Le Grand Michel

Description

Swedish jazz singer VIVIAN BUCZEK is one of the most outstanding and engaging jazz singers with a remarkable feeling for the jazz idiom. A truly dynamic and emotional singer who comprehends the tradition and proudly carries the torch of female jazz singers. She puts her emphasis on rhythm, soul and blues but also the sincerity of storytelling, always putting the audience and listeners in first place. Vivian started her musical journey 20 years ago and has since then been touring around the world, establishing a solo singing career with a string of albums from 2000 to 2024. Vivian's new album LE GRAND MICHEL is a celebration to one of her favourite composers, the great French composer, piano player and conductor Michel Legrand. On this album she interprets some of her favourite songs in her own unique way with bold and dynamic arrangements written by Swedish piano player and arranger Martin Sjostedt. Vivian and Martin are accompanied by the fantastic Danish and Swedish rhythm section, bassist Jesper Bodilsen and drummer Zoltan Csorsz. "Michel Legrand has always been a great inspiration for me and I have long dreamed of doing a project where I get to interpret his music. Legrand's music in combination with beautiful lyrics written by Alan & Marilyn Bergman stands for what I mainly want to convey to my audience; romance, dynamism, melancholy but also blues and swing." Vivian's special guests on this album are the Danish harmonica player Mathias Heise and the Swedish trumpet player Peter Asplund who is also the composer and arranger of the album's title track LE GRAND MICHEL. The group interprets some of Legrand's most famous gems, including "Windmills of Your Mind" and "I Will Wait For You", best known from the famous movie "The Umbrellas of Cherbourgh".