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Playing a wide variety of woodwinds, composer, arranger and lyricist Ada Rovatti teams up with a core of Simon Oslender/p-key, Claus Fischer/b and Tim Dudek/dr along with a surfeit of guests including Randy Brecker/tp-fh and Kurt Elling/voc.

The ideas cover the waterfront, as there are tunes suitable for a Broadway show, with strings and Fay Claassen’s voice on the warm “Hey You” and soft “Take It Home” with Niki Harris”. Some hip soul jazz takes place on ”Red August” and smooth sounds with Brecker cruise during “Naked King” and the Brazilian “Simba’s Samba” featuring some glorious guitar by “Guilherme Monteiro”. Hari does a wonderful duet with Elling on the soulful “Done Deal” with Rovatti’s tenor getting puree’d through a wha-wah on “Pain Killer”. A wide palate of color (Jazz Weekly).

Track listing:

1 Make Up Girl 7:08
2 Hey You (Scintilla Of Sonder)
Featuring – Fay Claassen
6:11
3 Painchiller 8:28
4 Life Must Go On
Featuring – Alma Naidu
6:26
5 Grooveland 6:03
6 Take It Home
Featuring – Niki Haris
5:24
7 Simba’s Samba 5:29
8 Red August 7:08
9 The Naked King 6:59
10 Done Deal
Featuring – Kurt Elling, Niki Haris
7:45

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Label: Piloo Records & Productions – PR013
Format: CD
Country: US
Released: 2023