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Ellen Honert Soars On Hummingville

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Ellen Honert Soars On Hummingville

  • Artist(s):
  • Genre: Jazz - Contemporary
  • Personnel:

    Ellen Honert – vocals, Frank Martin – piano and Hammond organ, Jose Neto – guitar, Pedro Eustache – flute, John Pena – bass, Alex Acuna – drums and percussion

  • Tracks:

    Hummingville, I Was Brought To My Senses, Storylines, Intro:  Life Talks, Life Talks, Here Is Everything, Restless, Bridges, Intro:  Le Phare, Le Phare, Two Steps, Some Time Ago, Tall Trees

Singer Ellen Honert embraces the lambent vibrations of Latin-jazz on her new recording Hummingville from Mill Station Records demonstrating the smooth sensibilities of a merengue dancer and the caressive strokes of bossa nova-laden harmonies.  Honert’s tracks are showered in glistening guitar arias and elegantly ruffled piano keys projecting reflective moods counterweighed by buoyant Latin-bowed palpitations.

 

The Brazilian-pearled flutters of the title track are wrapped in catchy beats which manifest into a classic merengue rhythm.  The slow rolling grooves which pontoon “I Was Brought To My Senses” are adorned in gently pleated piano trills that form a swathe of calming aspens, which switch to a club vibe in “Life Talks.”  The reposing tempo of “Here Is Everything” is led by soft melodic lifts and reclines as Honert stipulates, “Walking on my way from you / The sun is gone / And all my thoughts turn blue / While I go down this road alone / Finally, I’m just taking my time / To carve our past into a stone.”

 

The torchlight ambience of “Le Phare” is harnessed in meditative strokes cradling Honert’s sensual vocals as she sings the lyrics in French.  Where “Le Phare” conjures up images of Edith Piaf’s Paris, the Latin-tinged ripples of “Restless” allude to evenings in Barcelona, and the reggae-tempered grooves of “Two Steps” bolster a Caribbean breeze.  The sedate trundle in the guitar chords along “Some Time Ago” flex in sync with Honert’s lounging vocal furls, and the graceful swagger of “Tall Trees” is clothe in vestiges of luminescent aesthetics.

 

Honert takes her time on these tracks, savoring every moment along the ascents and reclines in the melodic passages.  Supported by keyboardist Frank Martin, guitarist Jose Neto, flutist Pedro Eustache, bassist John Pena, and drummer Alex Acuna, Ellen Honert delivers an album that stimulates the finer sensibilities as the music is modulated to produce reflective moods and conditioned to travel towards feeling positive.

 

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