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The Armenian-born Charles Aznavour was one of France's greatest talents in the postwar era. His popularity with his adopted countrywomen and men lasted from 1950 until the 1980s. Jezebel was one of the first big recordings for Aznavour. Recorded in 1953, it reveals the singer to be not quite in command of his own style of delivery, instead imitating a combination of earlier performers such as Maurice Chevalier, the American Louis Prima, and various calypso singers who were plentiful in Paris at the time. Chevalier and Prima? What a combination. Aznavour, before becoming such a fine ballad singer, was attempting to be a swinger, so he used bits and pieces of Chevalier's accessible vaudeville persona along with the emergent hipsterism of Prima. And it works. Check out "Couches dans le Roin," "Intoxique," with its Grappelli/Reinhardt groove, and of course, the title track, with its faux flamenco intro and comically dramatic melody line. There is also the wondrous "Poker," which is arranged like a Sinatra tune for the French theater and comes off like a conversational Prima tune with its near scat and falling eights in the bridge. This is an awesome record for its pure hedonistic value. Lounge lizards would be well advised to keep an eye and ear out for this baby. Perhaps it should have been called "Aznavour Slums It."
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Charles Aznavour, Composer, Writer, Performance, MainArtist - Jeff Davis, Composer, Writer - Michel Ramos et ses rythmes, Adapter
© 2014 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1953 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
Charles Aznavour, Performance, MainArtist - C. Aznavour, Composer, Writer - Mireille, Composer, Writer - Jean Nohain, Composer, Writer
© 2014 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1953 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
Charles Aznavour, Composer, Writer, Performance, MainArtist - Gaby Wagenheim, Composer, Writer - Charles Aznavour Gaby Wagenheim, Composer
© 2014 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1953 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
Charles Aznavour, Composer, Writer, Performance, MainArtist - Pierre Roche, Composer
© 2014 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1952 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
Charles Aznavour, Lyricist, Performance, MainArtist - Gaby Wagenheim, Composer - Robert Valentino & Ses Rythmes, Adapter
© 2014 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1953 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
Charles Aznavour, Lyricist, Performance, MainArtist - Gabriel Wagenheim, Composer
© 2014 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company Label Parlophone, ℗ 1953 Warner Music France
Charles Aznavour, Lyricist, Performance, MainArtist - Gilbert Becaud, Composer
© 2014 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1954 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
Charles Aznavour, Writer, Performance, MainArtist - Gilbert Becaud, Composer - Jean Leccia, Adapter
© 2014 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company Label Parlophone, ℗ 1953 Warner Music France
Charles Aznavour, Composer, Writer, Performance, MainArtist - Wayne Shanklin, Composer, Writer
© 2014 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company Label Parlophone, ℗ 1951 Warner Music France
Charles Aznavour, Composer, Writer, Performance, MainArtist - Pierre Roche, Composer - Robert Valentino, Adapter
© 2014 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1951 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
Charles Aznavour, Composer, Writer, Performance, MainArtist
© 2014 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company Label Parlophone, ℗ 1952 Warner Music France
Charles Aznavour, Lyricist, Performance, MainArtist - Pierre Roche, Composer
© 2014 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1954 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
Jo Moutet, Arranger - Louiguy, Composer, Writer - Charles Aznavour, Composer, Writer, Performance, MainArtist
© 2014 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1954 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
Charles Aznavour, Writer, Performance, MainArtist - Charles Aznavour Gaby Wagenheim, Composer - G Wagenheim, Composer - Wagenheim, Composer
© 2014 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1954 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
Charles Aznavour, Composer, Writer, Performance, MainArtist - R Roche, Composer, Writer
© 2014 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1954 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
Charles Aznavour, Composer, Writer, Performance, MainArtist
© 2014 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company Label Parlophone, ℗ 1955 Warner Music France
Charles Aznavour, Composer, Writer, Performance, MainArtist - Adams, Writer - Gallop, Composer - Sammy Gallop, Composer, Writer - Kurt Adams, Composer, Writer
© 2014 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1954 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
Album review
The Armenian-born Charles Aznavour was one of France's greatest talents in the postwar era. His popularity with his adopted countrywomen and men lasted from 1950 until the 1980s. Jezebel was one of the first big recordings for Aznavour. Recorded in 1953, it reveals the singer to be not quite in command of his own style of delivery, instead imitating a combination of earlier performers such as Maurice Chevalier, the American Louis Prima, and various calypso singers who were plentiful in Paris at the time. Chevalier and Prima? What a combination. Aznavour, before becoming such a fine ballad singer, was attempting to be a swinger, so he used bits and pieces of Chevalier's accessible vaudeville persona along with the emergent hipsterism of Prima. And it works. Check out "Couches dans le Roin," "Intoxique," with its Grappelli/Reinhardt groove, and of course, the title track, with its faux flamenco intro and comically dramatic melody line. There is also the wondrous "Poker," which is arranged like a Sinatra tune for the French theater and comes off like a conversational Prima tune with its near scat and falling eights in the bridge. This is an awesome record for its pure hedonistic value. Lounge lizards would be well advised to keep an eye and ear out for this baby. Perhaps it should have been called "Aznavour Slums It."
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 00:46:21
- Main artists: Charles Aznavour
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Warner (France)
- Genre: World Europe French Music
© 2014 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1955 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
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