Duper Sessions
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Duper Sessions is the third album by Norwegian singer/songwriter and guitarist
Sondre Lerche
, released in Norway
on February 27, 2006, and in the U.S.
on March 21, 2006. The album entered the Billboard Official Top Contemporary Jazz Albums Chart at #5. The album was the 4th most added on the CMJ Jazz Chart during the first week of April 2006.
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
Sondre Lerche
Sondre Lerche
-Career:Sondre Lerche was born in Bergen, Norway. Growing up, Lerche was heavily influenced by the '80s pop that emanated from his older siblings' rooms. Compelled by a defining fascination for bands such as The Beatles, A-ha, the Beach Boys, and Prefab Sprout, Lerche began formal guitar...
, released in Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
on February 27, 2006, and in the U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
on March 21, 2006. The album entered the Billboard Official Top Contemporary Jazz Albums Chart at #5. The album was the 4th most added on the CMJ Jazz Chart during the first week of April 2006.
Track listing
All songs by Sondre Lerche unless otherwise noted.- "Everyone's Rooting for You" – 2:48
- "Minor Detail" – 3:34
- "Across the Land" – 1:17
- "The Curse of Being in Love" – 3:05
- "Dead End Mystery" – 3:28
- "Night and DayNight and Day (song)"Night and Day" is a popular song by Cole Porter. It was written for the 1932 musical play Gay Divorce. It is perhaps Porter's most popular contribution to the Great American Songbook and has been recorded by dozens of artists....
" (Cole PorterCole PorterCole Albert Porter was an American composer and songwriter. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, he defied the wishes of his domineering grandfather and took up music as a profession. Classically trained, he was drawn towards musical theatre...
) – 2:23 - "Once in a While" – 3:09
- "Human Hands" (Elvis CostelloElvis CostelloElvis Costello , born Declan Patrick MacManus, is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader...
) – 2:34 - "(You Knocked Me) Off My Feet" – 4:55
- "(I Wanna) Call it Love" – 3:16
- "Nightingales" (Paddy McAloonPaddy McAloonPaddy McAloon is an English singer-songwriter and member of the band Prefab Sprout. Allmusic describes him as "one of the most underrated lyricists of the '80s".-Career:...
) – 3:31 - "I'm Not From Here" – 2:00
- "You Sure Look Swell" – 4:11
- "Lulu-vise" (Knutsen & LudvigsenKnutsen & LudvigsenKnutsen & Ludvigsen was a Norwegian singing duo consisting of Øystein Dolmen and Gustav Lorentzen .Writing and performing various songs mostly aimed at children, they released seven albums, two of which received Spellemannprisen - the Norwegian Grammy. They had several #1 hits, including "Grevling...
)– 1:34 (hidden track)
Personnel
- Sondre LercheSondre Lerche-Career:Sondre Lerche was born in Bergen, Norway. Growing up, Lerche was heavily influenced by the '80s pop that emanated from his older siblings' rooms. Compelled by a defining fascination for bands such as The Beatles, A-ha, the Beach Boys, and Prefab Sprout, Lerche began formal guitar...
– vocals, guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker... - The Faces Down Quartet
- Eric Halvorsen – pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
- Morten Skage – upright bass
- Ole Ludvig Kruger – piano, drumDrumThe drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
s - Kato Ådland – guitar, percussion, pedal steel
- Eric Halvorsen – piano
- Matias J. Monsen – celloCelloThe cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
- Mari Boine Persen – violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
- Jesper Riis – string arrangements
- Jørgen Træen – percussion, backing vocalBacking vocalistA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
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