Musicians :
Melody Gardot (piano, vocals), Nico Abondolo, Christian Kollgaard, John Leftwich, Michael Valerio (bass), Ramon Flores, Harry Kim (trumpet), Alfie Silas-Durio, Bill Cantos, Paulinho Da Costa, Bill Maxwell, Louis Price, Phil Roy, Tata Vega, Ali Witherspoon (background vocals), Larry Goldings (piano), Ron Kerber (clarinet), Heitor Pereira (guitar, piano, percussion, vocals), Doug Webb (slide saxophone), Andrew Lippman (trombone), Coco Trivisonno (bandoneon), Jo Ann Turovsky (harp), Brian Dembrow, Andrew Duckles, Marlow Fisher, Matthew Funes, Keith Greene, Roland Kato, Darrin McCann, Dave Walther (viola), Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick, Stephen Erdody, Paula Hochhalter, Dennis Karmazyn, Armen Ksajikan, Andrew Shulman, Christina Soule, Martin Tillman, Cecilia Tsan (cello), Bruce Dukov, Julie Gigante, Tamara Hatwan, Phillip Levy, Serena McKinney, Helen Nightengale, Alyssa Park, Katia Popove, Tereza Stanislav, Lisa M. Sutton, Sarah Thornblade, Roger Wilkie (violin), Dan Higgins (clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, alto flute), Jessica Pearlman (oboe), Paco Arroyo, Yolanda Arroyo, (percussion), Jim Keltner, Peter Erskin, (drums).

The Absence is the third record from Grammy-nominated Melody Gardot. Produced by Heitor Pereira, renowned for his work as a film composer ("Despicable Me", "It's Complicated", "From Prada to Nada") and world-class session guitarist (Sting, Seal, Caetano Veloso), the Brazilian-born, US-based artist shared Melody's enthusiasm for driving off the beaten path of Western pop, jazz, blues and soul. And he was as adventurous as Melody when it came to inventive sonic ideas. From the deserts of Morocco to the streets of Lisboa, from the tango bars of Buenos Aires to the beaches of Brazil, The Absence captures the essence of each of these exotic locales, while at the same time remaining quintessentially Melody Gardot.