Dahan, Mélanie / La Princesse Et Les Croque-Notes
| Album: | La Princesse Et Les Croque-Notes | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Dahan, Mélanie | Added: | Jun 2009 | |
| Label: | Sunnyside Communications | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2009-07-19 | Pull Date: | 2009-09-20 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Sep 20 | Sep 13 | Sep 6 | Aug 30 | Aug 23 | Aug 16 | Aug 2 | Jul 26 |
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| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 22, 2009: | TagLines
Je Me Suis Fait Tout Petit |
4. | Sep 13, 2009: | Transmission Overload
J'aimerais Tant Savoir |
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| 2. | Sep 20, 2009: | Transmission Overload
Si Tu Me Payes Un Verre |
5. | Sep 06, 2009: | Transmission Overload
L'enfant Maquillé |
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| 3. | Sep 15, 2009: | TegLines
Je Me Suis Fait Tout Petit |
6. | Sep 05, 2009: | Party at Grandma's
Si Tu Me Payes Un Verre |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2009-07-19
Reviewed 2009-07-19
MÉLANIE DAHAN: La Princesse et les Croque-Notes
Sunnyside, 2009
JAZZ VOCALS – French singer makes her international debut. She has a classic, restrained alto and a sweet, gimmick-free delivery that lends instant charm to the solid, serious-sounding performances of the trio. I wish more jazz singers’ CDs sounded like this. All songs in French.
* * * * | All good! Fo’s Picks: 2, 4, 5, 6, 8
1. 4:57 – relaxed swing, vocal and piano dance carefully around each other
2. 4:26 – loping rhythm, cool drums, falls into a wonderful weightless chorus
3. 6:50 – light and airy: storytelling vocals, elegant “uptown” piano
4. 6:11 – touching ballad: lovely, aching vocal; takes flight near the end
5. 4:55 – flowing, surging tune with sax and some surprisingly pretty scatting
6. 1:43 – vocal/piano duet: a small, sparkling gem… very sweet
7. 4:08 – upbeat, sweeping, jazzy-catchy with an untethered chorus
8. 6:29 – melancholy ballad, the kind you can just fall into… ending flies away
9. 5:16 – light, floating tune with active sax; little gusts blow it this way and that
10. 3:40 – impressionistic: trio evokes the sea as Dahan narrates
11. 0:59 – cute vocal/piano duet, a little ragtime morsel
12. 5:22 – ballad: stark intro, gradually rises to grandness, falls back
[ Fo ] 07/19/09
Sunnyside, 2009
JAZZ VOCALS – French singer makes her international debut. She has a classic, restrained alto and a sweet, gimmick-free delivery that lends instant charm to the solid, serious-sounding performances of the trio. I wish more jazz singers’ CDs sounded like this. All songs in French.
* * * * | All good! Fo’s Picks: 2, 4, 5, 6, 8
1. 4:57 – relaxed swing, vocal and piano dance carefully around each other
2. 4:26 – loping rhythm, cool drums, falls into a wonderful weightless chorus
3. 6:50 – light and airy: storytelling vocals, elegant “uptown” piano
4. 6:11 – touching ballad: lovely, aching vocal; takes flight near the end
5. 4:55 – flowing, surging tune with sax and some surprisingly pretty scatting
6. 1:43 – vocal/piano duet: a small, sparkling gem… very sweet
7. 4:08 – upbeat, sweeping, jazzy-catchy with an untethered chorus
8. 6:29 – melancholy ballad, the kind you can just fall into… ending flies away
9. 5:16 – light, floating tune with active sax; little gusts blow it this way and that
10. 3:40 – impressionistic: trio evokes the sea as Dahan narrates
11. 0:59 – cute vocal/piano duet, a little ragtime morsel
12. 5:22 – ballad: stark intro, gradually rises to grandness, falls back
[ Fo ] 07/19/09
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