Hilde Louise Asbjørnsen & Kaba Orchestra - A Swing of Its Own (2023) [Hi-Res]

For singer and songwriter Hilde Louise Asbjornsen, this album with one of Europe's most exciting Swing bands was an urge as natural as breathing. Recorded for a 2020 live gig, she dives headlong into hand-picked songs from her decades-spanning career. Gathering "all the threads of inspiration through my years as a songwriter and jazz singer", this is the way they were always meant to be heard.

A Swing of its Own took Hilde Louise back to the beginning, to a time when she was falling in love with jazz and spinning her mother's old jazz records on a turntable. And yet, nostalgia is notably absent here. Rather, the album brings back to life the sheer energy and irresistible pull of this music which first swept the USA and then the rest of the world. Hilde Louise's career has been a long and winding journey, but now, she feels, she has "finally come home". And to those willing to open up this music - your heart is sure to follow her to that place, too.

Anders Aarum: grand piano
Asbjørnsen, Hilde Louise: vocals
Atle Nymo: woodwinds
Erik Eilertsen: trumpet
Hermund Nygård: drums
Håvard Fossum: woodwinds
Jens Fossum: double bass
Jørgen Gjerde: trombone
Kristoffer Kompen: trombone
Kåre Nymark: trumpet
Lars Frank: woodwinds
Marius Haltli: trumpet
Svein Erik Martinsen: guitar