Ulla Oster – What's New?

JHM 161
2007

Ulla Oster - voc, b, arr
Ulf Kleinert - key, p, groovebox
Martell Beigang - dr, sounds

1. What’s New (4’46) / 2. The Shadow Of Your Smile (5'58) / 3. Blue Moon (5’19) / 4. Moon River (4'05) / 5. Cheek to Cheek (7'29) / 6. My Favorite Things (5'02) / 7. My Romance (4'14) / 8. Here’s That Rainy Day (2'56) / 9. Our Love Is Here to Stay (5'24) / 10. The Party's Over (2’40)

They go to our heads... - they always come across our way, the old jazz songs. Ulla Oster - bass player, awarded composer and (for the first time) singer - presents her "upgrades" of jazz standards for trio (versions of
2004-2007), accompanied by Ulf Kleinert (Fender Rhodes, groovebox) and Martell Beigang (drums). The melodies and lyrics from the 1940ies/1950ies are being transferred to current musical worlds and atmospheres: widened, reduced, renovated, reanimated. A very personal reminiscence from a modern perspective.