Youn Sun Nah Lento

Singers who are able to awaken an entire genre are rare. The Korean Youn Sun Nah is such a phenomenon, as "Lento" proves. "A miracle", "Great art", "enchanting" or "world-class singing" was the local press about the singer in recent years.
Singers who are able to awaken an entire genre are rare. Diana Krall and Norah Jones were such exceptional phenomena and have put a new stamp on jazz singing. The Korean Youn Sun Nah is also such a phenomenon. In recent years, and especially with the two ACT albums "Voyage" (2009) and "Same Girl" (2010), she has taken the music world by storm." A miracle", "Great art", "enchanting" or "world-class singing" was also found by the local press, within two years Nah received her fourth "Korean Music Award", the audience award of the BMW Welt Jazz Award and the ECHO as jazz singer of the year internationally. In France, her second home, "Same Girl" was the best-selling jazz album of 2011, Nah received the "Prix Mimi Perrin du Jazz Vocal" as a song...
"A wonderfully clear voice, with superb melismatic control and dynamic poise. A welcome new presence on the international jazz scene." - Jazzwise
"When South Korea's still-infant jazz scene comes under the spotlight, many a music lover would name soft-spoken Youn Sun no as the country's jazz princess." - All About Jazz

Features:

• 180g Vinyl LP
  
• Made in EU
• Inside download code

Musicians:

• Youn Sun Nah, vocal
• Ulf Wakenius, guitar
• Lars Danielsson, bass & cello
• Vincent Peirani, accordion & accordina
• Xavier Desandre-Navarre, percussion

Selections:

Side A
1. Lento
2. Lament
3. Hurt
4. Empty Dream
5. Momento Magico
Side B
1. Soundless Bye
2. Full Circle
3. Ghost Riders In The Sky
4. Waiting
5. Arirang
6. New Dawn