She Moves On

Description

Korean singer Youn Sun Nah is one of the most brilliantly successful artists of our time in jazz (or more accurately, jazz-related music). In her native country she is a major star. Her love of chanson took her to France, the country where her meteoric rise and her huge success (150,000+ sales of her last two albums) all across Europe took wing. Youn s voice is instantly recognizable, charismatically urgent and infinitely adaptable and with 'She Moves On' this chameleonic and delightful artist has reinvented herself once again. On the new album Youn Sun Nah now has concentrated her attention on jazz and rock/pop music from North America. In order to be completely, authentically within this musical world, she recorded the album in New York, with a new band consisting of some of the most interesting and multi-faceted characters in the city. The most important of these new partners-in-crime is the producer, pianist and keyboard player Jamie Saft. He has until now mainly been known for his work with experimenters and avant-garde figures such as John Zorn, Marc Ribot, Cuong Vu and Chris Speed, but here he reveals himself to be a highly sensitive accompanist, capable of the most subtle variation. As producer he has created a warm sound for the album, redolent of the greats of the past but at the same time thoroughly contemporary.