RADKA TONEFF & STEVE DOBROGOSZ - Fairytales (40th Anniversary Ed.) - LP - Gatefold 180g Vinyl

LP - 40th Anniversary Gatefold Edition pressed on heavyweight 180g Vinyl.

The Norwegian jazz vocalist Radka Toneff made her album debut in 1977 and recorded only three albums during her lifetime, which was cut short by her tragic death in 1982. Born on June 25, 1952 in Oslo, she is the daughter of a Norwegian mother and a Bulgarian folksinger and studied at the Oslo Musikkonservatorium from 1971 to 1975.

After founding the Radka Toneff Quintet, whose membership included Arlid Andersen (bass), Jon Balke (piano) and Jon Eberson (guitar) among others, she made her album debut in 1977 with "Winter Poem". Highly acclaimed, the album was awarded a Spellemannprise (the Norwegian Grammy) for Vocal Album Of The Year. The follow-up album "It Don't Come Easy" (1979) also featured the Radka Toneff Quintet, while her third album "Fairytales" (1982) was a collaboration with American pianist Steve Dobrogosz.

It's the best-selling jazz album in Norway's history and was voted as Norway's best album overall of all time in 2011 among Norwegian musicians. The album's remarkable sound quality quickly awarded it the status of a reference-level recording among audiophiles.

Tragically, Toneff died on October 21, 1982 in what was officially declared a suicide, though some have argued that her death was accidental. Over the years that followed, Radka Toneff's stature rose to that of a legend, and "Fairytales", by the perfectly attuned duo of Radka Toneff and Steve Dobrogosz, has served as an inspiration to both musicians and listeners for more than three decades now.

Tracklist:

A1. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
A2. Come Down in Time
A3. Lost in the Stars
A4. Mystery Man
A5. My Funny Valentine

B1. Nature Boy
B2. Long Daddy Green
B3. Wasted
B4. Before Love Went out of Style
B5. I Read My Sentence