I Know It in My Heart

Fay Claassen - With a Song in My Heart
Label: Challenge Records | MP3 320 kbps | Total Time: 01:04:51 | 148 MB
Genre: Vocal/Jazz

"Studio performance is always different than live. The music you play is a statement in time. One hopes to present the music as you know and love it. A genuin simplicity within the complex context and possibilities of this music has always been my goal. Up until now I have always been a guest-player in other bands; most recently with The Amsterdam Jazz Quintet and Tony Overwaters group. Now that Jazz Impuls offered me this opportunity I decided to form my own band. Since this is my first own record I thought long and hard about the form. My first dilemma was if I should use my own compositions and lyrics.
Being familiar with the beauty and quality of standards I have decided to use them mostly, knowing that my own material will come in due time. The works of Bert Joris I performed with The Amsterdam Jazz Quintet are close to standards. Since his writing apppeals to me so much, I have chosen to use a new composition of his for this CD. In addition you will find pieces by Sting and Hermeto Pascoal. Sting's lyrics are poetic, often creating a world of myth as a way of expressing himself, the latter because of his intriguing harmonic vocabulary. Unexpected melodic and harmonic movements are an incredible source of inspiration. Those musicians who perform on this level appeal to me and I to them. I am very happy that the musicians I invited were all willing to play in my band."

Fay Claassen.