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Songs of Old

by Emily Allison Group

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    « Songs of old » gives traditional stories a new twist with a contemporary jazz setting that is as fresh as the morals of the tales. Like Emily Allison, who grew up singing her father’s English nursery rhymes, most of the poems (Blake, Lear), stories and anecdotes have their roots in Britain. In turn dark, ironic, naive or moving, Emily’s compositions echo lyrics that illustrate all shades of human nature, from purest virtue to blackest vice.

    The sextet (accompanied by a string quartet on four tracks) is composed of young jazz musicians from Belgium, France and Luxembourg.


    Emily Allison (vocals, compositions, arrangements)
    Sylvain Debaisieux (tenor sax)
    Guillaume Vierset (guitar)
    David Thomaere (piano, keyboards)
    Boris Schmidt (bass, double bass)
    Paul Berne (drums)

    In Praise of Folly, string 4tet
    Margaret Hermant, violin
    Maia Frankowski, violin
    Nicole Miller, Viola
    Annemie Osborne, Cello

    Brussels Singers (Backing vocals)
    Constance De Keyser, Anu Junnonen, Leander Moens, Boris Schmidt, Célia Tranchand, François Vaiana

    Produced by Emily Allison
    Recorded at Studio Pyramide in 2018, Berseel, Belgium
    Engineered, mixed and mastered by Vincent Debast
    Artistic Director, Thomas Mayade

    Design and photography by Clément Vallery
    Artwork by PARVATI

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1.
A Poison Tree 06:48
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2.
Tinker Tailor 05:47
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3.
Jabberwocky 06:24
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4.
The House That Jack Built 04:37
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5.
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat 06:22
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6.
The Little Girl Called Hope 06:27
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7.
Two Dead Boys 03:16
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8.
Mary Had a Little Lamb 05:03
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9.
A Divine Image 06:20
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10.
The Blind Men and the Elephant 06:12
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« Songs of old » gives traditional stories a new twist with a contemporary jazz setting that is as fresh as the morals of the tales. Like Emily Allison, who grew up singing her father’s English nursery rhymes, most of the poems (Blake, Lear), stories and anecdotes have their roots in Britain. In turn dark, ironic, naive or moving, Emily’s compositions echo lyrics that illustrate all shades of human nature, from purest virtue to blackest vice.

The sextet (accompanied by a string quartet on four tracks) is composed of young jazz musicians from Belgium, France and Luxembourg.

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released September 14, 2020

Emily Allison (vocals, compositions, arrangements)
Sylvain Debaisieux (tenor sax)
Guillaume Vierset (guitar)
David Thomaere (piano, keyboards)
Boris Schmidt (bass, double bass)
Paul Berne (drums)

In Praise of Folly, string 4tet
Margaret Hermant, violin
Maia Frankowski, violin
Nicole Miller, Viola
Annemie Osborne, Cello

Brussels Singers (Backing vocals)
Constance De Keyser, Anu Junnonen, Leander Moens, Boris Schmidt, Célia Tranchand, François Vaiana

Produced by Emily Allison
Recorded at Studio Pyramide in 2018, Berseel, Belgium
Engineered, mixed and mastered by Vincent Debast
Artistic Director, Thomas Mayade

Design and photography by Clément Vallery
Artwork by PARVATI

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Emily Allison Brussels, Belgium

Emily is a Brussels based singer who graduated with a Master’s degree from the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.

She’s the co-leader of former band LIFT, which released an album in 2014 featuring David Linx.

The Emily Allison Group, which plays her own compositions based on old british poems and nursery rimes, is about to release the album ‘Songs of Old’. ... more

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