Sunday, December 9, 2012

Theo Bleckmann - Hello Earth! The Music of Kate Bush (Winter & Winter 2012)


From start to finish, Bleckmann s explorations of his cult hero in the pop world provide the ideal vehicle for
him to rise above his own cult status in modern jazz. --DownBeat

A vocalist of inventive instinct and assiduous musicality ... Kate Bush is a special fit for him. The arc
of her career, uneasily abutting art-rock and alternative music, jibes with his own off-kilter profile. --Nate Chinen, New York Times

One of the most flexible and uncategorizable figures on the New York scene; since the mid- 90s he s been doing his thing in a niche of his own invention, somewhere between jazz, cabaret, classical, experimental, and
improvised music. --Chicago Reader

A vocalist of inventive instinct and assiduous musicality ... Kate Bush is a special fit for him. The arc
of her career, uneasily abutting art-rock and alternative music, jibes with his own off-kilter profile. --Nate Chinen, New York Times

A vocalist of inventive instinct and assiduous musicality ... Kate Bush is a special fit for him. The arc
of her career, uneasily abutting art-rock and alternative music, jibes with his own off-kilter profile. --Nate Chinen, New York Times

This project goes beyond merely recreating Kate s Bush music, taking it to further realms of sound
and interpretation. Joining Theo in this venture are longtime collaborator percussionist John Hollenbeck,
bassist SkĂșli Sverrisson, and keyboardist Henry Hey. A jazz singer and composer of eclectic tastes and
prodigious gifts, Grammy nominee Theo Bleckmann makes music that is accessibly sophisticated,
unsentimentally emotional, and seriously playful
http://theobleckmann.com