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
Week Ending: Sep 20 Sep 13 Sep 6 Aug 30 Aug 23 Aug 16 Aug 2 Jul 26
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
2. Sep 20, 2009: Transmission Overload
Si Tu Me Payes Un Verre
5. Sep 06, 2009: Transmission Overload
L'enfant Maquillé
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
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

Track Listing
1. La Salle Et La Terrasse   7. Je Hais Les Dimanches
2. L'enfant Maquillé   8. Si Tu Me Payes Un Verre
3. La Princesse Et Les Croque-Notes   9. A Bicyclette
4. Les Poètes   10. La Mer À Boire
5. J'aimerais Tant Savoir   11. Je Me Suis Fait Tout Petit
6. Rimes   12. Le Petit Bal Perdu