Songs bathed in orchestral string sound are not necessarily everyone's cup of tea. Certainly not for many jazz fans, whom Melody Gardot has primarily appealed to, at least at the beginning of her career with her art of singing. Still a great jazz singer, she has in the meantime developed her own style of music making, which on the surface is close to pop, but inside still shines in the spectrally diverse light of jazz. Her latest album Sunset In The Blue, which was produced during the first lockdown this year, falls into the category of Easy Listening with its mostly quietly to very quietly flowing songs that come along on velvet paws. These songs are suitable for relaxing at the end of the day with a glass of whisky in your hand after work. The largely equal temperament of the songs, which does not unnecessarily distract from relaxed enjoyment, does the rest.
The extremely pleasing, but nevertheless exciting pace of this album is not only due to Melody Gardot's choice of classic songs and the songs she has composed herself, but also to the saxophone solos that sparkle like gems, the virtuosic guitar, the competent double bass and drum accompaniment. The classics "Moon River", "Ave Maria" and "From Paris With Love" experience through Melody Gardot, far from simple cover versions, a pronounced redesign with direct, unadulterated access. The highlight is "Ninguem, Ninguem", one of two Portuguese-language songs on the album penned by Melody Gardot, which defines an antipode to the otherwise largely pleasing pace of the album.
| A1 | If You Love Me |
| A2 | C’est Magnifique |
| A3 | There Where He Lives In Me |
| B1 | Love Song |
| B2 | You Won’t Forget Me |
| B3 | Sunset In The Blue |
| C1 | Um Beijo |
| C2 | Ninguém, Ninguém |
| C3 | From Paris With Love |
| D1 | Ave Maria |
| D2 | Moon River |
| D3 | I Fall In Love Too Easily |
