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SIMONE WADDELL
‘THE ART OF COLLABORATION’
The new contemporary jazz studio album
from Simone Waddell
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Photo – Graham Jepson
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Singer, songwriter and jazz chanteuse, Simone Waddell, released her 5th studio album, The Art of Collaboration, on the 8th of April 2022 through Ambition Records.
Simone has collaborated with the country’s top jazz musicians to pay homage to five iconic Australian hits; Beds Are Burning (Midnight Oil), Burn For You (John Farnham), Fall At Your Feet (Crowded House), The Horses (Daryl Braithwaite) and Mystify (INXS) as well as her own original music.
The album features some of the biggest names in Australian jazz including Tommy Emmanuel, James Morrison, Rai Thistlethwayte, and Paul Grabowsky – as well as a cohort of 60 Aussie jazz heavyweights.
Simone gathered 60 jazz musicians and singers to collaborate on ONE album with all Australian iconic songs, including some of her original songs, and all Australian players. Every artist on the album is a standout in the field of jazz and the cover songs that have been carefully selected are embedded into the hearts and souls of so many Australians. Simone has been writing songs since her teenage years, and it is only natural that her own artistry would be an element of the album as well.
The album was recorded across SIXTEEN professional studios in Australia, Los Angeles, Tennessee, and London. The album was mixed and mastered by Grammy award winning engineers Erik Zobler, George Massenburg and Paul Blakemore.
“The Art of Collaboration” is an unprecedented project in this nation, and a vision Simone has had since 2013 which has finally come to pass. An idea that she truly believes in is to celebrate the incredible musical talent we have here in Australia, and to bring the genre of contemporary jazz into the spotlight.
“The music and the holy input of each and every artist is something I’m incredibly proud of, and it’s an honour to lead such a cohort.” Simone Waddell
“Simone Waddell has taken a classic Phil Buckle song and made it her own. I was excited when I was asked to play on this recording. I knew the song well, but enjoyed being taken down some other routes on this journey into Burn For You…” Tommy Emmanuel
“As soon as I heard this piece (My Diamond) the greatest compliment that I can ever give a song is, as soon as I hear it, I go, I want to play on that, I want to play that song, and that’s what I thought right away. It just creates a mood instantly.” James Morrison
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TRACKLISTING
01. Never Be Shaken
02. Burn For You feat. Rai Thistlethwayte and Tommy Emmanuel
03. Mystify
04. Call Those Things
05. My Diamond feat. Pat Powell and James Morrison
06. Beds Are Burning feat. Barry Leef
07. Fall At Your Feet
08. Icing
09. The Horses
10. You Have Become My Home feat. Paul Grabowsky
11. Slow Down
12. My Diamond (Ballad)
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