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Heart by Paul VornHagen
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fave it Jazz Vocals | Latin Jazz
13 tracks | 71 minutes
Released Apr 2004
on BOPO Records
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:02 Wake-up Call lyrics BUY MP3 04:02 Wake-up Call lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:02 Wake-up Call
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 07:00 The Night We Called It a Day lyrics BUY MP3 07:00 The Night We Called It a Day lyrics "GIFT MP3" 07:00 The Night We Called It a Day
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:26 My Heart stood Still lyrics BUY MP3 04:26 My Heart stood Still lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:26 My Heart stood Still
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:57 Crisis lyrics BUY MP3 06:57 Crisis lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:57 Crisis
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:38 Secret Love lyrics BUY MP3 04:38 Secret Love lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:38 Secret Love
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Upbeat and varied selection of standards and originals that include swing-bop, mambo, samba, bossa nova and a romantic vocals. Features Paul on saxes, flute and vocals with Tad Weed on piano accompanied by bass, drums, vibes, congas and timbales.
Editorial review
The stylings of Sonny Rollins, Chet Baker, and Dexter Gordon often come to mind when listening to saxophonist Paul VornHagen; Jobim does not. While the Michigan reedman often employs the odd Latin number during gigs, he takes the Brazilian jazz connection one step further on Heart with the use of an ocarina. Sounding something like a cross between a recorder and a pan flute, the Brazilian instrument has a melancholy quality that VornHagen exploits to good use throughout. He reinvisions the standard "The Night We Called It a Day" as a new age bossa nova number replete with shimmering percussion on an ambient intro. Purists need not fear though -- there are no synthesizers here and, after the groove settles in, it's martini time all the way. By no means, however, is this a bossa nova album. On the contrary, VornHagen opens the set with a sprightly bop-influenced original, "Wake-Up Call," and later tackles Freddie Hubbard's angular "Crisis." Never one to let his fans down, VornHagen even makes room for his trademark vocals on the standard "Secret Love." Also featured on Heart are the nimble and elegant piano skills of Tad Weed, who complements VornHagen's penchant for melodic, '50s West Coast-style interplay. Fans of VornHagen will no doubt find much to treasure on Heart, and should react favorably to the Brazilian textures. ~ Matt Collar, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
Paul VornHagen sounds like Dexter Gordon on sax, Chet Baker on vocals and plays latin-jazz flute like a Cuban. He lives and performs regularly around Ann Arbor- Detroit, Michigan area as well as San Francisco. He has received three Detroit Music Awards for Best Jazz Reed, TDWR and Best Instrumentalist. Other concert and club dates have included Paris, France, Maui, Hawaii, Chicago, New York City and Havana, Cuba. His sound is lush and romantic and robust and lively when it needs to be.