Lisa Ekdahl & Peter Nordahl Trio - When Did You Leave Heaven (1995)

Let's welcome another lady, this time from Sweden. When Did You Leave Heaven is Lisa Ekdahl's first English-language effort as well as her first jazz album and the first Ekdahl album to come out in the U.S. The American jazz critics weren't too enthousiastic about her "thin, very girlish voice" and dropped a couple of negative reviews. Too bad for the Yanks.

Lisa Ekdahl's frail, silk-soft voice goes beautifully together with the warm, sometimes bouncy jazz provided by the Peter Nordahl Trio, with whom she'd been working for about five years at the time of this release. Nothing avant-garde about the music, but perfect when I'm feeling a bit down - which happens often enough... Wasn't it some guy called Burton who claimed that music is a splendid antidote to melancholy? Well, in the case of this sweet little album he was absolutely right!

Tracks

1. When Did You Leave Heaven (6:04)
2. But Not For Me (3:24)
3. Cry Me A River (5:06)
4. Love For Sale (4:19)
5. Lush Life (3:18)
6. You´re Gonna See A Lot Of Me (2:29)
7. It Was Just One Of Those things (2:49)
8. The Boy Next Door (3:55)
9. I´m A Fool To Want You (3:00)
10. My Heart Belongs To Daddy (2:54)
11. Blame It On My Youth (5:18)

Total time: 42:41

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posted by Paxjorge @ Tuesday, March 14, 2006