The Basel-based vocal group OWK and their wide-ranging arrangements from Coltrane and Sinatra to Mitchell and The Bee Gees

Yesterday in the foyer of the Theater Basel, I heard the Basel-based vocal group OWK for the second time: the four singers Maria von Rütte, Alice Auclair, Martina Henriques Dias, and Sneha Lama, accompanied by guitarist Eren Şimşek and bassist Paddy Fitzgerald. Once again, they impressed me with their wonderful arrangements, which ranged from John Coltrane's 1960 "Naima" (from "Giant Steps") and David Mann and Bob Hilliard's 1955 "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (which Frank Sinatra was the first to record) to Joni Mitchell's 1971 "A Case of You" (from "Blue") and The Bee Gees' 1977 "How Deep Is Your Love?" (from the soundtrack to "Saturday Night Fever"). (Andrew Shields, #111Words, 21 June 2024)