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A Palace of Melancholy with a French tinge. Charles Aznavour
waxes lyrical over the
miracle that happens when a woman begins
to sing, and music from vibraphone player
Lionel Hampton who
was immensely popular in France in the 50's and made some très fabuleux
recordings such as Je ne sais pas.
And
then Blossom Dearie, the singer with the delicate voice, in her French
period;
the contemporary voice artist Sly Johnson who creates a
hypnotic sound universe
with trumpeter Erik Truffaz ; Edith Piaf in
duet with her youthful husband Théo
Sarapo who, when she died shortly
afterwards was found to have left a million in
debt which led to him being evicted
from their house over Christmas - “ The house doesn't sing any more”, as he sung
bitterly.
Above
all some cycling numbers, such as a disarming observation by Herman van
Veen about a
little girl on a wobbly bike and
a moving song by
Robert Long about the father whose friend
he could have been, but they
had a row and when he sees
him old and hunched over his
bike cycling
past would love to
call to him and patch things up, but can't...
In addition: Charles Trenet,
Chet Baker, Jacques Brel, het Quintette van de Hot Club de France and Fay Lovsky.
Broadcast: Saturday 4 July, 20:00 CET
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