Sunday Evening - Fleurine at The Falcon

Dutch vocalist, Fleurine, delivers an impressive international resume, transforming pop into jazz, exploring Cuban & Brazilian music and creating lyrics for the music of Joshua Redmond and Thelonious Monk. Fleurine and husband, Brad Mehldau collaborate with some frequency.

"On her sublime America debut, Fleurine demonstrates her cunning brand of vocal wizardry" - JAZZTIMES MAGAZINE

"Some selections feature her English lyrics though she also sings in Portuguese. Fleurine has a soft and haunting voice that is well suited to this material."- ALL MUSIC GUIDE

"The Dutch born, Portugal-reared polyglot sounds as fresh and guileless as she did on her slightly more mainstream 1995 debut. Lilting tunes fly feather-light in fittingly bare-bones combos, with fleet cameos by husband Brad Mehldau."-DOWN BEAT...

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Dutch vocalist, Fleurine, delivers an impressive international resume, transforming pop into jazz, exploring Cuban & Brazilian music and creating lyrics for the music of Joshua Redmond and Thelonious Monk. Fleurine and husband, Brad Mehldau collaborate with some frequency.

"On her sublime America debut, Fleurine demonstrates her cunning brand of vocal wizardry" - JAZZTIMES MAGAZINE

"Some selections feature her English lyrics though she also sings in Portuguese. Fleurine has a soft and haunting voice that is well suited to this material."- ALL MUSIC GUIDE

"The Dutch born, Portugal-reared polyglot sounds as fresh and guileless as she did on her slightly more mainstream 1995 debut. Lilting tunes fly feather-light in fittingly bare-bones combos, with fleet cameos by husband Brad Mehldau."-DOWN BEAT

On her last release " San Francisco" Fleurine interprets songs by Chico Buarque and Chico Pinheiro. Marlboro's own bassist Doug Weiss is featured on the album as are Brad Mehldau and Chico Pinheiro.

"Brazilian chic has nudged its way for two generations into pop and jazz, but few insinuate as distinctively candid and original an interpretation as does vocalist Fleurine. Her tender, personal smile-through the tears lyrics some in Portuguese som her translation from Portuguese or priginal English lyric- come through on this set of pretty, haunting tunes."
DOWN BEAT

"Some years ago, golden-voiced beauty Fleurine doubled with pianist Brad Mehldau, for the mesmerizing "Close Enough for Love", teaching us, among other things, that "The Logical Song" could be transformed into five-and-a-half minutes of poetic longing and that Jimi Hendrix, Jobim and Michel Legrand made for contented neighbours. With her equally sublime American she continues to practise her cunning brand of vocal wizardry, both with Mehldau and without."
JAZZTIMES MAGAZINE

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