Balladextrous, by Sienna Dahlen & Bill Coon

Balladextrous

by Sienna Dahlen & Bill Coon

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edition of 3

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1.	Too Late 04:56	buy track
2.	Round Midnight 06:33	buy track
3.	Happy Talk 06:29	buy track
4.	I Get Along Without You Very Well 03:07	buy track
5.	When Lights Are Low 04:01	buy track
6.	Autumn In New York 02:52	buy track
7.	Day Dream 04:33	buy track
8.	All Of You 04:58	buy track
9.	I'm In The Mood For Love 02:48	buy track

about

Guitarist Bill Coon and vocalist Sienna Dahlen navigate silence and shape time on their poignant debut. They reside in spacious spontaneity.

"Se balader": a French verb meaning to stroll, wander or roam. In other words, a slow and easy movement through time. Musically-speaking, this is what Sienna Dahlen and Bill Coon set out to experience in early January of 2020 under a misty evening sky in Vancouver, BC. There was really no end goal, only the moment to honor, as living in a jazz ballad means remaining open and vulnerable while navigating silence and shaping time. We strive to sink into the soul of the story, reacting in the ways that the music needs us to do so. We listen and we follow through accordingly. Lovers of the music that was made by people like Ed Bickert and Shirley Horn, (both masters of ultra-relaxed, soulful playing and vocalizing), Dahlen and Coon also feel most at home when residing in the realms of spacious spontaneity. The tempos and vibes on this album run the gamut of sometimes unpredictably minimal and quirky, sometimes "dirgy", sometimes ballroom dance-ballad, sometimes rubato etc. (with the exception of the last song on the record which was included as a sort of tongue-in-cheek clin d'oeil as if to say "yes, we like up-tempos too"!) Each of the tunes on the album,(many well-known and others not as much), has resided in Dahlen and Coon's respective repertoires for decades. "Balladextrous" is a guaranteed mood-setter. It goes down well with a bottle of red shared among loved ones, a hot soak in a bubble bath or, perhaps a long and luxurious drive to the beach to catch the last rays of the sun. Whatever your fancy, we hope you enjoy the ride now as much as we did then.

credits

released June 9, 2023

Musician Listing:
Sienna Dahlen- Voice
Bill Coon- Guitar

Executive Producers: Cory Weeds, Bill Coon and Sienna Dahlen
Produced by Sienna Dahlen
Recorded at Demitone Studio in Vancouver, BC on January 6th and 7th, 2020?
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Dave Sikula
Photography by Ricardo Hubbs
Design and layout by John Sellards
Photo editing by Florence-Ariel Tremblay