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Reaching for the Moon | ECM 5744332

Reaching for the Moon

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Label: ECM

Cat No: 5744332

Barcode: 0199957443326

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Jazz

Release Date: 24th April 2026

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"Few contemporary jazz-influenced singers manage to sound so intensely like themselves while drawing on such a variety of genres, languages, and cultural backstories as the Albania-born vocalist Elina Duni," The Guardian has noted, and "Reaching for the Moon" once again casts a wide net.

It's Duni's third recording with UK guitarist Rob Luft, and where "Lost Ships" and "A Time To Remember" featured their co-led quartet, the core duo come to the fore here, in a programme that begins with Irving Berlin's title song and ends with Ornette Coleman's "Lonely Woman". Along the way we hear Duni and Luft originals, traditional music from Kosovo, a lullaby penned by Persian singer Mahsa Vahdat, a ballad from Italian singer-songwriter Pino Daniele, French composer Gabriel Fauré's art song "Les Berceaux", themes for film written by Japan's Shigeru Umebayashi and Poland's Krzysztof Komeda, and more.

"Our duo, our project, is a musical journey," says Elina. "Different styles and different languages to bridge the gap between people". Duni's resourcefulness as singer is well-matched by Luft's instrumental skills, the guitarist drifting mellifluously between idioms, gently enveloping melodies, underlining emotional expression in the song texts, and enhancing atmospheres.

"Reaching for the Moon" was recorded at Studios La Buissonne in the South of France in June 2025. The album, produced by Manfred Eicher, was released as Elina Duni and Rob Luft embarked on a European tour with concerts in Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Albania.

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