:: A Clear Midnight
Kurt Weill and America
Julia Hülsmann Quartet
w/Theo Bleckmann
Theo Bleckmann, vocals
Julia Hülsmann, piano
Tom Arthurs, trumpet, flugelhorn
Marc Muellbauer, double bass
Heinrich Köbberling, drums
ECM 2418 [1 CD]
2015
Wall Street Journal—"It’s an extremely original and thoroughly far-out recasting of some of Weill’s best-loved songs, from both the Berlin and the Broadway periods, such as “September Song,” “Speak Low,” and Weill’s biggest posthumous hit, “Mack the Knife.” Many of your favorite songs are here, none of them sounding like you’ve ever heard them before, with the melodies not so much distorted as elongated and given a whole new perspective. This is a songbook album that takes nothing for granted.”