Melanie De Biasio
Lilies
Release Date: Oct 6, 2017
Genre(s): Jazz
Record label: Le Label
Music Critic Score
How the Music Critic Score works
Buy Lilies from Amazon
Album Review: Lilies by Melanie De Biasio
Very Good, Based on 2 Critics
Based on rating 7/10
There's a quiet intensity to the latest from Belgian jazz artist Melanie De Biasio. The multi-instrumentalist has stated that new album Lilies, her fourth, is the result of a solitary retreat with just "Pro-Tools, my computer and my cheap Shure SM-58 microphone." The project comprises nine tracks of stark melodies, a groove-oriented sensibility and a smoky smolder. De Biasio's atmospheric lyrics arrive wrapped in silky swagger and a noirish electronic pulse. Nina Simone is a clear influence, as seen on the sexy piano-driven title track ….
Opinion: Excellent
After a fertile eight-album spell at Blue Note in the late 50s, which established SONNY CLARK as one of hard bop.
'Lilies'
is available now