| French Songs by Alexis MorelAfter the release of the album "Cent Soleils", Gelsomina - also known as Marie Salvat - returns accompanied by pianist Pablo Murgier to sing the wonderful lyrics of Alexis Morel.There is a rare poetic fragrance in Alexis Morel's songs. A gentle madness, a cynicism, and a sometimes bewildering liveliness as they seem to adhere to the author's language. His symbolist writing is also very pictorial, the kind where the musicality of words is already melody and landscape. The encounter of his pen with Marie Salvat's universe has led to a deep reflection on the appropriation of this literary and musical score by the performer who carries it. A reinterpretation has been initiated through residencies with long stretches of musical improvisations driven by the jazz culture of the musicians. In addition to the relationship with this powerful and dreamlike poetry, Marie Salvat's very duende interpretation adds, with her particular gestural language, erected around a microphone stand, a central support and a neuralgic point that resists the currents of such a slender body. Mad or unsympathetic characters, intimate stanzas with Ravel-like colors, surrealist poems, and initiatory tales for adults make it a gateway to an imaginary world with a hundred stars, a daydream with wide-open eyes.Velours, velours — A kind of cabaretEvery Saturday afternoon, 38Riv turns into a piano bar in Havana, a cozy club in Harlem, or a forgotten Broadway stage. It's not just a concert: it's a lively and theatrical dive into the golden age of jazz and musical comedy. Imagine a vibrant tribute to the voices of Billie Holiday, Judy Garland, Ella Fitzgerald, and Louis Armstrong. A timeless parenthesis, between the pages of a Fitzgerald novel and the backstage of a New York cabaret, where singing, storytelling, playing, and laughing take place. "Velours, velours" is the elegance of a bygone era, the warmth of a shared moment, and the emotion of a story told through music....
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| French Songs by Alexis MorelAfter the release of the album "Cent Soleils", Gelsomina - also known as Marie Salvat - returns accompanied by pianist Pablo Murgier to sing the wonderful lyrics of Alexis Morel.There is a rare poetic fragrance in Alexis Morel's songs. A gentle madness, a cynicism, and a sometimes bewildering liveliness as they seem to adhere to the author's language. His symbolist writing is also very pictorial, the kind where the musicality of words is already melody and landscape. The encounter of his pen with Marie Salvat's universe has led to a deep reflection on the appropriation of this literary and musical score by the performer who carries it. A reinterpretation has been initiated through residencies with long stretches of musical improvisations driven by the jazz culture of the musicians. In addition to the relationship with this powerful and dreamlike poetry, Marie Salvat's very duende interpretation adds, with her particular gestural language, erected around a microphone stand, a central support and a neuralgic point that resists the currents of such a slender body. Mad or unsympathetic characters, intimate stanzas with Ravel-like colors, surrealist poems, and initiatory tales for adults make it a gateway to an imaginary world with a hundred stars, a daydream with wide-open eyes.Velours, velours — A kind of cabaretEvery Saturday afternoon, 38Riv turns into a piano bar in Havana, a cozy club in Harlem, or a forgotten Broadway stage. It's not just a concert: it's a lively and theatrical dive into the golden age of jazz and musical comedy. Imagine a vibrant tribute to the voices of Billie Holiday, Judy Garland, Ella Fitzgerald, and Louis Armstrong. A timeless parenthesis, between the pages of a Fitzgerald novel and the backstage of a New York cabaret, where singing, storytelling, playing, and laughing take place. "Velours, velours" is the elegance of a bygone era, the warmth of a shared moment, and the emotion of a story told through music.
| Chansons françaises d'Alexis MorelAprès la sortie de l'album "Cent Soleils", Gelsomina - alias Marie Salvat - revient accompagnée du pianiste Pablo Murgier pour chanter les merveilleux textes d'Alexis Morel.Il y a un parfum de poésie rare dans les chansons d’Alexis Morel.Une douce folie, un cynisme et une alacrité parfois déroutants tant ils semblent adhérer au langage de l’auteur. Son écriture symboliste est aussi très picturale, de celle où la musicalité des mots est déjà mélodie et paysage.La rencontre de sa plume avec l’univers de Marie Salvat a entraîné une profonde réflexion sur l’appropriation de cette partition littéraire et musicale par l’interprète qui la porte. Une relecture a été engagée au travers de résidences aux longues plages d’improvisations musicales portées par la culture jazz des musiciens.Au rapport à cette poésie puissante et onirique s’ajoute l’interprétation très duende de Marie Salvat, avec sa gestuelle si particulière, érigée autour d’un pied de micro, tuteur central et point névralgique qui résiste aux courants d’un corps si longiligne.Personnages fous ou antipathiques, strophes intimistes aux couleurs ravéliennes, poésies surréalistes et contes initiatiques pour les grandes personnes en font une porte vers un imaginaire aux cent étoiles, une rêverie les yeux grands ouverts.Velours, velours — A kind of cabaretChaque samedi après-midi, le 38Riv se transforme en un piano-bar à la Havane, en un club feutré de Harlem ou en une scène de Broadway oubliée. Il ne s’agit pas seulement d’un concert : c’est une plongée vivante et théâtrale dans l’âge d’or du jazz et de la comédie musicale.Imaginez un hommage vibrant aux voix de Billie Holiday, Judy Garland, Ella Fitzgerald et Louis Armstrong. Une parenthèse hors du temps, entre les pages d’un roman de Fitzgerald et les coulisses d’un cabaret new-yorkais, où l'on chante, on raconte, on joue et on rit.« Velours, velours », c’est l’élégance d’une époque révolue, la chaleur d’un moment partagé, et l’émotion d’une histoire racontée en musique.
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