New ECM Release

"Distances"

Norma Winstone / Glauco Venier / Klaus Gesing

Distances / ECM 2028

Norma Winstone, England's finest jazz vocalist, returns with a trio featuring German reedman Klaus Gesing and Italian pianist Glauco Venier (both of whom make their ECM debuts here)
and a superb programme that takes in
songs from Cole Porter to Peter Gabriel, a free calypso, a tribute to Coltrane, adaptations of Satie, folks songs, Pasolini and more and flows like an extended suite.

Winstone's lyrics reveal a real poetic sensibility, and both Gesing and Venier are fine jazz composers who put their considerable instrumental skills in the service of the songs.

The result: a unique and special group language and one of the season's outstanding recordings.

Released on March 11, 2008
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