Camille Bertault - Live at Au Fil des Voix Festival.

Format:

Video

Series:

Live at Au Fil des Voix Festival

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Europe.

French.

Jazz music.

Cultural identity.

Local Subjects:

Europe.

French.

Jazz music.

Cultural identity.

Genre:

Performance

Physical Description:

1 online resource (63 minutes)

Place of Publication:

Paris, Ile-de-France : Qwest TV, 2021.

Language Note:

In French.

In English.

Original language in French.

Original language in English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

She is beautiful, mischievous and seductive, but the essential is not there; Camille Bertault, who has also Dabbled in theater, is such an original artist that it is difficult to detect influences from other singers in her performance. This is partly due to the fact that her repertoire revolves around her own compositions (music and lyrics) in a program that knows how to combine the vocal phrasing of jazz culture and the art of song in the French language. We love “Berceuse de la 52 ° Rue”, composed with the Brazilian guitarist Diego Figueiredo as well as "Blue Bird", inspired by a poem by Charles Bukowski, which she performs alone on the piano. Even if we are sensitive to the themes of the songs (the passage of time as in “Je Vieillis;” the ravages of depression as in “Je Suis Un Arbre;” the violence that we feel as in” Le Tigre,” a song inspired by the Dormeur du Val by Rimbaud), the musicality of the lyrics does not do justice to the Melodies. But it is true that the marriage of poetry and music is a difficult alchemy to achieve. This small critical note does not erase the great pleasure of listening to this concert where Camille Bertault knows how to leave a beautiful space of expression to her musicians (Minino Garay and Donald Kontomanou are perfect). Whether a capella or scat, she is a wonderful singer with sensual phrasing; and this removes all doubts. Philippe Lesage

Notes:

Performed Au Fil des Voix

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