Settle in for CroonerEd’s delightfully balanced, jazzy point of view to sooth your weary soul, ‘Amazing, Awful, Ordinary Life’

Listening to this feels like an honest conversation with that friend who always knows just how to cheer you up, without ever sugarcoating your reality.

CroonerEd, aka Ed Thompson, is an award-winning jazz vocalist & songwriter who tells it as he sees it, serenading you with his calming voice and almost spiritual demeanor. His latest single, ‘Amazing, Awful, Ordinary Life’, which is also the title track to his latest album, brims with a timeless, sophisticated jazz and bluesy charm and also exudes such genuine warmth and soul.

We open onto shimmering jazz arrangements; the warm saxophone melody majestically and gradually blooms from a solid foundation of easygoing guitar rhythms and crisp drums. Enter Ed’s soft-toned, reflective vocals crooning. He sings in awe-inspiring confidence and panache, describing a balanced outlook he has on life. A life that is sometimes amazing, then awful and somewhere in the middle, a routine, ordinary existence.

His words ring with the wisdom that only comes from lived experience, of living through incredible highs and crushing lows and everything in between. We love how he directs the narrative towards the listeners, inviting them to reflect and feel gratitude for their own lives and just feel better about themselves for living throguh this ‘Amazing, Awful, Ordinary Life’

Musically, the track flows at an engaging swinging rhythm, infusing a sense of aliveness and romanticism into Ed’s words. Towards its conclusion, we’re treated to a sublime horns solo, infused with soul and warmth. It’s resplendent in its delivery and flawless execution and keeps you grooving right into the track’s superb ending.

So if you’re seeking something light and sincere, laden with lived meaning, and infused with magical jazz/blues instrumentation, you’re going to really enjoy this one!

Stream ‘CroonerEd – Amazing, Awful, Ordinary Life’ on Spotify here: