{"product_id":"ida-sand-i-will-be-right-there","title":"Ida Sand - I Will Be Right There","description":"\u003cp\u003eThereisacompletelackofpretensionandartificeaboutSwedish singer\/pianist\/songwriterIdaSand.Sheiseminentlyrelatableand approachableandyetthereisnodenyingeitherherpresenceorher aura-sheisadiva,butonlyintheverybestsenseoftheword.\u003cbr\u003eItisnow20yearssinceIdaSandreleasedherACTdebutalbum, ‘MeetMeAroundMidnight’,andoverthattimeshehasbecomeone ofthemostlovedartistsinEuropeansoul-jazz.\u003cbr\u003eWhether singing unaccompanied, or just with piano, or in major venues alongside Nils Landgren or the SWR Big Band, what will invariably touch audiences’ hearts is Ida Sand’s warmth and her authenticity.And,ofcourse,thatdistinctivesonorousvoicewithits hintofsmokiness,recognisablefromtheveryfirstnote.\u003cbr\u003eThesesamequalitiesarewhatmakethemusiconIdaSand’snew album,‘IWillBeRightThere’,socompelling.Asonelistenstoit,what isbeingconveyedisexactlywhatthetitlesuggests-itisasthough Ida Sand were singing, at that verymoment, for you alone. “The songs on the album are the result of my own introspection and reflectionsontherelationshipsinmylife,andwhatitmeanstobein healthyalignmentwithothers,”saysIda.“Iwantedtoputintowords howI valueresponsibilityandintent inrelationships, andhowwe sometimesneedtosharpenourcommunicationandintuitionwhen interactingwithotherpeople.”\u003cbr\u003eThealbum’smusicalingredientsrangefromsoul,rhythmandblues, folkand Americana.AlthoughIdaoftenmoveswithintheworldof jazz, the songs dispense with extended solos and improvisations. Instead,itisthesmall,spontaneousembellishmentsandvariations, thesubtleswingofmanyofthegroovesandtheharmonicdepthof thesongsthatgentlypointtowardsjazz.\u003cbr\u003eThealbumwasrecordedvirtuallyliveinthestudio,ofteninjustoneor twotakesandwithhardlyanyoverdubs,simplybecausetherewasso littletocorrectoradd.Thereisagoodreasonforthis:thecoreband- guitarist and Ida Sand’s husband Ola Gustafsson, drummer Per LindvallandorganistJesperNordenström-ismadeupofthetop drawerofSweden’sverybeststudiomusicians.\u003cbr\u003eAlongsidesevenofSand’sowncompositions(includingtwoversions ofthetitletrack),rangingfrommovingballadstofiery,groove-driven numbers,thealbumalsofeaturesinterpretationsoftwoclassicsongs: Massive Attack’s darkly shimmering ‘Teardrop’ and the English- languageversionofJacquesBrel’s‘Nemequittepas’.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Act Music","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":54761846636867,"sku":"RPT-30430","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":54761846669635,"sku":"RPT-30431","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/1601\/8499\/files\/INT_20260821_1716_170014_862_p_page_15_image_7_023.jpg?v=1787403470","url":"https:\/\/www.recordplant.co.uk\/products\/ida-sand-i-will-be-right-there","provider":"Record Plant","version":"1.0","type":"link"}