{"product_id":"duni-elina-rob-luft-reaching-for-the-moon","title":"Duni, Elina \u0026 Rob Luft - Reaching for the Moon","description":"“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 \"\u003ci\u003eReaching for the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e\" once again casts a wide net. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’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”. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlong 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”. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuni’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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eReaching for the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e\" was recorded at Studios La Buissonne in the South of France in June 2025.","brand":"ECM","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":51136523796758,"sku":"RMX-65273","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/7750\/2998\/files\/3b280d5e5f618d0318689ec77d7fb9b4.jpg?v=1774530839","url":"https:\/\/resident-music-uk.myshopify.com\/products\/duni-elina-rob-luft-reaching-for-the-moon","provider":"Resident Music UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}