Home » Jazz Articles » Album Review » LILLY: Tenderly featuring Gilad Hekselman

LILLY: Tenderly featuring Gilad Hekselman

By Jakob Baekgaard
December 30, 2017
View read count

LILLY: Tenderly featuring Gilad Hekselman

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 lifetime. Timeless songs.

Duke Ellington

piano
1899 - 1974

" data-original-title="" title="">Duke Ellington's "Day Dream" and standards like "You Go to My Head" and "Skylark," but also more recent classics like the folk-icon Nick Drake's poetic "Voice from the Mountain."

Lilly, whose full name is Lilly-Ann Hertzman, and

Gilad Hekselman

guitar
b.1983

" data-original-title="" title="">Gilad Hekselman sing these songs tenderly. Hekselman creates a lush tapestry of tones, a gentle architecture that supports the songs without holding them down to the ground. Along with Lilly, they fly into the sky and sunset. Tender songs. Songs of loving and living. 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.

Learn more about our star rating system

Track Listing

Tenderly; You Go to My Head; Skylark; First Song; Voice from the Mountain; Hvem kan sejle / Whistling Away the Dark; You��re Everything; Day Dream.

Personnel

Lilly Hertzman

vocals

Lilly: vocal; Gilad Hekselman: guitar.

Album information

Title: Tenderly (feat. Gilad Hekselman) | Year Released: 2017 | Record Label: Gateway Music

PREVIOUS / NEXT

Rush
< Previous

Terence Blanchard at Christ Church C...
Next >

Support All About Jazz

All About Jazz has been a pillar of jazz since 1995, championing it as an art form and, more importantly, supporting the musicians who make it. Our enduring commitment has made "AAJ" one of the most culturally important websites of its kind, read by hundreds of thousands of fans, musicians and industry figures every month.

Go Ad Free!

To maintain our platform while developing new means to foster jazz discovery and connectivity, we need your help. You can become a sustaining member for as little as $20 and in return, we'll immediately hide those pesky ads plus provide access to future articles for a full year. This winning combination vastly improves your AAJ experience and allow us to vigorously build on the pioneering work we first started in 1995. So enjoy an ad-free AAJ experience and help us remain a positive beacon for jazz by making a donation today.