Blues Au Feminin

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 26, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Musicrama Records
• ASIN: B00061QK0C
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #247,158 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. L' Amour Flou - Amina

2. L' Amour Flou - Juliette Greco

3. Paroles, Paroles - Dalida

4. Ca Fait Mal et Ca Fait Rien - Zazie

5. Youkali - Dee Dee Bridgewater

6. Île Amoureuse - Helena

7. Mon Légionnaire - Viktor Lazlo

8. Touche Par Touche - Maurane

9. Les Avalanches - Jane Birkin

10. Mademoiselle Chante le Blues - Patricia Kaas

11. Avec le Temps - Abbey Lincoln

12. Où Es-Tu Passé Mon Saint-Germain-Des--Prés? - Nicoletta

13. Ne Me Quitte Pas - Nina Simone

14. Quand on S'Aime - Nana Mouskouri

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blues Au Feminin, March 22, 2005

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Alexis "Alexis" (New York City, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blues Au Feminin (Audio CD)

First let me clarify to all that "Blues Au Feminin" means The Blues Of A Woman - songs of women in a "blue" mood. This is not Blues styled music done by women as some may think.

"Ca Fait Mal Et Ca Fait Rien" by Zazie is very upbeat with such a beautiful chorus line. Otherwise most of the tracks are a Jazzy Lounge style, very cool. I really enjoy listening to this cd at home and at work.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Choose the Blues, March 14, 2005

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Michael Ashley Schulman, Cfa (Newport Beach, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blues Au Feminin (Audio CD)

The album is groovy, mellow, breathy French lounge jazz - superb as the background music for a cocktail party, intimate tête-à-tête, or high-quality tome. However, please note, that "Blues Au Feminin" does not carry the deep, gut wrenching emotionalism of JAZZ nor the excessive jubilance of JAZZ, rather, it finds a lounge induced middle road JAZZ that will be perfect for many.

-- Amina's raspy L'inconditonnel Amour sets the relaxed mood from launch.

-- Juliette Grec's romantic L'Amour Flou, carries a nuance of mysterious James Bond 007 swing in its throaty deliverance.

-- Dalida's fun Paroles, Paroles, is a charming melody with conversational male vocal overlays.

-- Ca Fait Ma Et Ca Fait Rien by Zazie, is a poppy jazz tune, very modern, with strumming strings.

-- Youkali's Dee Dee Bridgewater is dark and sultry like a French Diane Krull..

-- LLe Amoureuse, by Helena, sounds similar to soft water jazz.

-- Viktor Lazlo's romantic Mon Legionnaire stuns with simplicity.

-- Maurane's upbeat Touche Par Touche has the strong vocals we have come to love and well as a poignant hard edge.

-- Les Avalanches, is done wonderfully by Jane Birkin, in a very old black and white movie style.

-- Patricia Kaas's Mademoiselle Chante Le Blues, is one of the nicest and freshest jazz with horn compositions on the album.

-- Abbey Lincoln's Avec Le Temps, like a song performed for oneself rather than for an audience, has the smooth soulful feel of Southern jazz that is refreshing and truthful.

-- Ou' Es-Tu Passe Mon Saint-Germain-Des-Pres?, by Nicoletta, belts a voice that beautifully wraps itself around the notes.

-- Nina Simone's, Ne Me Quitte Pas, has the stuttering feel of a warped 1920's vinyl recording that is astonishing. You can see the sound. Possibly the most unique composition on this compilation.

-- Quand On S'Aime, by Nana Mouskouri, is a pleasant stagy end to an intimate CD anthology.

The artists are superstar solid and the "Blues Au Feminin" album stays true to itself: each tune is wonderful and fits well in genre to all the others. None-the-less, several of my friends could not help but wish that the production took more risk in the selection of some of its tunes.

4 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars skip this one if you're looking for the blues, February 1, 2005

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Cathawk (Arlington MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blues Au Feminin (Audio CD)

To be fair, I've only listened to this album once, and sometimes albums take a while to grow on me. But this collection makes it seem that French women cannot sing the blues! The strongest tracks here come from (American) Abbey Lincoln and Nina Simone; the others are the sort of wispy, breathy fluff that I imagine French parents listened to in the 1960s the way mine listened to Mantovani and Doris Day. You might like this style or not, but it's not the blues, so pass this one up if that's what you're looking for.