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Follow my beating heart – A Swing Of Its Own
For singer and songwriter Hilde Louise Asbjørnsen, this album with one of Europe’s most exciting Swing bands was an urge as natural as breathing. Recorded for a 2020 live gig, she dives headlong into hand-picked songs from her decades-spanning career. Gathering “all the threads of inspiration through my years as a songwriter and jazz singer”, this is the way they were always meant to be heard.
A Swing of its Own took Hilde Louise back to the beginning, to a time when she was falling in love with jazz and spinning her mother’s old jazz records on a turntable. And yet, nostalgia is notably absent here. Rather, the album brings back to life the sheer energy and irresistible pull of this music which first swept the USA and then the rest of the world.
REVIEWS
- «Hilde Louise Asbjørnsen is a rare and wonderful combination, equal parts musician, poet and storyteller. Hailed by Norwegian press as “three parts Monroe and one part Holiday». Hilde Louise’s poetry is hypnotic. Her instrumental arrangements are like dark, expencive chocolate – rich, sweet-tasting, and very satisfying, while leaving you wanting more!” [Skoot Larsson, Skootsjazz]
- «RED LIPS, KNUCKLES AND BONES», 2019:
«Dessen Basis ist zwar Jazz, doch den verbindet die Norwegerin mit einem Songverständnis, das nah an Tom Waits’ Spätsiebziger-Output ist, also kratzig coole Gitarren parallel zu verruchter barmusic. Dazu die sanft warme stimme der protagonistin – und die verführung ist komplett.» [Jazzthetik] - «Don’t be clever, just swing“, heißt es auf dem mitreißenden „A Swing of its Own“. Und genau das macht Hilde Louise hier immer so spontan und leidenschaftlich, als wäre dieses Album ihr erstes.» [Jazz-fun]
- «Ein musikalisches kaleidoskop». Hilde Louise singt hier zudem solo mit sanfter, weiblich-warmer stimme. Sehr verführerisch! Ihr Hilde Louise Orchestra erweist sich nicht nur als solides fundament für die musikalischen ideen, sondern zeigt auch starkes solistische leistungen. Der jazz ist unzweifelhaft die basis dieser einspielung, doch Hilde Louise driftet gewitzt in alle möglichen richtungen ab – Da sind swing, chanson und pop, tanzbarer beat und kabarettistische einlagen die griffigsten beschreibungen.» [Vinyl-fan.de]
- AUDIOPHILE, CD OF THE MONTH: «Sie beherrscht jeden jazz-schlenker ist stimmlich wendig, kokett bis kraftvoll. Eine routinierte band setzt die diva in szene. – Eine referenzwerk für zeitlos klassischen jazz.» [Stefan Woldach, Audio]
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Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU-8Bj3F9M4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAQ_E36GQXEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPI81yr1mBU
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- A SWING OF ITS OWN
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