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After a period of introspection, personal as well as artistic, Korean musician Youn Sun Nah returns to her first loves as a “jazz singer” by coming out with a new album, soberly titled Elles. During this period, she travelled to the US for the duration of a collaboration with Jamie Saft, focused on a repertoire of pop-rock songs in English (She Moves On), and then definitively affirmed her talents as a songwriter with the release of a record composed entirely of her own pieces for the first time in her career (Waking World). This new album takes the intimate duo format which suits her so well, as she is accompanied on the piano - as well as on the Wurlitzer keyboard and Fender Rhodes - by American Jon Cowherd (member of the Brian Blade Fellowship since 1998 and sought-after partner of singers like Cassanfra Wilson and Lizz Wright). With the vocal expertise we know to expect from her, Youn Sun Nah interprets the abounding seductiveness of an eclectic repertoire consisting of great jazz, pop, and chanson classics made famous by iconic female artists. Passing masterfully from Björk (“Cocoon”) to Édith Piaf (“La Foule”), from Grace Jones (“Libertango”) to Nina Simone (“Feeling Good”), from Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane (“White Rabbit”) to Roberta Flack (“Killing Me Softly”), the singer yet again her imbues very personal interpretations, magnificently orchestrated by Cowherd’s various keyboards, with an emotional intensity that is so unique. It is paradoxically supported by a sort of expressive modesty founded on a greatly precise sense of phrasing, and uses the subtle art of vibrato to allow the unfathomable depths of these songs that we thought we knew by heart to surface. © Stéphane Ollivier/Qobuz
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Bob Ludwig, Masterer - Leslie Bricusse, Composer, Lyricist - Todd Whitelock, RecordingEngineer - Youn Sun Nah, Vocals, Marimba, MainArtist - Jon Cowherd, Wurlitzer - Anthony George Newley, Composer, Lyricist - Tomek Miernowski, Producer, Synthesizer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer
Under exclusive license to Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH, © 2024 Nplug Inc. Under exclusive license to Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH, ℗ 2023 Nplug Inc.
Bob Ludwig, Masterer - Todd Whitelock, RecordingEngineer - Youn Sun Nah, Vocals, MainArtist - Jon Cowherd, Piano - Björk Guðmundsdóttir, Composer, Lyricist - Thomas Knak, Composer - Tomek Miernowski, Producer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer
Under exclusive license to Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH, © 2024 Nplug Inc. Under exclusive license to Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH, ℗ 2023 Nplug Inc.
Bob Ludwig, Masterer - Astor Piazzolla, Composer - Todd Whitelock, RecordingEngineer - Barry Reynolds, Lyricist - Youn Sun Nah, Vocals, MainArtist - Jon Cowherd, Piano - Nathalie Delon, Lyricist - Tomek Miernowski, Producer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - David Wilkey, Lyricist
Under exclusive license to Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH, © 2024 Nplug Inc. Under exclusive license to Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH, ℗ 2023 Nplug Inc.
Bob Ludwig, Masterer - Richard Rodgers, Composer - Lorenz Hart, Lyricist - Todd Whitelock, RecordingEngineer - Youn Sun Nah, Vocals, MainArtist - Jon Cowherd, Fender Rhodes - Tomek Miernowski, Producer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer
Under exclusive license to Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH, © 2024 Nplug Inc. Under exclusive license to Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH, ℗ 2023 Nplug Inc.
Grace Slick, Composer, Lyricist - Bob Ludwig, Masterer - Todd Whitelock, RecordingEngineer - Youn Sun Nah, Vocals, MainArtist - Jon Cowherd, Piano - Tomek Miernowski, Producer, Guitar, Synthesizer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer
Under exclusive license to Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH, © 2024 Nplug Inc. Under exclusive license to Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH, ℗ 2023 Nplug Inc.
Bob Ludwig, Masterer - Traditional, Composer, Lyricist - Jessye Norman, Arranger - Todd Whitelock, RecordingEngineer - Youn Sun Nah, Vocals, MainArtist - Jon Cowherd, Wurlitzer - Tomek Miernowski, Producer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer
Under exclusive license to Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH, © 2024 Nplug Inc. Under exclusive license to Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH, ℗ 2023 Nplug Inc.
Bob Ludwig, Masterer - HOAGY CARMICHAEL, Composer - Paul Francis Webster, Lyricist - Todd Whitelock, RecordingEngineer - Youn Sun Nah, Vocals, MainArtist - Jon Cowherd, Piano - Tomek Miernowski, Producer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer
Under exclusive license to Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH, © 2024 Nplug Inc. Under exclusive license to Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH, ℗ 2023 Nplug Inc.
Bob Ludwig, Masterer - Todd Whitelock, RecordingEngineer - Mário Laginha, Composer, Lyricist - Youn Sun Nah, Vocals, MainArtist - Jon Cowherd, Fender Rhodes - Tomek Miernowski, Producer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer
Under exclusive license to Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH, © 2024 Nplug Inc. Under exclusive license to Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH, ℗ 2023 Nplug Inc.
Bob Ludwig, Masterer - Angel Cabral, Composer - Todd Whitelock, RecordingEngineer - Michel Rivgauche, Lyricist - Youn Sun Nah, Vocals, MainArtist - Jon Cowherd, Piano - Tomek Miernowski, Producer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer
Under exclusive license to Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH, © 2024 Nplug Inc. Under exclusive license to Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH, ℗ 2023 Nplug Inc.
Bob Ludwig, Masterer - Norman Gimbel, Composer, Lyricist - Charles Fox, Composer - Todd Whitelock, RecordingEngineer - Youn Sun Nah, Vocals, Music, MainArtist - Tomek Miernowski, Producer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer
Under exclusive license to Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH, © 2024 Nplug Inc. Under exclusive license to Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH, ℗ 2023 Nplug Inc.
Album review
After a period of introspection, personal as well as artistic, Korean musician Youn Sun Nah returns to her first loves as a “jazz singer” by coming out with a new album, soberly titled Elles. During this period, she travelled to the US for the duration of a collaboration with Jamie Saft, focused on a repertoire of pop-rock songs in English (She Moves On), and then definitively affirmed her talents as a songwriter with the release of a record composed entirely of her own pieces for the first time in her career (Waking World). This new album takes the intimate duo format which suits her so well, as she is accompanied on the piano - as well as on the Wurlitzer keyboard and Fender Rhodes - by American Jon Cowherd (member of the Brian Blade Fellowship since 1998 and sought-after partner of singers like Cassanfra Wilson and Lizz Wright). With the vocal expertise we know to expect from her, Youn Sun Nah interprets the abounding seductiveness of an eclectic repertoire consisting of great jazz, pop, and chanson classics made famous by iconic female artists. Passing masterfully from Björk (“Cocoon”) to Édith Piaf (“La Foule”), from Grace Jones (“Libertango”) to Nina Simone (“Feeling Good”), from Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane (“White Rabbit”) to Roberta Flack (“Killing Me Softly”), the singer yet again her imbues very personal interpretations, magnificently orchestrated by Cowherd’s various keyboards, with an emotional intensity that is so unique. It is paradoxically supported by a sort of expressive modesty founded on a greatly precise sense of phrasing, and uses the subtle art of vibrato to allow the unfathomable depths of these songs that we thought we knew by heart to surface. © Stéphane Ollivier/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:40:41
- Main artists: Youn Sun Nah
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Warner Music Central Europe
- Genre: Jazz Vocal Jazz
Under exclusive license to Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH, © 2024 Nplug Inc. Under exclusive license to Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH, ℗ 2024 Nplug Inc.
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