Octave Et Anatole –1000 Visages De Billie Holiday at Bal Blomet

Billie Holiday, inspired from childhood by Louis Amstrong and Bessie Smith discovered the scene by chance, just like the profession of singer. From the first moments; his hoarse, bewitching and tragic voice took the audience by the throat, especially John Hammond who recorded it with Benny Goodman in 1933 and launched his exceptional career. It was also by chance, as a teenager, that Gabrielle Sandman discovered Billie's voice. That wonderful voice that acts like an octopus and “hangs you with eight arms”. (Vian, 1954). In septet, the collective Octave and Anatole make us discover or rediscover, through music and words, some of the 1000 faces of Billie. From the in love to the excessive, from the passionate to the flayed. All these faces that follow one another but are never alike....

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Billie Holiday, inspired from childhood by Louis Amstrong and Bessie Smith discovered the scene by chance, just like the profession of singer. From the first moments; his hoarse, bewitching and tragic voice took the audience by the throat, especially John Hammond who recorded it with Benny Goodman in 1933 and launched his exceptional career. It was also by chance, as a teenager, that Gabrielle Sandman discovered Billie's voice. That wonderful voice that acts like an octopus and “hangs you with eight arms”. (Vian, 1954). In septet, the collective Octave and Anatole make us discover or rediscover, through music and words, some of the 1000 faces of Billie. From the in love to the excessive, from the passionate to the flayed. All these faces that follow one another but are never alike.

Billie Holiday, inspirée  dès l’enfance par Louis Amstrong et Bessie Smith découvre la scène par hasard, tout comme le métier de chanteuse.Dès les premiers instants ; sa voix à la fois rauque, envoûtante et tragique prend à la gorge le public et notamment John Hammond  qui l’enregistre avec Benny Goodman en 1933 et lancera sa carrière exceptionnelle.C’est aussi par hasard, à l’adolescence, que Gabrielle Sandman découvre la voix de Billie. Cette voix merveilleuse qui agit comme une pieuvre et « vous accroche avec huit bras ».  (Vian, 1954).En septet, le collectif Octave et Anatole nous font découvrir ou redécouvrir, par la  musique et par les mots, quelques-uns des 1000 visages de Billie.De l’amoureuse à l’excessive, de la passionnée à l’écorchée. Tous ces visages qui se succèdent mais qui  jamais ne se ressemblent.

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