Timeless as it is, you could have asked, justly, whether or not the new
millennium really needed yet another interpretation of the Jacques Brel
songbook, so often had it been attempted, both successfully and
miserably, in the preceding century. Barb Jungr definitively answered
that question on Chanson: The Space in Between, and she answered
resoundingly in the affirmative -- it is an exhilarating purr of an
effort. But then, Jungr, a longstanding anchor of the British
alternative cabaret circuit, had already been compared to both Lotte
Lenya and Edith Piaf prior to recording this first full-fledged effort
in the genre (she had previously performed some of the music live and
Bare did include a Brel song amongst its set list), so its
accomplishment is no surprise. The album, too, goes well beyond Brel,
featuring as it does a repertoire that includes songs by Cole Porter,
Jacques Prévert, Léo Ferré, and E.Y. "Yip" Harburg from the old
tradition, as well as a tune from the pen of Elvis Costello and a modern
chanson from compatriot Robb Johnson. There are several reasons why
Chanson is such a splendid realization of Jungr's vision. For one, the
singer specially commissioned translations of the Brel and Ferré pieces
from Johnson and fellow cabaret haunter Des de Moor, and they represent
the most accurate renderings of these songs into English. Secondly,
producer Calum Malcolm, utilizing an extremely sympathetic band, creates
rich, poignant backdrops for the songs. You can hear the mythic Paris
of yore wafting throughout, particularly in "Sunday Morning St. Denis"
and "Cri du Coeur," while there is an equally strong strain of
straight-ahead jazz ("Quartier Latin," "The Space in Between"). Most
important, though, are the ravishing readings given by Jungr. Her
performance ranges from the almost desperate and passion-haunted, both
in life and love ("La Chanson des Vieux Amants"), to the positively
triumphant ("Marieke") with equal skill, sounding as gorgeously
weathered on "I Love Paris" as she seems delightfully guileless and
clear-eyed on "New Amsterdam" (with its flawlessly ringing production).
This is cabaret in its highest form. by Stanton Swihart
Tracklist :
1 Ne Me Quitte Pas 5:32
Jacques Brel
2 Sunday Morning St. Denis 6:29
Robert A. Johnson / Sam Mosley
3 I Love Paris 3:50
Cole Porter
4 Les Marquises 6:32
Jacques Brel
5 Cri du Coeur 2:40
Henri Crolla / Jacques Prévert
6 Quartier Latin 5:13
Léo Ferré
7 Marieke 4:02
Jacques Brel / Gérard Jouannest
8 April in Paris 2:48
Vernon Duke / E.Y. "Yip" Harburg
9 La Chanson des Vieux Amants (The Song of Old Lovers) 5:56
Jacques Brel
10 New Amsterdam 3:32
Elvis Costello
11 Les Poètes (The Poets) 3:19
Léo Ferré
12 The Space in Between 3:14
Barb Jungr / James Tomalin
13 No Regrets 2:48
Charles Dumont / Michel Vaucaire
Credits :
Accordion, Piano – Kim Burton (tracks: 2 to 9, 11, 12)
Acoustic Bass – Julie Walkington
Percussion – Kevin Hathway (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 10, 12)
Piano – Russell Churney (tracks: 1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10), Simon Wallace (tracks: 3, 8, 13)
Sampler – James Tomalin (tracks: 1, 4 to 7, 10, 12)
Violin – Rolf Wilson (tracks: 3, 5, 6, 8, 11 to 13)
Vocals – Barb Jungr
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