Spring
I love that gentle breeze that sighs on this fine day
It blows right through the trees and cools along the way
Scents of springtime a lovely bouquet
Sweet sunrays upon my skin awaken me today
It feels like spring
What will love bring
You are everything
In the air I hear the buzzing of the bees
Birds are building nests that hide among the leaves
See the colours of the flowers and the trees
As I lie here in the grass I’m totally at ease
It feels like spring
What will love bring
You are everything
I see a dark cloud
Rolling in from afar
I know I may drown
And tell you au revoir
Storm and wind and rain
Eliminate the drought
But will it wash me out
Leave me alone again
Fresh green grass is growing here beside the road
All the songs I hear sound like they’re in spring-mode
We venture outside suitably unclothed
I love to watch this season suddenly explode
It feels like spring
What will love bring
You are everything
Featuring: Stageband Jazz Orchestra
Saxophone solo: Steven Sluiter
Percussion: Gijs Anders van Straalen
Recorded at Wisseloord Studios April 2021
From A to B
October 2021
All Music and Lyrics: Ellen Pels
Except “Spring” and “Note Dame” Music: Ellen Pels and Tony Hoyting,
Lyrics: Ellen Pels
Arrangements: Ellen Pels en Tony Hoyting
Studiotechnique: Erik Spanjers
Mastering: Silvia Vermeulen
Production: Ellen Pels
Album Artwork: Roy Verhaag Studio Rrook
Recorded at Studio Moskou, Studio Silvester, Wedgeview Studios, Odeon Theatre Zwolle, and Wisseloord Studios
Ellen Pels Band:
Lead vocals: Ellen Pels
Piano, Fender Rhodes,
Keyboard, Vibraphone: Tony Hoyting
Acoustic and Electric guitar: Klaas-Jelmer Sixma
Bassguitar and Double Bass: Pieter Althuis
Drums: Joost Visser
Percussion: Gijs Anders van Straalen
Saxophone: Tibor Elferink
Trumpet and Flugelhorn: Libbe Oosterman
Trombone: Arend Huisman
Backing Vocals: Inze Meijer, Florens Eykemans, Mousmé Brocaar, Ellen Pels
Red Limo String Quartet:
Jonas Pap, Camilla van der Kooij, Dirk Feller, Sietse van Gorkom
Stageband Jazz Orchestra:
Trumpets:
Libbe Oosterman
Johan Boekema
Esther Fernandez Mata
Bas van den Broek
Jaap de Vries
Trombones:
Pavel Shcherbakov
Arend Huisman
Enne Feenstra
Gosse van den Berg
Saxophones and Flutes:
Steven Sluiter
Jan Schoemaker
Sander Baan
Richard Borchers
Bert Brandsma
Rythm:
Imre Kruis (drums)
Marco Kerver (double bass and bassguitar)
Thomas Hilbrandie (guitar)
Tony Hoyting (piano)
