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Erik Leuthäuser - I Like You (You're Nice) (Blossom Dearie/Linda Albert) Live at A-Trane Berlin 2019

ERIK LEUTHÄUSER I Like You (You're Nice) (Blossom Dearie/Linda Albert) In the Land of Irene Kral & Alan Broadbent: Live at A-Trane Berlin MONS Records (MR 874625) MUSICIANS: Erik Leuthäuser/vocal Wolfgang Köhler/piano LIVE RECORDING at A-Trane Berlin, June 11th 2019 EPK/VIDEO by Sarnt Utamachote RELEASE: 14.02.2020 EXCERPT FROM PRESSTEXT BY WOLF KAMPMANN: In one sense, classical jazz recordings are no different from ancient cities like Troy or Ephesus. Nothing gets truly lost under the ground, and everything resurfaces. In the mid-1970s, the American singer Irene Kral recorded the albums "Where Is Love" and "Gentle Rain" with the pianist Alan Broadbent. These two records, almost unsurpassable in their intimacy and authenticity, were then nearly forgotten for close to half a century. Together with pianist Wolfgang Köhler, the Berlin-based singer Erik Leuthäuser is now taking these wonderful gems up again. Over forty years later, and with a dazzling transparency, they allow the pieces to sound almost provocative in their very personal nature. With this album, a dream project has come true for the dynamic singer. "Starting out from Susannah McCorkle, one of my favourite artists, I've been devoted to singers like Irene Kral for a long time," says Leuthäuser. "I'm fascinated by this combination of jazz and cabaret, with singers who tell stories in their songs. Irene Kral and Alan Broadbent are particularly interesting because of their duo format. On both their records, the two musicians complemented each other wonderfully. But they also selected really special songs, some of which were previously completely unknown. That combination of song selection and interaction affected me a great deal." Erik Leuthäuser is known for his direct method when finding connections between differing states in the past, as well as working through various forms of the present. He has already ventured into that grey area between the appearance and reality of individual and societal self-images on his 2018 album "Wünschen" (with Greg Cohen, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Joey Baron, and others). Now, together with pianist Wolfgang Köhler, he sympathetically takes up the ideas of Irene Kral and Alan Broadbent and transforms them with moving passion into the present, without in any way detracting from his fascination for the historical background. Leuthäuser's decision to record the songs while performing in front of an unprepared audience, rather than in a studio, definitely contributes to the intensity of the recording. "It was always a dream of mine to make a live record, and now finally, I feel like I'm vocally prepared. I knew that Wolfgang Köhler liked this duo as much as I did, and the Berlin jazz club A-Trane was the ideal venue." While listening to Leuthäuser's interpretations, one could believe that Kral and Broadbent only recorded the songs more than half a century ago so that the young Berliner could pick them up today. He has been enthusiastic about songs like this since his earliest youth, and his unique power of conviction is based on the fact that it feels totally natural for him to sing these pieces today. LABEL: Mons Records LC 06458 DISTRIBUTION: NRW Vertrieb (physical) The Orchard (digital) CONTACT: [email protected] ARTIST: http://erik-leuthaeuser.de/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/7jLnV...   / erik.leuthaeuser     / erikleuthaeuserpage     / erikleuthaeuser     / erik-leuth-user   https://www.youtube.com/results?searc... PROMOTION: Uwe Kerkau [email protected]