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| Label Double Moon Records |
UPC 0608917103724 |
Catalogue number DMCHR 71037 |
Release date 26 December 2012 |
Artist: Anette von Eichel, Wolfert Brederode, Jens Loh, Thorsten Grau, Michael Erian, Jakob Frandsen
Double Moon Records is presenting a new series ãNext Generation" in collaboration with Jazz thing, Germany's most renowned jazz magazine. Young, outstanding artists of modern and creative jazz, who are from German-speaking regions, will be presented to a large public for the first time in this series. Following Esther Kaiser's debut ãJazz Poems" (DMCHR 71036), the second in this series is also presenting a singer, who has the potential to enthuse a very wide-range public. The German singer Anette von Eichel (born in 1971) considers the focal point of her artistic work to be in developing her own concept of music. Characteristic for this is the repertory of her band, which is oriented to contemporary European jazz and is composed of pieces that are mostly original and have never before been recorded as vocals. On the present CD, we can hear Anette's own compositions and compositions by the band and their environment in addition to "Foxy Trot" by Kenny Wheeler. Anette also wrote the lyrics for many of the songs. After all, the international line-up of the band with musicians from Denmark, Holland, Austria and German guarantees a listening experience, in which the different musical backgrounds are given their due and at the same time blend into a "European sound." Anette put out her own CD ("Welcome To My World") in the Netherlands in 2001.The high point till now of the band's work was its successful performance at the North Sea Jazz Festival 2002. In addition to her work with her own band and freelancing in various jazz ensembles, Anette teaches jazz singing at the Music College in Cologne. and at the King's Conservatory in Den Haag. The band has already been on tour in Austria, Hungary, Romania, Moldavia, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and South Africa in addition to Germany and Austria. The British pianist John Taylor wrote in the liner notes for the new CD from Anette: "Anette von Eichel uses her attractive and flexible voice to good effect on this imaginative selection of contemporary pieces. She has successfully integrated her instrument within a group of good soloists who are all given an opportunity to show their individuality. The arrangements are thoughtful, and Anette's own compositions and lyrics add a distinctive touch to the recording. The range of the material - from the intimacy of 'Mediation' to the challenging 'Foxy Trot' - demonstrate the versatility of the band and the musical goals to which they aspire."
Music is a language, Jazz one of its idiom, and the voice its first instrument. The voice draws brigdes between musical texture and lyric, is taking the word dialogue seriously and who ever sings should have something to say. Anette von Eichel’s voice is a natural beauty, extraordinary and unique in many aspects: low and guttural, warm, powerful and to the point, in the higher range clear and always transparent. Two other striking qualities of Anette von Eichel as a singer and a musician are her way of moving in the interplay of a band and Anette’s personal charme that radiates in her singing and in her performance on stage.
Having grown up in the countryside in the north of Hessen Anette von Eichel studied Jazzsinging at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague (NL) from 1994-1998 with a.o. Rachel Gould, Ineke Heijliger, Jeanne Lee and Frans Elsen. She also studied the history of European Expansion at the Rijksuniversiteit in Leiden (NL) from 1995 on. In 1998 Anette did her bachelor’s degree for Jazzsinging, in 2000 followed her bachelor in history and her master degree in Jazzsinging with distinction.
In 2001 Anette published her debut cd „Welcome To My World“ that was welcomed warmly by the critics. Further CD productions and music projects followed that established collaborations with e.g. Jasper Blom, Jonas Burgwinkel, Rainer Böhm, Wolfert Brederode, Hein van de Geyn, John Hollenbeck, Marko Lackner, Robert Landfermann, Florian Ross, Jesse van Ruller, Matthias Schriefl a.o.
With her new project „Golightly“ Anette has published her latest CD in September 2012. In this project she has found a new Dream Band with Florian Ross (hammond), Jesse van Ruller (git), John Hollenbeck (dr) and Jasper Blom (sax, clar). Musical Godmother of the project is Holly Golightly, the heroin of Truman Capote’s Breakfast At Tiffany’s and the way she sees the world. The music is trying to give the listener a sound portrait of Holly’s character.
Anette sees herself as a Jazzsinger and a Jazzmusician. Musically it is important for her to always be in dialogue with her fellow musicians and to taste the dynamics of the music on one level with them. Jazzsinging to her is the interaction of song, poetry and improvisation – always in the energetic exchange with her fellow musicians. Important topics in this respect are the interpretation of music with the means of sound, phrasing, timing, arrangement and improvisation and the everlasting search for the moment of magic that music can give us.
Next to her work as a singer Anette soon recognized her love for teaching singing and Jazzmusic in general. Since 2010 she is Professor for Jazzsinging at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Cologne (Germany). Before she was offered this position Anette taught at several schools e.g. the Royal Conservatory in The Hague and the departments for Jazz at the Musikhochschulen in Cologne and Osnabrück (Germany).
In 2006 Anette moved back to Germany where her current residence is in Cologne. Anette is married and has two daughters.
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