Vocal Edition II -
Helle Hansen Group -
Helle Hansen/Heine Hansen/Steen Hansen -
Heart Core -
TipToe BigBand -
Erling Kroner New Music Orchestra -
The Paizo Quartet -
Absolute Organ -
Various singer/songwriter-collaborations
Influences
Elvis Costello, Rickie Lee Jones, Sting, Suzanne Vega, Harry Connick Jr, Michael McDonald, Stevie Wonder, Sneakers, Thomas Helmig, Legrand, Mahler, Elgar, Corelli and many more
Record Label
Gateway Music, Heart Core Records, Music Mecca, ao
STEAM
A brand new soul/pop musical based on Shakespeare's "A Midsummernight's Dream"
Tim Zimmermann (Direction & Choreography)
Helle Hansen (Music & Lyrics)
Mads Æbeløe & Thomas Bay (Book)
Showcased at Edinburgh Fringe Festival on August 18th and 19th 2008
For more information: www.uterus.dk
Helle Hansen
Singer, musician, composer, lyricist!
Originally starting out at the piano, then completing an education as a classical recorder player, Helle Hansen has since contributed to her own 8 solo albums (more than 50 albums altogether, from duo to bigband) as a singer, musician, composer and lyricist, as well as a vocal and instrumental arranger and producer.
A 6-time "Honorable Mention Award"-winner in the U.S.A. Songwriting Competition (2002-2007), in the Jazz, Latin and Lyrics categories, Helle Hansen's merits also include the song "Experience", recorded by Andrew Strong and Danish singer Jette Torp on Torp's platinum-selling debut album. But Helle Hansen has also written a great number of songs (more than 500), for other artists, as well as for her own many and different constellations.
As a composer and lyricist, Helle Hansen has been much praised by the press, and has received four Danish music awards. Her music contains references to jazz, soul, bossa nova, blues, folk, rock, pop, classical music, as well as the American singer/songwriter tradition, and is largely unconcerned with genre and trend.
Last summer, HH released yet another bigband album Here There Be Monsters featuring her own songs, and her latest album On The Verge Of Falling (jazz, soul, pop, crossover) involves a jazz combo, a string quartet, and various other constellations. The new album was released June 1st.
Website: www.hellehansen.dk
Press clippings:
"Natural musicality, effortless swing and a big voice."
"Helle Hansen sings like a diva"
"A great composer and lyricist."
"Songs that will remain valid far into the future."
"One of the greatest vocalists and composers of the Danish jazz scene today."
"And you dont have to know anything about jazz to recognize her as an amazing singer/songwriter."
"Not pop though melodic and very catchy. But not pop as you know it, and so much better than the pop you usually hear. A beautiful whole recommended to anyone who is not afraid to try something new and very exciting!"
"If songwriter Helle Hansen had been born and raised in the U.S.A., she would have been a multi-billionair long ago. She has a rare gift. She writes evergreens. Both music and lyrics are up there with the best American standards."
Rygtet vil vide at der er problemer med distributionen af Dilemma Light's debutalbum, men kreativiteten fejler absolut ikke noget. Der er netop kommet nyt materiale på profilen (noget endda til gratis download) så kik forbi. Den opmærksomme lytter vil måske ikke kunne høre et nyt potentielt Dansktop-Hit - men mon ikke det er helt bevidst?
Kære Helle! Så var det man havde haft en hel dags velfortjent fri, hvor man skulle lave lidt ingenting for så at få set nogle dejlige mennesker, som så en efter en aflyste i sidste øjebllik..Og min fridag blev til en rastløs småsur ingentingsdag.. Så var det jeg lige skulle lure på dit nye track,(det blev til et par mange flere) og Swoosch så var smilet sgu tilbage på læben.. Håber du havde en skøn fødselsdagsaften.. - Nåede desværre ikke forbi.. Måske vi ses lørdag?? Knus Nanna.
Kæreste allersomsødeste Hansen, til lykke til lykke og til mer'-lykke med i dag!!! Håber champagnen er god og af passende temperatur (og at du er så langt væk, så du ikke kan høre Værnedamsvejs fejring af sig selv ;-)).
Der ER åbenbart sammenhæng mellem fødselar og vejrlig.... så, please, kunne du ikke bruge det næste år på at øve dig i at være et MINDRE sødt& godt menneske; det her er liiige til den varme side, siger min organisme ;-).
Godt nytår - måtte det blive et velsignet ét af slagsen.
I like all of them actually. WAs you are a musician, I would like to know your opinion on my music musically saying (compositions etc). If possible, I would like to know.
You don't even need to ask me about yours, because a good jazz has to be well composed, so do yours.
Kære hh Det er jo næææsten trivielt at sige, men ikke desto mindre TIL LYKKE med bragende flotte anmeldelser! (Jeg tror da også at den tyske var det, selvom mit sprogcenter udi det germanske er gået på pension!).
Knus fra Marianne PS: Er kirkearrangementet i Lyngby et lukket arr.? Hvor skal jeg evt i kirke d. 25. ?!
Postjakken, den havde jeg helt glemt, men dig glemmer man ikke så nemt. Og hvis man skulle, så skal Stinne sgu nok få en op på mærkerne igen. Og nu jeg har dig, så vil jeg da lige nævne, at jeg grundlæggende griber min pædogik an på din måde at håndtere undervisningssituationen, og det den medfører. kh m
Hey Helle, wie geht's mon i Kbh og over hele det ganske danske land hvor du vel stadig med stor regelmæssighed færdes? Og mon ikke også du skal til Berlin og spille på et tidspunkt? Kærligst Agnethe.
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