Thursday, March 18, 2010

Patricia KAAS - Scene De Vie 1990

Patricia KAAS - Scene De Vie 1990

Jazz

In 1990 Kaas began her first world tour, which lasted 16 months in total. She sang in front of about 750,000 fans in over 196 concerts in 12 countries. Among others Kaas sang daily for a week in Olympia and Zenith, one of the most famous concert halls in Paris. The concerts were sold out four months before they began. Kaas also gave other successful concerts in New York and Washington D.C. in the U.S.. At the end of the tour Mademoiselle chante... had sold 1 million copies in France alone and had achieved diamond status. Kaas received the Goldene Europa, one of the biggest German music awards.

In 1990 Kaas moved from her former record company Polydor to CBS/Sony. Cyril Prieur and Richard Walter of the firm Talent Sorcier from Paris replaced Bernard Schwartz to become her managers in 1987. Prieur and Walter contributed significantly to the singer's success, in return for which Kaas referred to them as her "family".
With a new record company she produced "Scène de vie" (Eng: Moments in Life) in 1990. It reached the top of the French charts and stayed there for 10 weeks, going diamond in the process as "Mademoiselle chante..." had done before it. With the song "Kennedy Rose" Kaas again worked with Elisabeth Depardieu and François Bernheim; this collaboration was more successful than Jalouse, reaching 34th place in the French singles charts. The song was dedicated to Rose Kennedy, matriarch of the Kennedy clan and mother of former U.S. president John F. Kennedy.

While on the "Scène de vie" tour the singer performed 210 concerts before 650,000 spectators in 13 countries, among them Japan, Canada and the USSR, where she sang in Moscow and Leningrad. At the end of 1991 her first live album Carnet de scène (Eng: Memories) appeared, which achieved popularity beyond her dedicated fans. 13 years later Sony also published the album as a live DVD.

In 1991 Kaas received two further internationally renowned music awards, the World Music Award and a Bambi. In the following year she received 3rd place in the category of 'Best International Female Singer' at the ECHO awards in Cologne, nominated alongside Cher (who received first place), Tina Turner, Madonna and Whitney Houston, four of the biggest names in the music business.
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As a fan of singing in general and Patrica Kaas' earlier work, I was disappointed in this album. Although Ms. Kaas' voice is as seductive as ever, much of the material here lacks the originality or emotional energy required to make the listener want to play the CD again and again. The result is mere "mood music" for which any easy-listening track could be substituted. From a commercial perspective, few if any of the songs have a "hook" that would endear them to the short attention spans of today's radio audience. I would suggest that those interested in Ms. Kaas' music should refer to her earlier works.
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After the success of Mademoiselle Chante and the change of the record company, Patricia Kaas managed to make another brilliant record. The whole CD is very laid back, retro, American. You can hear the songs, like L'Heure Du Jazz, Ou Vont Les Coeurs Brises, Regarde Les Riches, Tropic Blues Bar, Une Derniere Semaine A New York, with American jazz music as the background music. When you are listening to the CD, you feel you are in the United States in the 60s, 70s. Other powerful ballet songs are Les Mannequins D'Osier, Les Hommes Qui Passent, Bessie. Patricia Kaas is undoubtedly a diva in France. Her powerful and deep voice helps to express her rich feelings. This CD n Je Te Dis Vous/Tour De Charme are her best CDs of all. If you love Whitney Houston and Celine Dion, Patricia Kaas should/will be your another favourite female artist. She has the most beautiful voice among all French female artists after Edith Piaf.
By  Vince W.M. Chan.
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01. Générique 1:00 
    Arranged By - Thierry Durbet
    Music By - François Bernheim 
02. Les Mannequins D'Osier 3:51 
    Arranged By - Thierry Durbet
    Guitar - Kamil Rustam
    Lyrics By - Didier Barbelivien
    Music By - François Bernheim
    Saxophone - Patrick Bourgoin 
03. L'Heure Du Jazz 3:59 
    Arranged By - Jean-Yves D'Angelo , Kamil Rustam
    Contrabass - Jean-Pierre Celea
    Drums - André Ceccarelli
    Guitar - Kamil Rustam
    Lyrics By - Jean-François Collo
    Music By - Didier Barbelivien , François Bernheim
    Piano, Organ - Jean-Yves D'Angelo
    Trumpet - A. Russo 
04. Coeurs Brisés 3:22 
    Arranged By - Claude Samard
    Drums - Claude Salmieri
    Guitar - Claude Samard
    Lyrics By - Thierry Delianis
    Music By - Charles France
    Piano - Jean-Yves D'Angelo
    Saxophone - Patrick Bourgoin
    Synthesizer - J. Gueguen 
05. Regarde Les Riches 3:41 
    Arranged By - Claude Samard
    Backing Vocals - François Bernheim , J. Mercier , S. Batteux
    Bass - G. Delacroix
    Drums - Claude Salmieri
    Guitar - Claude Samard
    Harmonica - Jean-Jacques Milteau
    Lyrics By - Didier Barbelivien , François Bernheim
    Music By - Didier Barbelivien
    Piano - Jean-Yves D'Angelo , J. Gueguen
    Saxophone - Serge Roux 
06. Les Hommes Qui Passent 3:46 
    Arranged By - Jean-Yves D'Angelo , Kamil Rustam
    Guitar - Kamil Rustam
    Lyrics By - Didier Barbelivien
    Music By - François Bernheim 
07. Bessie 4:07 
    Arranged By, Producer [Realization] - B. Chatenet , Frank Langolff , P. Osman
    Backing Vocals - A. Macina , A. Calvert
    Engineer - B. Chatenet
    Engineer [Assistant] - R. Letang , S. Masson
    Engineer [Vocals, Assistant], Mixed By [Assistant] - Jacques Romensky
    Engineer [Vocals], Mixed By - Bruno Lambert
    Lyrics By - Pierre Grosz
    Music By - Frank Langolff
    Programmed By, Synthesizer, Guitar - P. Osman 
08. Tropic Blues Bar 4:00 
    Arranged By - Claude Samard
    Bass - G. Delacroix
    Engineer - B. Fourrier , Bruno Lambert
    Lyrics By - Joëlle Kopf
    Mixed By - Bruno Lambert
    Mixed By [Assistant] - Jacques Romensky
    Music By - Jerry Lipkins
    Piano - Jean-Yves D'Angelo
    Saxophone - Patrick Bourgoin 
09. A L'Enterrement De Sidney Bechet 3:07 
    Arranged By - Jean-Yves D'Angelo , Kamil Rustam
    Guitar - Kamil Rustam
    Lyrics By - Didier Barbelivien
    Music By - François Bernheim
    Saxophone [Soprano] - P. Gossez 
10. Kennedy Rose 3:21 
    Arranged By - Jean-Yves D'Angelo , Kamil Rustam
    Lyrics By - Elizabeth Depardieu*
    Music By - Didier Barbelivien , François Bernheim 
11. Une Dernière Semaine À New York 3:04 
    Arranged By - Thierry Durbet
    Guitar - Claude Samard , Kamil Rustam
    Lyrics By - Didier Barbelivien
    Music By - François Bernheim 
12. Patou Blues 3:51 
    Arranged By - Claude Samard
    Drums - Claude Salmieri
    Guitar - Claude Samard
    Harmonica - Jean-Jacques Milteau
    Lyrics By - Didier Barbelivien
    Music By - François Bernheim 
13. Générique (Orchestral) 1:00 
    Arranged By - Thierry Durbet
    Music By - François Bernheim 
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