The solar-myth approach vols. 1 and 2
Sun Ra
Musik (cd), ℗2018
Emneord
Anmeldelser (3)
AllMusic
2018
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Matt Collar
2018
"Given her jazz-influenced sound and knack for thoughtfully chosen cover songs, it's surprising that Nellie McKay had never released a complete jazz standards album until 2018's smoky, intimately rendered Sister Orchid ... Here, McKay takes a deftly straightforward approach, performing a set of well-chosen standards that wouldn't be out of place on an album by Blossom Dearie (another McKay touchstone) from the 1950s".
PopMatters
d. 14. maj 2018
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Charles Donovan
d. 14. maj 2018
"Sister Orchid does leave one wondering if a more exciting album might have been made had McKay set herself the task of penning ten new songs in pre-rock styles instead of interpreting existing ones, a challenge she'd most certainly have been up to. Still, we need someone to keep this material alive without presenting it as novelty side-project or gimmick music, and McKay is definitely the woman for that job. Sister Orchid evokes dusty rooms, old photograph albums with fraying, yellowed sepia prints, ghosts, inebriation, faded beauty, and heartache".
JazzTimes
d. 24. maj 2018
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Christopher Loudon
d. 24. maj 2018
"What begins as a straight-ahead treatment of "Willow Weep for Me" jumps, at the two-minute mark, to a fevered pitch, the stride-driven passage peppered with tribal-esque wails, before settling back into wistful introspection. An impish desire for impropriety underscores her treatment of Bob Dorough's "Small Day Tomorrow," while a sepia-toned "Everything Happens to Me," seemingly set inside a crowded piano bar, perhaps best captures her essence: a cunning blend of Blossom Dearie's slyness, Julie London's smokiness and Lee Wiley's sophistication".