11-06-2014, 23:40
Tiggi Wrote:
Lady Day copyist. Despite that, this is a good album of Jazzy originals & covers.
I love Billie Holiday, and Peyroux's voice seems so close to hers that it verges on impersonation. Don't usually like things that are too derivative, but Madeleine is a rare exception.
I was surprised to see Vernon Reid from Living Colour plays guitar on this...
To illustrate the point: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cQF0uo9uUM << this is more a sort-of Ediath Piaf sound-a-like
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhY4m6TFVmM << to be fair, this was done 18 years ago and her first album so maybe shaped by producers, advisors, etc.?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jeeY80n99Q << from an '06 disc so OK not that much change...
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What he said. Amen, Bro--JazzboCR
What he said. Amen, Bro--JazzboCR