Author: Gainsbourg, Serge

Format: Best of

Release Date: 05-06-1996

Details: Amazon.ca Because he likes the jazz of Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington or Thelonious Monk, Gainsbourg is, after Boris Vian, the second French artist to decline the tempo in his own compositions. It is this jazzy period that the compilation Du jazz dans le ravin revisits, with 20 tracks which span from 1958 to 1964 and which are mainly taken from his first four albums. From deep jazz "Ce mortal ennui" to the delicate "Intoxicated Man" via the irresistible "Elaeudanla téïtéïa", "Coco and Co" or even "Quand mon 6.35 makes me look sweet". There are also some instrumentals composed by Gainsbourg for soundtracks of films such as L'Eau à la bouche, Les Loups dans la bergerie and Strip Tease. So many titles that marked the debut of Serge Gainsbourg and which already revealed a style like no other and a talented ability to play on both words and rhythms. --Sylvie Devilette

UPC: 731452262929

EAN: 0731452262929

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood