Move On: A Sondheim Adventure

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Cat No: MAC1144

Release Date: 22 February 2019

Label: Mack Avenue

Packaging Type: Digipak

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 673203114425

Genres: Jazz Vocal Jazz

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The acclaimed vocalist Cyrille AimÃ©e explores the Sondheim songbook for her scintillating album, 'Move On: A Sondheim Adventure'. What began as a celebration of a legendary Broadway songwriter became a work of cathartic autobiography as one song after another captured her deepest personal feelings.

While its narrative arc is a self-contained story, 'Move On' is just the beginning of a new chapter in AimÃ©e's remarkable journey. It's the French-born singer's first release since disbanding the acclaimed band she's led for the last several years, to which she bid a fond adieu on her last album, 'Cyrille AimÃ©e Live'. It's also her first since moving from Brooklyn to New Orleans, the latest music-rich city that she's been able to call home.

That move ended up being accompanied by even more uncertainty than usual for such a major relocation, as a break-up meant that she unexpectedly had to make it alone. The course of that relationship provided the through line for the songs on 'Move On', which traces the course of a romance from dreaming together ("Take Me To The World") through vulnerable commitment ("Marry Me A Little") to heartbreaking assurances ("No One Is Alone") and finally the uncertain future ("With So Little To Be Sure Of").

AimÃ©e's Sondheim Adventure began in 2013, when she was invited to participate in a tribute concert for the Broadway legend at New York's City Center, co-starring with Bernadette Peters and backed by Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Her show-stealing performance was widely praised, but the most memorable compliment came from the composer himself. "You made me cry," Sondheim told AimÃ©e backstage after opening night.
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