Ludovic BEIER Quartet - New Montmartre (2003)
Jazz Musette Gypsy | MP3 | 320 Kbps CBR | 50:47 | 69,39 Mb | Covers
“ | Parole(s) de swing [Word(s) of swing]… Coming from a culture where giving your word amounts to signing a contract, this may seem tantamount to saying “Gypsy’s honour” or “Cross my Manouche heart”… Anyway, it’s easy to guess that it’s not just a question of vain words or honour of anything here (if we do nothing but keep that neat little catchphrase in mind, however short lived it may be). And we’ll be all the more convinced we’re right when we learn that these original lyrics, superbly assumed by a Sanseverino rarely heard or seen so well accompanied, have been set to music by accordionist Ludovic Beier – to mention the two songs that mark this album – and the words are from the pen of none other than Angelo Debarre. Of course his hands are part of the talking process too, they’ve done most of the orchestration on the album (just listen to the exposition on ‘Paris je t’aime’) to song tunes (so we’ve come full circle). And the two fellow-travellers (Angelo and Ludovic) have never made music in such total unison (see ’Sous le ciel de Paris’). Noted and approved! Max ROBIN - "Le Chant Du Monde" | ” |
“ | Recorded at the home of Gypsy Swing in Britain, and arguably the best acoustic venue in London Le Quecumbar. The recording came at the end of a 2 month tour so the band is ROCKING..! release date is October the 15th but to wet your appetite there'll be one full length mp3 up on this site and a couple of other samples . | ” |
“ | A sultry, smoky-voiced master of understatement, Julie London enjoyed considerable popularity during the cool era of the 1950s. London never had the range of Ella Fitzgerald or Sarah Vaughan, but often used restraint, softness, and subtlety to maximum advantage. An actress as well as a singer, London played with heavyweights like Gregory Peck and Rock Hudson in various films, and was married to Jack Webb of Dragnet fame for seven years before marrying songwriter Bobby Troup ("Route 66"). London performed her biggest hit, "Cry Me a River," in the Jayne Mansfield film The Girl Can't Help It. After recording her last album, Yummy, Yummy, Yummy, in 1969, she continued to act — playing a nurse on the NBC medical drama Emergency from 1974-1978. Despite her "sex symbol" image — London was known for her sexy LP covers, which make them collector's items — she was surprisingly shy, and left show biz altogether in the late '70s. In the mid-'90s London suffered a stroke, which led to a half-decade of poor health and ultimately contributed to her death on October 18, 2000. Biography by Alex HENDERSON - AMG | ” |
“ | A sultry, smoky-voiced master of understatement, Julie London enjoyed considerable popularity during the cool era of the 1950s. London never had the range of Ella Fitzgerald or Sarah Vaughan, but often used restraint, softness, and subtlety to maximum advantage. An actress as well as a singer, London played with heavyweights like Gregory Peck and Rock Hudson in various films, and was married to Jack Webb of Dragnet fame for seven years before marrying songwriter Bobby Troup ("Route 66"). London performed her biggest hit, "Cry Me a River," in the Jayne Mansfield film The Girl Can't Help It. After recording her last album, Yummy, Yummy, Yummy, in 1969, she continued to act — playing a nurse on the NBC medical drama Emergency from 1974-1978. Despite her "sex symbol" image — London was known for her sexy LP covers, which make them collector's items — she was surprisingly shy, and left show biz altogether in the late '70s. In the mid-'90s London suffered a stroke, which led to a half-decade of poor health and ultimately contributed to her death on October 18, 2000. Biography by Alex HENDERSON - AMG | ” |