Caecilie Norby, Lars Danielsson - Just the Two of Us (2015)

Tracks:
01. Both Sides Now (5:30)
02. Double Dance (4:59)
03. Liberetto Cantabile (4:26)
04. Sad Sunday (4:46)
05. Cherry Tree (3:41)
06. And It's Supposed To Be Love (4:25)
07. Wild Juju Child (3:11)
08. Toccata (3:28)
09. Wondrous Story (3:07)
10. Wholly Earth (2:47)
11. Sarabande (2:31)
12. Ghost Lullabye (3:08)
13. Hallelujah (5:04)

The sound of a bass starts things off - tender, dreamy and resonant. Only a player like Lars Danielsson can introduce a melody quite as magically as this. Then Cæcilie Norby joins in and sings Joni Mitchell’s eternal ballad “Both Sides Now” in her own irresistably sensuous way, entrenched in blues and utterly charming. With the very first note Norby and Danielsson take their listener on a journey into their private music universe, which leaves no-one unmoved. For many years Norby and Danielsson are a married couple but musically they went their separate paths for a long time: Norby was the pre-eminent funk and jazz singer in Denmark, until she took herself off to America, long before other Scandinavian singers followed her example. She became the first European female artist to be signed to the Blue Note label, a move which led...