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Black
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Recollection
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Leni Stern · Recollection
01 Love
Is Real / 4.51
02 Richie / 4.54
03 Shooting Star / 5.14
04 Someday My Prince Will Come / 5.20
05 Monica / 4.52
06 Something Is Wrong In Spanish Harlem / 5.00
07 Mary Ellen / 4.42
08 Love Lightly / 4.44
09 Wondering Why / 5.01
10 Love And Everything / 5.42
11 Lights Out / 4.39
12 Blue Cloud (Intro) / 1.15
13 Jessie's Song / 6.03
14 More Trouble / 2.21
15 Talk To Me / 5.31
16 Somebody's Something / 4.35
Prudence
398.6543.2
Guitarist-composer
Leni Stern looks back on 13 years of a brilliant recorded legacy with
"Recollection", her tenth release as a leader. It documents the highlights
of an unusual career, which started to blossom with Sterns internationally
hailed first quartet and finally led to her current more vocal-oriented
direction, that was introduced with her 1997 album "Black Guitar".
Shortly after the German-born artist
finished her studies of composition at the renowned Berklee college
Of Music in boston, she began to attract the attention of the jazz world
with her own quartet, which then included guitarist Bill Frisell and
drummer Paul Motian. Her recordings since then have been marked by thoughful
structure, evocative moods, attention to groove and an uncanny sense
of lyricism. With these recordings and her classy live playing Stern
gathered not only critical acclaim but also several prestigious awards
(a.o. the coveted Gibson Award for Best Female Jazz Guitarist 1996,
1997, 1998, 1999, 2000).
She is now generally considered the worldÕs
best female jazz guitarist. On her 1996 duet with fellow guitarist Wayne
Krantz, "Separate Cages", Leni unveiled her very personal vocal style
for the first time on record. She delved further into vocals and more
song-oriented composing on 1997s "Black Guitar", her first album on
Prudence. Now she offers a few more samples of that new direction on
"Recollection". Here she can be heard with a collection of top-notch
progressive jazz players such as Bob Berg, Hiram Bullock, Bill Frisell,
David Sanborn, Paul Motian, Bob Malach a.o.
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