Caro Emerald: DELETED SCENES FROM THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR.
As i have already mentioned my love for jazz, it will come as no surprise that i introduce this artist to you.
I'm not going to harp on about how her success has reached from 27weeks at the top of the record list in Denmark, or the impact she is making on the rest of the world; Quite simply, this album is what happens when contemporary Jazz music is brought up to date. It's Squirrel Nut Zippers meets Duffy. It's classic meets pop culture. It has everything that makes jazz so good; the swing beat, the brassy trumpets, coolness emanating from each line- but with the catchiness and upbeat tempo of a pop song.
I'm not going to harp on about how her success has reached from 27weeks at the top of the record list in Denmark, or the impact she is making on the rest of the world; Quite simply, this album is what happens when contemporary Jazz music is brought up to date. It's Squirrel Nut Zippers meets Duffy. It's classic meets pop culture. It has everything that makes jazz so good; the swing beat, the brassy trumpets, coolness emanating from each line- but with the catchiness and upbeat tempo of a pop song.
I dare you to listen to the first 20 seconds of his song without tapping your foot to the beat. It's sultry, it's vintage, it even has scatting; then all of a sudden the track cuts into record scratching- reeling you back to the present. The background squeeks of the decks cut through the smooth velvet feel of the rest of the song to bring a touch of modernisation to an otherwise conventional jazz theme. She takes the smoke-filled-room feel of jazz and throws in her femme-fetale influence- a touch that does not go unnoticed. As the opening song of the album, it gives a fantastic taster of what is to come.
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