Sunset in the blue

"The album is an interesting dichotomy, at once intimate as if Gardot is singing to you in a small club, yet also widescreen, framing her hushed vocals in sweeping orchestrations that reinforce the romantic drama at play in the songs. ... From beginning to end, Gardot's Sunset in the Blue holds you in its deeply rapturous glow".

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"What a pick-me-up this album is. Released as the days darken, literally and metaphorically, it's a real joy - a transport of delight to dappled squares in Paris or Lisbon, or a street party in Rio. What a pick-me-up this album is. Released as the days darken, literally and metaphorically, it's a real joy - a transport of delight to dappled squares in Paris or Lisbon, or a street party in Rio. Sunset in the Blue is billed as "an orchestral celebration of Melody Gardot's jazz roots" but the abiding sound that remains in the mind's ear after the album's finished is that of a jazz guitar, played with a bossa nova rhythm".

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"What a pick-me-up this album is. Released as the days darken, literally and metaphorically, it's a real joy - a transport of delight to dappled squares in Paris or Lisbon, or a street party in Rio. What a pick-me-up this album is. Released as the days darken, literally and metaphorically, it's a real joy - a transport of delight to dappled squares in Paris or Lisbon, or a street party in Rio. Sunset in the Blue is billed as "an orchestral celebration of Melody Gardot's jazz roots" but the abiding sound that remains in the mind's ear after the album's finished is that of a jazz guitar, played with a bossa nova rhythm".

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""The album is an interesting dichotomy, at once intimate as if Gardot is singing to you in a small club, yet also widescreen, framing her hushed vocals in sweeping orchestrations that reinforce the romantic drama at play in the songs. ... From beginning to end, Gardot's Sunset in the Blue holds you in its deeply rapturous glow".

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"Melody Gardots nye dobbeltalbum, 'Sunset in the Blue', vedkender sig (...) i dén grad den silkebløde arv fra jazzens guldrandede bossanova-epoke ... Hovedparten af sangene er skrevet af Melody Gardot ... uanset om Gardot synger på engelsk eller portugisisk (...) er det bare uforskammet behageligt og delikat sat i scene af Gardot ... Når jeg hører Melody Gardot synge sine egne og andres sange på 'Sunset in the Blue', er jeg ikke i tvivl om, at jeg er i selskab med en sanger af høj klasse. Som denne gang har begået et album, jeg kommer til at høre rigtig ofte i de kommende vintermåneder ... 'Sunset in the Blue' rammer det gyldne snit mellem længsel og en bittelille dråbe smerte, som er albummets emotionelle omdrejningspunkt. Det er evergreen kærlighed".

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"Gardots flair for bossanova med tropiskbrasilianske følelser og percussion flyder blødt igennem hele 'Sunset in the Blue' (...) Gardot siger, albummet blev anderledes end ventet, fordi musikerne - blandt andet The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - måtte optages på distance ... Solen skinner blåt, corona-ensomt i standards som Johnny Mercers 'Moon River', og violinerne flyder uendeligt smukt i 'Ave Maria', hvor hun ønsker at 'drink to life as if there is no end'".

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"Melody Gardots nye dobbeltalbum, 'Sunset in the Blue', vedkender sig (...) i dén grad den silkebløde arv fra jazzens guldrandede bossanova-epoke ... Hovedparten af sangene er skrevet af Melody Gardot ... uanset om Gardot synger på engelsk eller portugisisk (...) er det bare uforskammet behageligt og delikat sat i scene af Gardot ... Når jeg hører Melody Gardot synge sine egne og andres sange på 'Sunset in the Blue', er jeg ikke i tvivl om, at jeg er i selskab med en sanger af høj klasse. Som denne gang har begået et album, jeg kommer til at høre rigtig ofte i de kommende vintermåneder ... 'Sunset in the Blue' rammer det gyldne snit mellem længsel og en bittelille dråbe smerte, som er albummets emotionelle omdrejningspunkt. Det er evergreen kærlighed".

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"Gardots flair for bossanova med tropiskbrasilianske følelser og percussion flyder blødt igennem hele 'Sunset in the Blue' (...) Gardot siger, albummet blev anderledes end ventet, fordi musikerne - blandt andet The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - måtte optages på distance ... Solen skinner blåt, corona-ensomt i standards som Johnny Mercers 'Moon River', og violinerne flyder uendeligt smukt i 'Ave Maria', hvor hun ønsker at 'drink to life as if there is no end'".

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"Of all the inspiring messages sent out by musicians during the pandemic, Melody Gardot's touching video collaboration with players and well-wishers from around the world, "From Paris With Love," struck home, especially the line,"Maybe one day, I'll see you soon." Gardot's quietly passionate, finely wrought new album, Sunset In The Blue, includes that timely song while lingering in its register of loss, hope and moody desire, which we all know so well these day".

"Of all the inspiring messages sent out by musicians during the pandemic, Melody Gardot's touching video collaboration with players and well-wishers from around the world, "From Paris With Love," struck home, especially the line,"Maybe one day, I'll see you soon." Gardot's quietly passionate, finely wrought new album, Sunset In The Blue, includes that timely song while lingering in its register of loss, hope and moody desire, which we all know so well these day".