Patricia KAAS - Scene De Vie 1990

Patricia KAAS - Scene De Vie 1990

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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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Patricia KAAS - Piano Bar 2002

Patricia KAAS - Piano Bar 2002
Label: Sony  / Columbia

Jazz

Patricia Kaas (Forbach, December 5 of 1966) is a singer French candidate and Marianne (the personification of the Republic) in 2000.
Stiring-Wendel grew up in a family of seven, a German mother and French father miner. With the help of her parents, Patricia began to give concerts at the age of 8 years. Sang the songs of Sylvie Vartan, Claude François and Mireille Mathieu, and American songs like "New York, New York."
For 13 years signed a contract with the German cabaret Rumpelkammer Saarbrücken, where he will sing all night Saturday at 7 years. In 1985 he 'discovered' by the actor Gérard Depardieu, who decided to produce the first song of Kaas' Jalouse 'which is a medium failure.
Two years later will meet with Didier Barbelivien, who wrote the song "Mademoiselle chante le blues", which was recorded in 1988. Since then Patricia will sell millions of albums between 1988 and 1999 thanks to his charisma, his unique voice and good composers (notably Jean-Jacques Goldman and Pascal Obispo).
In 1993 and 1994 he made a great tour of the World Tour de Charme of what a CD was released. Participated in 2002 with Jeremy Irons in a film by Claude Lelouch (And Now Ladies and Gentlemen), his first experience on the big screen and whose soundtrack is included on his album by Patricia Kaas Piano Bar, a tribute to French music.
Patricia is the representative of France at the Festival of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow with the song Et s'il fallait le faire one of the great ballads that have been presented in the festival, and according to experts one of the favorites for the European public and the jury. A song that many have said that is not to dance but to listen to it again and again because it awakens the best feelings of humanity ....
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“While not a soundtrack per se, this suite of songs was inspired by Claude Lelouche's And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen (2001). In the film, French singing star Patricia Kaas portrays a nightclub chanteuse suffering from a brain tumor who falls for a similarly afflicted thief (played by Jeremy Irons.) Given the plotline, it's not surprising that the tunes are drawn primarily from the classic chanson tradition. But strangely, Kaas interprets most of them in the maudlin English translations once favored by the Rat Pack, Rod McKuen, and Bobby Darin. Even so, and despite her consistently over-cautious phrasing, the vocals are attractively languid and husky, inflected with a dead-pan world-weariness that Marlene Dietrich would have recognized. However, it would be pleasant to hear Kaas essay this repertoire in a more intimate, warm-toned setting. As it is, her voice is periodically overwhelmed by echo plus poorly calibrated electric bass and keyboard lines.”
By Christina Roden.
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Patricia Kaas- Vocals
Martin Ditcham- Drums, Percussion
Steve Sidwell- Trumpet
Neil Sidwell- Trombone
John Themis- Guitar
Robin Miller- Guitar, Organ, Bass
Chris Cameron- Piano, Keyboards
Jamie Talbert- Alto Flute
Steve Walters- Bass
Rob Davis- Guitar, Keyboards
Marcello Auletta- Keyboards
Roy Martin- Drums
Also:
Michel Legrand- Strings
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01. My Man (Mon Homme)
02. If You Go Away (Ne Me Quitte Pas)
03. What Now My Love (Et Maintenant)
04. Un Homme Et Une Femme
05. The Summer Knows (Un Ete 42)
06. I Wish You Love (Que Este T Il De Nos Amours)
07. Yesterday When I Was Young (Hier Encore)
08. Les Moulins De Mon Coeur (The Windmills Of Your Mind)
09. Autumn Leaves (Les Feuilles Mortes)
10. Where Do I Begin (Love Story)
11. Syracuse
12. La Mer
13. And Now Ladies And Gentlemen (Generique)
14. If You Go Away (Remix)
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