Chanson: The Space in Between
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- "Ne Me Quitte Pas" (Jacques BrelJacques BrelJacques Brel was a Belgian singer-songwriter who composed and performed literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following in France initially, and later throughout the world. He was widely considered a master of the modern chanson...
, Des de MoorDes de MoorDes de Moor is a writer, singer, musician and songwriter. His first performance in front of a paying audience was in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England in June 1976. He worked with local bands and performed in folk clubs in the Hertford area during the late 1970s and 1980s before moving to London in...
) – 5:32- Originally recorded by Jacques BrelJacques BrelJacques Brel was a Belgian singer-songwriter who composed and performed literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following in France initially, and later throughout the world. He was widely considered a master of the modern chanson...
on 11 September 1959, and released on his album La Valse à Mille TempsLa Valse à Mille TempsLa Valse à Mille Temps is Jacques Brel's fourth album. Also known as Jacques Brel 4 and American Début, the album was released in 1959 by Philips...
(1959).
- Originally recorded by Jacques Brel
- "Sunday Morning, St Denis" (Robb JohnsonRobb JohnsonRobb Jenner Johnson is a British musician and songwriter, who has been called "one of the last genuinely political songwriters", and is known for his mix of political satire and wit...
) – 6:29- Originally from the Roy Bailey album Business as Usual (1994)
- "I Love Paris" (Cole PorterCole PorterCole Albert Porter was an American composer and songwriter. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, he defied the wishes of his domineering grandfather and took up music as a profession. Classically trained, he was drawn towards musical theatre...
) – 3:50- Originally from the Cole PorterCole PorterCole Albert Porter was an American composer and songwriter. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, he defied the wishes of his domineering grandfather and took up music as a profession. Classically trained, he was drawn towards musical theatre...
musical Can-Can, set in ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
in 1893. The original production opened at the Shubert Theatre, New YorkNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
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, 7 May 1953. The original cast recording was made on 17 May 1953, and released as an album in 1953.
- Originally from the Cole Porter
- "Les Marquises" (Brel, Johnson) – 6:32
- Originally recorded by Jacques BrelJacques BrelJacques Brel was a Belgian singer-songwriter who composed and performed literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following in France initially, and later throughout the world. He was widely considered a master of the modern chanson...
on 1 October 1977, and released on his album Les MarquisesLes MarquisesLes Marquises is Jacques Brel's final album. Also known as Brel, this was the first album of new songs by Brel in ten years. The album was released 17 November 1977. Brel's albums are sometimes known by different titles, and sometimes exist in different versions with the tracks arranged in...
(1977)
- Originally recorded by Jacques Brel
- "Cri du Cœur" (Henri Crolla, Fran Landesman, Jacques PrévertJacques PrévertJacques Prévert was a French poet and screenwriter. His poems became and remain very popular in the French-speaking world, particularly in schools. Some of the movies he wrote are extremely well regarded, with Les Enfants du Paradis considered one of the greatest films of all time.-Life and...
) – 2:40- Originally recorded by Édith PiafÉdith PiafÉdith Piaf , born Édith Giovanna Gassion, was a French singer and cultural icon who became widely regarded as France's greatest popular singer. Her singing reflected her life, with her specialty being ballads...
on 20 May 1960
- Originally recorded by Édith Piaf
- "Quartier Latin" (de Moor, Léo FerréLéo FerréLéo Ferré was a Franco-Monegasque poet, composer, singer and musician.Born in Monaco, Ferré mixed love and melancholy with moral anarchy, lyricism with slang, rhyming verse with prose monologues...
) – 5:13- Originally from the Léo Ferré album Léo Ferré (1967)
- "MariekeMarieke (song)Marieke is a 1962 song by the Belgian singer Jacques Brel.-The song:In Marieke, Brel sings about a Flemish girl, Marieke, whom he once loved and lived "between the towers of Bruges and Gent"...
" (Brel, de Moor) – 4:02- Originally recorded by Jacques BrelJacques BrelJacques Brel was a Belgian singer-songwriter who composed and performed literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following in France initially, and later throughout the world. He was widely considered a master of the modern chanson...
on 12 April 1961, and released on his album 5 (1961)
- Originally recorded by Jacques Brel
- "April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, Yip HarburgYip HarburgEdgar Yipsel Harburg , known as E.Y. Harburg or Yip Harburg, was an American popular song lyricist who worked with many well-known composers...
) – 2:48- Originally from the Vernon Duke/Yip HarburgYip HarburgEdgar Yipsel Harburg , known as E.Y. Harburg or Yip Harburg, was an American popular song lyricist who worked with many well-known composers...
revue Walk a Little Faster (1932). The original production opened at the St James Theatre, New YorkNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
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, 7 December 1932.
- Originally from the Vernon Duke/Yip Harburg
- "La Chanson des Vieux Amants" (Brel, de Moor, Gérard Jouannest) – 5:56
- Originally recorded by Jacques BrelJacques BrelJacques Brel was a Belgian singer-songwriter who composed and performed literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following in France initially, and later throughout the world. He was widely considered a master of the modern chanson...
on 3 January 1967, and released on his album Jacques Brel '67 (1967)
- Originally recorded by Jacques Brel
- "New Amsterdam" (Elvis CostelloElvis CostelloElvis Costello , born Declan Patrick MacManus, is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader...
) – 3:32- Originally from the Elvis Costello and the AttractionsElvis CostelloElvis Costello , born Declan Patrick MacManus, is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader...
album Get Happy!! (1980)
- Originally from the Elvis Costello and the Attractions
- "Les Poètes" (de Moor, Ferré) – 3:19
- Originally from the Léo Ferré album Paname (1960)
- "The Space In Between" (Barb JungrBarb JungrBarb Jungr is an English singer-songwriter, composer and writer, of Czech and German parentage. She is perhaps best known as a chansonnière, or singer of chansons—in the sense of classic, lyric-driven French songs; in the broader sense of European songs in the cabaret style; and in the even...
, James TomalinJames TomalinJames Tomalin is a British composer and music producer. He studied music at Cambridge University and at Goldsmiths College, and has written music for BBC TV, Channel 4, ITV and numerous films and albums.-External links:* James Tomalin's website....
) – 3:14 - "No Regrets" (Hal Davis, Charles Dumont, Michel Vaucaire) – 2:48
- Originally recorded as "Non, je ne regrette rienNon, je ne regrette rien"Non, je ne regrette rien" , meaning "No, I'm not sorry for anything", is a French song composed by Charles Dumont, with lyrics by Michel Vaucaire. It was written in 1956, and is best known through its 1960 recording by Édith Piaf....
" by Édith PiafÉdith PiafÉdith Piaf , born Édith Giovanna Gassion, was a French singer and cultural icon who became widely regarded as France's greatest popular singer. Her singing reflected her life, with her specialty being ballads...
on 10 November 1960
- Originally recorded as "Non, je ne regrette rien
Musicians
- Barb JungrBarb JungrBarb Jungr is an English singer-songwriter, composer and writer, of Czech and German parentage. She is perhaps best known as a chansonnière, or singer of chansons—in the sense of classic, lyric-driven French songs; in the broader sense of European songs in the cabaret style; and in the even...
- vocals - Russell ChurneyRussell ChurneyRussell Churney was an English composer, pianist, arranger and musical director. He was also a member of the legendary comedy/cabaret group, Fascinating Aïda...
- pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
(tracks 1, 4, 7, 9-10) - Simon WallaceSimon WallaceSimon Wallace is a British composer and pianist.Simon Wallace was born in Newport, South Wales. He studied music at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and University College, Oxford, where he ran the Oxford University Jazz Club and played with The Oxcentrics a Dixieland jazz band...
- piano (tracks 3, 5, 8, 13) - Kim Burton - accordionAccordionThe accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
(tracks 2, 3, 5, 7-9, 11), piano (tracks 6, 11-12), kavalKavalThe kaval is a chromatic end-blown flute traditionally played throughout Azerbaijan, Turkey, Hungary, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo, southern Serbia , northern Greece , Romania , and Armenia...
(track 4) - Rolf Wilson - violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
(tracks 3, 5-6, 8, 11-13) - Julie Walkington - double bassDouble bassThe double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
- James TomalinJames TomalinJames Tomalin is a British composer and music producer. He studied music at Cambridge University and at Goldsmiths College, and has written music for BBC TV, Channel 4, ITV and numerous films and albums.-External links:* James Tomalin's website....
- samplesSampling (music)In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...
(tracks 1, 5-7, 10, 12) - Kevin Hathway - percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
(tracks 2, 4-6, 10, 12)
Other personnel
- Calum Malcolm - engineerAudio engineeringAn audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including...
, mixingAudio mixing (recorded music)In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
, mastering - Ben Turner - post-production
- John Haxby - design, photographyPhotographyPhotography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
- Douglas Gibb - photography
External links
- Chanson: The Space In Between
- Chanson: The Space In Between section of the Des de Moor website
- Barb Jungr
- Official website
- Simon Wallace biography
- Simon Wallace section of the Fran Landesman website
- Kim Burton biography
- Kim Burton section of the Joglaresa website
- Rolf Wilson biography
- Rolf Wilson section of the Musicians Gallery website
- Julie Walkington biography
- Julie Walkington section of the Jazz Site website
- James Tomalin biography
- Staff profiles section of the Lime Music website
- Kevin Hathway biography
- Kevin Hathway section of the Royal College of Music website
- John Haxby
- Official website