Bons Baisers De Paris - French Swing Jazz at Kunstfabrik Schlot

Jazz singer Susanna Bartilla and jazz violinist Hanna Bienert are celebrating great French musicians from the 30s to the 50s with fresh arrangements.

This irresistible repertoire celebrates the great French singers and composers, from Charles Trénet to Yves Montand and Aznavour and provides the timeless melodies from the heyday of French Swing with a makeover that really lets them shimmer in a whole new light.
With their new look and feel, free from kitsch and completely without any accordion, these swinging chansons shine like freshly cut diamonds, as alluring as a barefoot Bardot relaxing in her striped shirt on the Saint Tropez beach, as easy-going as a Maurice Chevalier gaily sporting a straw boater, as mysterious as Juliette Gréco in an existentialist Parisian jazz club....

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Jazz singer Susanna Bartilla and jazz violinist Hanna Bienert are celebrating great French musicians from the 30s to the 50s with fresh arrangements.

This irresistible repertoire celebrates the great French singers and composers, from Charles Trénet to Yves Montand and Aznavour and provides the timeless melodies from the heyday of French Swing with a makeover that really lets them shimmer in a whole new light.
With their new look and feel, free from kitsch and completely without any accordion, these swinging chansons shine like freshly cut diamonds, as alluring as a barefoot Bardot relaxing in her striped shirt on the Saint Tropez beach, as easy-going as a Maurice Chevalier gaily sporting a straw boater, as mysterious as Juliette Gréco in an existentialist Parisian jazz club.
From the Riviera to the Rive Gauche, plenty of joie de vivre and a little bit of melancholy collude in this program to create an atmosphere that will leave you tingling with joy.

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