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Du Jazz Dans Le Ravin [Import]

~ Serge Gainsbourg
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Product details

  • Audio CD (9 Sep 1996)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Import
  • Label: Philips
  • ASIN: B000001E5G
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 214,544 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

1. Angoisse
2. Du Jazz Dans Le Ravin
3. Requiem Pour Un Twisteur
4. Chez Les Ye Ye
5. Black March
6. Black Trombone
7. Ce Mortel Ennui
8. Generique
9. Coco And Co
10. Intoxicated Man
11. Elaeudania Teitia
12. Le Talkie Walkie
13. Some Small Chance
14. Quand Tu T'y Mets
15. La Fille Au Rasoir
16. Quand Mon
17. Me Fair Les Yeux Deux
18. Fugue
19. Machins Choses
20. Negative Blues
See all 21 tracks on this disc

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CD Description

Serge Gainsbourg was one of the true characters of the 20thcentury, a prolific poet, cabaret singer, and songwriter. Gainsbourg was also a first class lecher, drinker and source of controversy wherever he went, with a habit of making records in a dizzying variety of styles.
When Gainsbourg began his prolific recording career in the late 1950's, he was lumped in with the wave of cynical chanson singers who dominated France during the reconstruction following World War Two. However, his love of African-American musical styles, in particular jazz, set him apart from his more conservative colleagues. DU JAZZ DANS LE RAVIN is a compilation of Gainsbourg's experiments in jazz. (At the same time he was also experimenting with traditional song styles, pop, calypso, and mambo.) His version of jazz, while heavenly influenced by heroes such as Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie and Billie Holiday, is at times similar to a French version of beatnik tone poems, especially in the title track and "Le Talkie-Walkie". Although he has a limited vocal range, Gainsbourg also manages a wounded Chet Baker imitation on tearjearkers such as "Black Trombone". DU JAZZ DANS LE RAVIN is an excellent Gainsbourg primer.

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5.0 out of 5 stars <Insert mildly funny title here>, 24 Feb 2006
By Ian Shine (England) - See all my reviews
  
This record is phenomenal. I am a jazz fan, but reckon it is pretty accessible for the non-jazz type as a good introduction to what your missing.
The album has a sense of frivolity about it, as do most of Serge's, but this does not detract at all from the quality of the music. It is also not made frivolous to hide inadequacies elsewhere.
Comparisons: certainly bears more than a few similarities to Matthew Herbert's Big Band album, although Serge does it much better. If you like Stan Getz/Astrud Gilberto, you'll probably like this. I'd say it also has a subtle latin edge to it, so if that floats your boat...
My only regret is that I didn't find out about this album earlier.
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