Maria Pia De Vito, FAY CLAASSEN, Diederik Wissels, David Lynx – ONE HEART, THREE VOICES (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 55:18 minutes | 636 MB | Genre: Jazz
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David Linx, brilliant vocalist and songwriter, and his alter-ego Diederik Wissels, unique pianist, have added two additional voices to their luxury rhythmic (Wallemme-Huchard). The Italian Maria Pia de Vito and the Dutch Fay Claassen put their great talent at the service of the genius of the master of vocal jazz. The result? An absolutely sumptuous album, of unimaginable originality, with permanent vocal prowess but never vulgar. A parallel universe that necessarily borrows from American jazz, but which feeds on very worked harmonies, melodies close to “big music” and European folk rhythms. If there is a form of jazz on this side of the Atlantic, Linx and Wissels are the main ambassadors. A wonderful project that is taking on a considerable scale on stage. Great.
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Fay Claassen – Christmas Time Is Here (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 43:32 minutes | 417 MB | Genre: Vocal Jazz
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A Christmas album full of wonderful classics interpreted by the two top Dutch artists Fay Claassen and Cor Bakker, as a CD in a digipack with a 12-page booklet on JazzJazz. Christmas, the time of festivity, hope and warmth in the company of loved ones. A time for family and togetherness, when intimacy and contemplation are important.
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Jakob Helling Concert Big Band feat. Fay Claassen – Nerds & Sweeties (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 56:56 minutes | 1,11 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Galileo Music Communication
Singer Fay Claassen and trumpeter/composer Jakob Helling first met in summer 2022 for concerts and recordings with the “Jakob Helling Concert Big Band”. Now this delightful encounter continues with slightly fewer musicians on stage: the two have a fantastic band in tow, featuring Matthew Halpin (sax), Mátyás Bartha (piano), Ivar Roban Križić (bass) and Mario Gonzi (drums), some of the most exciting musicians in the German-speaking world. The programme ranges from some pieces from the brand new album “Nerds & Sweeties” by the “Jakob Helling Concert Big Band” to arrangements from the Great American Songbook, which Helling has breathed new life into, to the musicians’ own compositions. You can look forward to an entertaining concert evening full of joyful playing and virtuosity paired with arrangements that stimulate both the brain and the heart.
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Fay Claassen – And Still We Sing (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 56:01 minutes | 669 MB | Genre: Jazz
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The great diva of the Netherlands, Fay Claassen, has teamed up with the gifted Belgian singer, composer, lyricist and long-time Parisian DDavid Linx on “And Still We Sing”; a great collaboration with the WDR BIG BAND Cologne under the direction of MAGNUS LINDGREN. CLAASSEN brings her crystal-clear voice and adventurous scatting skills to the program and merges beautifully with LINX, the unique talent that has gained notoriety throughout Europe.
Produced by WDR tenor saxophonist (and CLAASSEN’s husband) PAUL HELLER, “And Still We Sing” features ten outstanding big band arrangements by HELLER, LINDGREN, BOB MINTZER and MICHAEL ABENE.
“A congenial duo that harmonizes almost perfectly with each other (…) Very happy more of it!”(Jazzthing)
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