Lilly Hertzman

Top 5 Best Vocal Release 2017! - The New York City Jazz Record

“Lillys and Hekselman’s arrangements reach almost the impossible of regenerating standards like the title track, “You Go To My Head”, “Skylark” and “Day Dream” to the point of ownership rather than reinterpretation” - The New York City Jazz Record

LILLY aka Lilly-Ann Hertzman (b. 1973) is a singer, songwriter and producer who has received great reviews for creating evocative songs and soundscapes of a rare kind and with a personal expression and sound. Her inspirations are many and goes across multiple genres with jazz and singer- songwriter as the main ones. Her origins also cross borders, with a mother from Japan and a father from Denmark.

Lilly has released four acclaimed albums. Two with own lyrics in English, Before The Crossing (2005) and Love Is A Sound (2009). Her third album, and the first with lyrics in Danish, was titled Menneskeblomst (2016), a selfinvented word that means Humanflower. The duoalbum, Tenderly feat. Gilad Hekselman (2017) , received rave reviews from USA, Germany and Denmark, and was chosen as TOP 5 BEST VOCAL RELEASE 2017 by The New York City Jazz Record.

Lilly is educated from the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus, Denmark, from the department of music & movement, and has played, recorded and collaborated with some of the finest, most talented and versatile creative musicians in Scandinavia, Europe and US. Among others Lew Soloff (US), Aaron Parks (US), Gilad Hekselman (ISR), Kirk KnuXe (US), Gustaf Ljunggren (S), Anders AC Christensen (DK), Jonas Berg (S), Jeppe Kjellberg (DK), Thommy Andersson (S), Krister Jonsson (S), Jacob Fischer (DK) a.o.

Now a new album is on the way. On August 1, 2019, Lilly was at the Big Orange Sheep Studio in Brooklyn, New York. Again with Gilad Hekselman (guitars and a little percussion), but also with Kirk Knuffke (cornet) on a number of the 10 songs. Both are critically acclaimed jazz musicians for their work in their own bands and as sidemen in all sorts of contexts. They live in New York and have been a part of the jazz scene there and around the world for more than a decade.It was a relaxed, fun and intense day together and the recordings of the eight jazz standards, a trad. folk song and one of Lilly ́'s own compositions therefore also bears the stamp of this open mood, playful approach and presence and give the songs a special glow.

LILLY: Tenderly featuring Gilad Hekselman

Read "Tenderly featuring Gilad Hekselman" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard

by Jakob Baekgaard
December 30, 2017

It all starts with a song. Two people and song. Gilad and Lilly. Guitarist and singer. One visiting Denmark as an artist in residence and the other living there. One among the foremost exponents of modern jazz guitar and the other an acclaimed vocalist and singer/songwriter, but still a secret outside her country. Here they are on the album Tenderly. The result of a day's work in the studio with songs that are the work of a ...

"TOP 5 BEST VOCAL RELEASE 2017! " - The New York City Jazz Record “The voice and the guitar is like a match made in heaven” — ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 STARS in Danish music magazine GAFFA "Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass set the bar high for guitar-vocal duos. Danish singer LILLY (-Ann Hertzman) and guitarist Gilad Hekselman touch that bar with Tenderly."” — ALL ABOUT JAZZ “Lillys and Hekselman’s arrangements reach almost the impossible of regenerating standards like the title track, “You Go To My Head”, “Skylark” and “Day Dream” to the point of ownership rather than reinterpretation” — THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD, Feb 2018 Issue “.. listening to her, while she is being accompanied by Gilad - that has the stuff of legend” (....) Lilly’s authenticity is unsurpassable” — JAZZ PODIUM, March 2018 (German jazzmagazine since 1952) "Tenderly is a truly supurb recording, which rightly raises the expectations for her next effort ” — THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD, Feb 2018 Issue "I am touched and deeply impressed by Lillys new album, Tenderly... So touched and impressed, that I have to say, that Tenderly is not only Lillys best release until date, but one of the recent years best Danish vocaljazzalbums!” (...) "The way, in which the two—Lilly and Hekselman—- approach the material, is so absolutely poignant and reveals a deep musicality. The voice and the guitar is like a match made in heaven". — ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 STARS in Danish music magazine GAFFA “A setup so simple and yet so complex. Phrasings filled with an understanding of space and pause. Guitar lines and vocal chords. Guitar chords and vocal lines. A symbiosis, a deep conversation, not chitter-chatter. Poetry sung tenderly.” — ALL ABOUT JAZZ, Dec 2017 (4,5 out of 5 stars) / by Jakob Baekgaard “His playing in “Skylark” urges this, all the intros, accompaniments and soli are unique works of art”. (...) “End result: This duo is a new, very tall, bright lighthouse in the variety of this kind of duo occupation” — JAZZ PODIUM (German jazzmagazine since 1952) “Her voice is warm and calm, and she feels completely relaxed in this setting, using space as a sound..." (...) Hekselman delivers dainty intros like flowing drapery on a glistening “Skylark” and sparkling “Day Dream” while some creative pedal work creates a pastoral “You’re Everything. Gentleness and gentility at its best." — JAZZ WEEKLY : “...everything seems so natural in her confidential present interpretations with Gilad Hekselman, whose sovereign accompaniment is tonally singing, low-keyed listening and filled with small delicious details”. / Christian Munch- Hansen ❤️❤️❤️❤️ in the Danish paper, POLITIKEN. He also called the album a little pearl :) _________________ About the album LOVE IS A SOUND (2009): ”Lilly Spellbounds! With her expressive voice and sense for good arrangements, Lilly strikes a personal expression which doesn’t really have any pendants. A rare and beautiful listening experience... Lilly is effortlessly moving around in a floating musical universe which is intimate and grandiose as well as very jazzy". ***** 5 out of 6 stars - Jydske Vestkysten, Danish Newspaper, about the album Love Is A Sound (2009) ”Love Is A Sound is so convincing an album that fame now is bound to knock on her door....Lilly has written some blazing good songs and lyrics" **** 4 out of 6 stars in GAFFA, Danish music magazine.

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