is not included" was
released in April 2007 at Stunt Records. Like her
first album it contains her own material. Most of
the lyrics are written with her husband Niels HP,
while the music is produced by Morten Eriksen and
herself.
The album also contains interpretations of 4 songs
by Paul Simon, Tom Waits, James Taylor and The
Beatles. The music was recorded at Nilento studio
in Gothenborg, Sweden, with a handful of the most
prominent danish jazz musicians, underlining the
jazz influence in Veronica's catchy tunes.
Veronica┤s resonant expressive and soulfull voice,
indicates that she has listened to afro-american
icons, such as Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin and
Erykah Badu. Yet she is free from the clichees and
manners often associated with modern jazz/soul
singers.
Instead she comes through with a rare honesty in
her singing, her tecnical abilities never standing
in the way of the story.
About the release ...
Enjoy it and remember... if u like it, buy it !