A very even warm accessible and glowing album of high musical integrity. The brilliant musicianship of her band compliments Bonnie's soulful interpretations and unique approaches to her diverse selection of songs, including three new engaging originals.

11 MP3 Songs
JAZZ: Smooth Jazz, JAZZ: Jazz Vocals



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â⦠Thereâs a new generation of artists working within the parameters of jazz who also work outside the square, like the young Englishman Jamie Cullum or Americaâs Norah Jones⦠in Australia, itâs Bonnie J Jensen thatâs making it happen â¦â

Michael Smith, Drum Media, July 2004

âThis is an experienced singerâ¦and itâs the Diana Krall-like combination of innocence and sexy womanliness somewhere in the timbre of the voice that lets you know.â

Shane Nicols â www.allaboutjazz.com 2002

Bonnie J Jensenâs third album âThe Sapphire Treeâ follows the last recording âBlue Joyâ on her continuing journey towards a more personal style resulting in a certain glowing warmth of sound and musical integrity. The collaboration with Miroslav Bukovsky and the core musicians of his ARIA winning jazz group Wanderlust, brings an element of contemporary and European jazz flavour to the sound. This compliments Bonnieâs soulful interpretations well and subtly enhances her unique approaches to her diverse selection of songs, including three new engaging originals including the title song.

Bonnie handled the production and arranging mostly herself though she is keen to acknowledge the contributions of the stellar array of musicians on hand.

Listeners familiar with her past work will appreciate Bonnieâs signature treatments of classic songs, both jazz standards and Pop classics. Here they have reworked U2âs âI still havenât found what Iâm looking forâ by changing the meter and adding a haunting horn arrangement. Her rendition of Jimi Hendrixâs âLittle Wingâ, like many of the tracks on this album, displays the wide emotional range of her voice and Bonnieâs own âNeon Soliloquyâ is said to be reminiscent of Miles Davisâ film sound track for âAscenseur Pour LâEchafaudâ.

Some of her favourite jazz numbers are included to great effect such as Night and Day, Angel Eyes and A Night In Tunisia and the album ends with a beautiful prayer of a song by legendary American drummer Brian Blade who worked with Joni Mitchell for many years.

This Album's Personnel:

Bonnie J Jensen âVocals, Piano (Tracks 1, 5, 7, 3)
Alister Spence âFender Rhodes, Organ, Piano (Tracks 2, 4, 9, 11)
Craig Walters â Tenor and Soprano Saxophone
Fabian Hevia â Drums, Percussion
Jeremy Sawkins â Guitars
John Napier - Cello
Jonathan Zwartz â Bass
Miroslav Bukovsky â Trumpet, Flugelhorn

Bonnie has established herself as a respected and versatile singer, songwriter and pianist. Born in New Zealand but based in Sydney, Australia for many years, she has also performed repeatedly in Europe, Japan and Hong Kong.

She released her debut album âLucky So & Soâ in August 2001. This album quickly reached No.3 in the Australian Independent Jazz Charts. It was surpassed by her second release âBlue Joyâ in 2004 that featured luminaries Don Rader (trumpet), Jeremy Sawkins (guitar) and Jonathan Zwartz (bass). âBlue Joyâ rose to No. 8 in Japanâs (vocal) Jazz charts for the month of June 2004. Both albums now sell in 6 countries and receive a lot of local airplay in Australia. (You may also purchase these albums on www.CDbaby.com!)