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MANU LE PRINCE/ TRIBUTE TO COLE PORTER now released!
JAZZMAN -december 2008-
" Princesse
Manu Le Prince possède une voix, une vraie, une de celles qui produisent sur l’auditeur la saveur d’un fruit sauvage.Elle sait aussi s’impliquer dans une interprétation avec une sincerité convaincante, une qualité reservée habituellement aux plus grands. Ses origines anglo-argentine et son statut de Brésilienne d’adoption lui premettent d’explorer l’univers de Cole Porter avec un éclectisme, une distanciation et un esprit d’ouverture qui restent garants de l’authenticité de sa démarche. Pour s’en convaincre, il suffit d’écouter le rythme chaloupé de Love for Sale et la manière dont elle tire la quintesssence des mélodies de I Get a Kick Out Of You et Let’s fall in Love. Là Manu Le Prince signe des interprétations qui éclairent toute le subtilité des compositions de Cole Porter. Elle sait aussi choisir les bons partenaires : Alain Jean-Marie, Gilles Naturel et John Betsch constituent la section rythmique dont rêvent toutes les chanteuses. Elle a eu aussi la bonne idée de solliciter le talent d’invités de luxe dont les interventions parachèvent la réussite de l’ensemble. Achevé."
Alain Thomas
BIOGRAPHY
"As years go by, Manu Le Prince stands out today as one of the most important voices of latin jazz in France. A singer known for her warm and sensuous vocal timbre, she is also an accomplished lyric writer and composer, so adding to her interpretations of standard jazz songs a very personal touch, giving them a new dimension. Anglo-Argentinian by birth and brazilian by heart, Manu has been living between France and Brazil during the latest twenty years.
Mixing intimately the Jazz music that rocked her childhood, with Bossa Nova and popular brazilian music (MPB), so following a path to success that started with her performances with Christian Vander's mythical french jazz band Magma, until more recently, through her collaboration with renowned brazilian performers such as trombonist Raul de Souza, Robertinho Silva, Rosinha de Valença, or even more outstandingly with musician extraordinaire Hermeto Pascoal, who wrote the following liner note on one of her latest albums MADRUGADA :
“Ela pensa, ela sente, ela canta maravihosamente bem " (she thinks, she feels. she sings marvelously well)"
She tours around the world with different musicians & bands, starting during the eighties with musicians such as Bernard Maury, Francis Lockwood or Danilo Perez on piano , Carlos Werneck (bass & guitar), Tatau Caetano ,
or L. Augusto Cavani on drums, Raul de souza (trombone), and more recently Alain Jean Marie on piano, Gilles Naturel (bass), Fred Sicart & ohn Betsch on drums , Cacau de Queiroz, Xavier Richardeau (baryton) or Stéphane Belmondo (bugle), Raul Mascarenhas (flute & sax) .
-in Brazil : Kiko Continentino, Rafael Vernet, Sergio Barroso, Arismar do Espirito Santo (bass & guitar), Filo Machado (guitar), Robertinho Silva, Pascoal Mereilles (drums), Luiz Carlos de Paula (percussion), Idriss Boudrioua (saxophone)
Projects for july 2O10: Brazil Tour and new CD recorded in Rio de Janeiro in collaboration with Idriss Boudrioua Septet (arrangements)!.
PRINCIPAL FESTIVALS :
Nancy Jazz Pulsations (1999 & 2006), Cuchadaçi Jazz Festival /Turkey (1999), TSF/ New Morning / Paris (2003), Antalya Jazz Festival / Turkey (2003), Sunside American Festival / Paris (2004 & 2007), Jazz à Vienne / Théâtre Antique (2004), Jazz in Marciac (2004), Jazz à l'Hospitalet /Narbonne (2004), Jazz in Marciac (2004 & 2008), Festival de Xirocourt / Nancy (2004), Jazz à Abudhabi / Emirates (2005), Festival st Germain/ Paris (2005, 2006, 2007), Festival de Samois/ Django Reinhardt (2005), Festival MPB de Paris (2005) , Jazz entre les deux Tours / La Rochelle (2005), Festival français de Belo Horizonte/ BRASIL ( juillet 2006), Jazzfamili /Guise (2006), Meer Jazz Festival/ Amsterdam (may 2007), Euritmix Festival /Bruxelles (2007), Kranj Jazzkamp Festival/Slovenia (2007), Jazz in Marciac (2008), Jazz à l'Ouest (2008), JVC Jazz Festival (2008), Carnaval Contramao/ Sesc Pinheiros -Sao Paulo/ Brasil (2009), Tabarka Jazz Festival/Tunisia (2009), Sunset American Festival /Paris(2009), Penedo Winter Jazz Festival /Brasil (2009), Carnaval Contramao-Sesc Pinhieros/Sao Paulo (2009), Ibitipoca Jazz/Brasil (2009), Festival Paris-Brasil (2010), Penedo Winter Jazz Festival 2010 .and others
NEW PROJECT: february /march 2011 Brazil Tour, and recording of a new album in Rio collaboration with the saxofonist & arranger Idriss BOUDRIOUA and his sextet .
Press on : www.manuleprince.com
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