Viktoria Tolstoy – Letters to Herbie (2011)

“Herbie Hancock is one of the last giants of jazz. The pianist and composer at the prolific career has never hit stylistic barriers, dealing with equal success in jazz, rock, pop, electro and even . They reinvented the great albums of pop standards, with the participation of world stars such as Santana, Sting, Christina Aguilera, Pink. It is this versatility and never quenched the thirst of music that appeals from an early age the singer Swedish Viktoria Tolstoy. This tribute crystallized precisely in 2004 when she shared the stage with the master and Wayne Shorter. a memorable dinner ensued, marking the beginning of a friendship between the Swedish and mentor. faced with bloated catalog of the pianist, Tosltoy chose to remove the “tubes” of Hancock and focus on securities of different periods, with the pride of the period left to funky ’80s (“I Thought It Was You “” Give It All Your Heart “), plus some classics like” Butterfly “and” Naima, “the theme of Coltrane taken brilliantly by Hancock in 2002. Driven by the beautiful tone and voice of Tolstoy’s elastic, these securities are transcended by the expert work done by Nils Landgren-level arrangements. note also the beautiful and solid colors developed by the faithful pianist Viktoria, Jokob Karlzon and brass parts played and arranged by Magnus Lindgren. “