{"product_id":"lis-wessberg-in-the-wake-of-blue-cd","title":"Lis Wessberg - In The Wake Of Blue (CD)","description":"\u003ch1\u003eLis Wessberg's most personal album to date, In The Wake of Blue is a song-driven work exploring transience, love, and transformation.\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003cp\u003eApril Records proudly presents the new album from Danish trombonist and composer Lis Wessberg. Her most personal album to date, In The Wake of Blue is a song-driven work exploring transience, love, and transformation. Expanding her writing while remaining rooted in her distinctive instrumental voice, Wessberg creates an intimate musical landscape where lyric, melody, and texture carry equal weight.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWessberg has established herself as a leading voice on the European jazz scene through her band Yellow Map and a series of acclaimed releases on April Records. Her previous album, Twain Walking (2024), marked her first step into English-language songwriting and earned a Danish Music Award nomination in 2025 for the track Behind the Walls. In The Wake of Blue develops this direction further.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe album draws on images from nature - sea, tides, clouds, mist, and birds - used as emotional anchors rather than abstractions. These elements frame songs that move from uncertainty and loss toward openness, connection, and renewal. The title reflects this arc: 'blue' as melancholy, depth, and memory, and what emerges in its wake.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eVocalist Veronika Rud is central to the album's sound, bringing vulnerability and clarity to the songs. Rather than a traditional singer-led project, the music unfolds as a dialogue between voice and trombone, with Wessberg's warm, airy tone mirroring and extending each song's emotional core. At times the two move in close unison; elsewhere, they diverge and reconnect.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe core ensemble - Steen Rasmussen (piano and keys), Lennart Ginman (bass), and Jeppe Gram (drums) - provides a responsive, understated foundation, while string quartet Live Strings appear on two tracks, expanding the ensemble's depth and resonance.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn The Wake of Blue offers a quietly assured statement from an artist continuing to refine a voice that speaks as clearly through brass as it does through words.\u003c\/p\u003e         \u003ch2\u003eMedia\u003c\/h2\u003e        \u003cdiv style=\"margin-top:px;\"\u003e   \u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/playlists\/soundcloud%3Aplaylists%3A2102297003%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-Mp05M9q1PQC\u0026amp;color=%23ff5500\u0026amp;auto_play=false\u0026amp;hide_related=false\u0026amp;show_comments=true\u0026amp;show_user=true\u0026amp;show_reposts=false\u0026amp;show_teaser=true\u0026amp;visual=true\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/april-records\" title=\"April Records\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eApril Records\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/april-records\/sets\/3cbcdb0f-5a05-4d46-82ec-f6b64db146d2\/s-Mp05M9q1PQC\" title=\"In the Wake of Blue\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eIn the Wake of Blue\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e  \u003ch2\u003eTrack Listing\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e        \u003cli\u003eThe Promise\u003c\/li\u003e                  \u003cli\u003eLonging\u003c\/li\u003e                  \u003cli\u003eIn the Wake of Blue\u003c\/li\u003e                  \u003cli\u003eFlux\u003c\/li\u003e                  \u003cli\u003eVapor\u003c\/li\u003e                  \u003cli\u003eWhen Birds Flock\u003c\/li\u003e                  \u003cli\u003eThe Endless Thread\u003c\/li\u003e                  \u003cli\u003eThe Quiet Edge\u003c\/li\u003e                  \u003cli\u003eShadows in Bloom\u003c\/li\u003e          \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003ch2\u003eAdditional Details\u003c\/h2\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e April Records\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRun Time:\u003c\/strong\u003e 40:48 mins\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRegion:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0       \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 05\/08\/26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5709498115924\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"APRIL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47483150008569,"sku":"APR159CD","price":14.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0815\/4889\/files\/APR159CD.jpg?v=1772839119","url":"https:\/\/mvdshop.com\/products\/lis-wessberg-in-the-wake-of-blue-cd","provider":"MVD Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}