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Tranen Center (10/13-3/14)

     "Es geht nicht um die Personen und ihr Schicksal, sondern darum, die Aufmerksamkeit für sich auszubeuten"

(Florian Rötzer - "Telepolis")

Keith Jarrett
Blame it on my Youth        (The Melody at Night with you - 1999)
Rokia Traoré
Bowmboï                          (Bowmboï  - 2003)
Hector Zazou
Mmmh                             (strong currents - 2003)
Al Green
My Problem is you            (I can't stop - 2003)
Jamie Cullum
Next Year, Baby               (Twenty Something - 2004)                                                               BREST  Gare
Vic Chesnutt
Parade                            (The Salesman & Bernadette - 1998)
Dani Siciliano
Remember to forget         (Likes - 2004) 
Scissor Sisters
The other Side                (Ta-Dah - 2006)
Van Morrison
Twilight Zone                  (The Philosopher's Stone - 1998)
Joe Cocker
You are so beautiful        (TV Live - 1980er/2013)
Patti Austin
You don't have to say you're sorry  (End of a Rainbow - 1976)

Jane Monheit
Blame it on my Youth      (Dream with me - 2001)

Keith Jarrett: Blame it on my Youth
"äußerst verletzlich, Schönheit am Rande verloren geglaubter Gefühle" (Konrad Heidkamp) "Love is perhaps the most abstract things in this universe...  Blame It On My Youth. It is almost like a miracle of love, too profound to be felt, and all we need is to hear, to breathe" (treat-your-ears.tumblr.com) "the pointed melancholy of Oscar Levant’s lament made for a collusion of mood and approach"  (Cabbage Rabbit Review of Books & Music)

Rokia Traoré: Bowmboï
"...Liebe, Leid und Tod, aber zwischen den Zeilen und Tönen verbirgt sich ein unerklärbarer Rest" (Thomas Miessgang) "So she was alone. And wrote to herself." (Kalamu ya Salaam/www.kalamu.com)  "insistently intelligent, long groovy pieces that they explore to the fullest. We are all elated by the end of things."  (Koranteng/www.blogger.com)
"Kékéré-é
The Bird sings of misfortune"

Hector Zazou: Mmmh
"a lonesome genius who is forever on the cusp of emotional breakdown." (elbo.ws about Nina Hynes, Composer)  "wie ein roter Ballon, dessen Leine abgeschnitten ist" "Our only worry should be to free ourselves as much als possible from our anguishes and fears" (H.Z.) "Zazou is survived by his son." (The Guardian 2008)
"And you're in my memory
And I'm part of your history"

Al Green: My Problem is You
"Manchmal ist You sein Baby und manchmal ist  You sein Herr und manchmal einfach beides" (Konrad Heidkamp) "featuring the bluest of blue grooves, wondrously greasy Hammond B3 organ solos, and vocal climaxes that build and build" (Andy Whitman/www.pastemagazine.com) "use his voice to convey emotion." (Jonathan Bloy)
"Sure it's true, babe
I can't seem to get on with you"
 
Jamie Cullum: Next Year, Baby
"Mit unrasierter Stimme" (Konrad Heidkamp) "entdeckte ich, wie furchtbar langweilig diese Frau doch war", sagt Jamie Cullum. "Da bin ich gegangen. Das Lied aber, das ich für sie geschrieben habe, das ist geblieben."  (SZ) "Way to leave it open-ended, dickhead" (Jonno/www.1songday.com)
"Despite my greatest fears
I'm gonna say to you
How I've felt all of these years"

Vic Chesnutt: Parade
"Schon als er den ersten Schluck Alkohol seines Lebens genommen hatte, war ihm klar, daß er ein großer Trinker werden würde." (Die Zeit)  "Whether it’s autobiographical or just invention, Chesnutt plays the role of the yearning suitor to a T -  broken, mystified, mad and randy all in the same breath." (revolvingword.com)  "der Schmerz, der aus seinen Liedern drückt, war der seine, genauso wie dieser verzweifelte, manchmal zynische Schalk, der gerade auf der Bühne immer wieder ins grimmige Gelächter umschlug." (Berner Zeitung)
"You're great at disappearing. You left me with an ear ache."

Dani Siciliano: Remember to forget
"Kaum verwunderlich, dass es da auch mal zu ätherisch zugeht und die kühle Melancholie sich verselbständigt" (Markus Schneider/Berliner Zeitung) "might be the softest pillow I’ve ever rested on. (Matt Cibula/www.popmatters.com)  "endlos optimistisch" (Sascha Kösch/De Bug)
"Laugh a little like you"
Smile a little like you
Remember to forget to"

Scissor Sisters: The other Side
"It’s a darker body of work, contains a spooky recording of Judy Garland speaking about love (at the end of The Other Side)"  (Michael Shulman) "We haven’t made an album with so little angst since the first one." (Jake Shears)  "I feel somewhat guilty enjoying the fruits of Shears’ misery"  (Don Baiocchi/blogcritics)
"The world goes on with or without me
If I don't ever leave a thing behind
I'll still leave you without me"

Van Morrison: Twilight Zone
"A great tune for taking a stroll during chilly and sunny autumn day." (Walt Fechter on Youtube) "I got to the point where music just wasn't doing it for me anymore"  (V.M.) "mellow blues. briliiant cuts of old classics. Fucking fantastic." (Anonymous/www.pit5.com)
"And you stop me when I go too far
And it tried to freak me
But I should have known"

Joe Cocker: You are so beautiful
"You are so beautiful - Wandsticker für Dein Badezimmer   €32.00 Hersteller anna wand" (www.maedchenfralle.at) "You are so beautiful to me in der jo cocker version gesucht....lol...auch wenn es nur ein paar noten sind... wer kann mir weiterhelfen - danke." (Guest_Besucher/www.-saxophonforum.de) "Manchmal scheint's als kommt nichts zusammen /
du denkst du kommst da nicht rüber / Und plötzlich entdeckst du dieses Lied wieder" (Max Herre/testi-di-canzoni.com))
"Your everything I hoped for
Your everything I need"

Patti Austin: You don't have to say you're sorry
"- this song calls for at least an apology and recognition of wrong doing. This song calls for real communication." (P.A.) "The 63-year-old singer was treated for severe asthma in combination with a respiratory infection at the Peking Union Medical College Hospital... The statement did not say what triggered her illness but many Beijing music lovers were quick to blame yesterday's poor air quality in the capital. (South China Morning Post, 20.10.13) "Grammy Award-winning singer Patti Austin will be performing at Sunny Bar, Kulm Hotel in St. Moritz this 30th of March 2014 at 22:22 h under the program of Festival da Jazz." (http://pattiaustin.com)
"I don't need to know your reasons
No, not even if they're good"

Jane Monheit: Blame it on my Youth