Album Description
W. H. Auden, (1907-1973) is well-known as one of the most influential English poets of the 20th century. Born in the United Kingdom, he emigrated to the United States in 1939, becoming a U.S. citizen in 1946. His work tells about the peculiarity of everyday life and he describes fleeting but memorable moments in a funny yet wise manner, seasoned with a dash of irony. Composer and bandleader Schnermann took up the challenge to transform these complex words into music and create a unique jazz album, with the assistance of a talented group of musicians, including vocalist Inga Luhning.
Anyone who saw the movie "Four Weddings and a Funeral" will recall the emotional "Funeral Blues", the poem read by Matthew (John Hannah) at the funeral of his partner Gareth (Simon Callow). Previously, it had been set to music by the composer Benjamin Britten, but the jazz interpretation rendered here by Lühning is the purest blues one can imagine in a modern jazz idiom, and the rest of the album is of a similar quality.
Personnel:
Andreas Schnermann - (piano), Inga Lühning - (vocal), Matthias Bergmann - (fluegelhorn), Paul Heller - (tenor sax, clarinets), Kai Brückner - (guitars, dobro), Dietmar Fuhr - (double bass), Sebastian Merck - (drums)
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