Audio CD review:
Serge Gainsbourg - Du Jazz Dans Le Ravin

Serge Gainsbourg - Du Jazz Dans Le Ravin

Band: Serge Gainsbourg Title: Du Jazz Dans Le Ravin Rating: Release Date: 25 February, 1997 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Angoisse (Instrumental) 2: Du Jazz Dans Le Ravin 3: Requiem Pour Un Twisteur 4: Chez Les Ye-Ye 5: Black March (Instrumental) 6: Black Trombone 7: Ce Mortel Ennui 8: Generique 9: Coco And Co 10: Intoxicated Man 11: Elaeudanla Teiteia 12: Le Talkie Walkie 13: Some Small Chance (Instrumental) 14: Quand Tu T'y Mets 15: La Fille Au Rasoir 16: Quand Mon 6.35 Me Fait Les Yeux Doux 17: Fugee (Instrumental) 18: Machins Choses 19: Negative Blues 20: Wake Me At Five (Instrumental)

Customer Reviews gainsbourg jazz!!!!!! Some are recorded by trio including Elek Bacsik on guitar and Michel Gaudry on double bass. Jazzy songs are selected from few albums from 1958 to 1964. You can find some intrumentals too, like Angoisse, Black March {from movie L'Eau à la Bouche},. . . My favourite song from this album is Black Trombone. Put it on, open some wine, invite the girl, and you're gonna have an unforgettable evening. Believe me. Genius I think this is his best album. Work of genius from a very versatile artist. I don't know how he does it -- sensitive yet callous, superficial yet intense. Sorry to sound corny but there it is. I hear his songs in my head, they are hard to shake off, they are so right-on. You think it's just for fun and then you realize later, this stuff is deep!. Requiem pour un twisteur This album is the product of his admiration for and emulation of jazz. Gainsbourg dabbled with many styles, but he loved jazz and produced a lot of jazz works, particularly in the earliest parts of his career. It is clear he is trying to carve out something original. Indeed his work is quite distinctive. . . vintage Gainsbourg with its roots clearly in jazz. Still the same tongue-in-cheek Gainsbourg (if you understand French, a pretty funny set of lyrics is to be had in the tune "Du jazz dans le Ravin". ) All recorded in the early 1960s, this record is a collection of Gainsbourg's experiments with jazz. While some of the music sounds standard and repetitive, there are moments of originality and brilliance. My personal favourites are "Requiem pour un twisteur", "Chez les Yé-Yé', "Black Trombone" (which sounds sort of a like a lounge singer's act), "Quand Mon 6. 35 me fait les yeux doux" and "Machins choses" (which strikes me as somewhat melancholy for some reason. ) This is definitely a worthwhile listen/purchase. For more Serge-related stuff (tribute albums) check out the Serge Gainsbourg CD of the Great Jewish Artists series and also the Mick Harvey CDs (with English language musical interpretations of many Gainsbourg songs). . You can see a complete list of all Serge Gainsbourg discography, or go back to the Serge Gainsbourg tabs