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Petite Fleur / Adonis Rose & New Orleans Jazz Orchestra feat. Cyrille Aimée
Storyville Records

Petite Fleur / Adonis Rose & New Orleans Jazz Orchestra feat. Cyrille Aimée

$19.99

Details

Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
NEW ORLEANS JAZZ ORCHESTRA
Format
CD
Label
Storyville Records
Released
Oct 15, 2021
Catalog #
SVL1018492
UPC
717101849222

About

The celebrated New Orleans Jazz Orchestra examines and the profound relationship of its hometown to the nation of France with its release of Petite Fleur on Storyville Records. The second album under the artistic directorship of drummer Adonis Rose features ten songs, nine of them standards associated with French and New Orleans musicians. The tenth tune is an original by Cyrille Aimée, the acclaimed jazz vocalist born and raised in France but now living and working in The Big Easy itself.

Aimée is the NOJO’s collaborator and vocalist on the album. It was the singer who initiated the collaboration, telling Rose that she would like to work with the 18-piece big band and asking if he had any ideas for a project. “I said, ‘Well, okay, musically, how can I tell a story here?’” Rose recalls. “I thought about the long, shared history of those two places, and that became the concept. A narrative about the musical relationship between New Orleans and France.” The title tune, a standard by early jazz clarinet legend Sidney Bechet, epitomizes the concept: A composition by a New Orleans artist living in France, performed by a New Orleans band with a French vocalist. Composers from both sides of the Atlantic, from Michel Legrand to Jelly Roll Morton, get similar treatment. So do various New Orleanian styles, from a stomp (“Get the Bucket”) to a second line (“Down”) to Fats Domino-style rock ’n’ roll (“I Don’t Hurt Anymore”). In addition to being its spotlight vocalist, Aimée is also Petite Fleur’s featured soloist, applying her razor-sharp scat singing to “In the Land of Beginning Again,” “On a Clear Day,” and “Undecided.”

REVIEW:

Petite Fleur is essentially a meditation on the ties that bind Crescent City art to French culture. Teaming up for 10 songs that cross styles and oceans while exploring that particular connection, the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra and French vocalist Cyrille Aimée make a perfect match, united in the act of storytelling.

The album speaks to Artistic Director and drummer Adonis Rose’s sure-handed helming of the NOJO, the entire band roster’s contributions in part(s) and sum, Aimée’s well-documented gifts, and a shared vision that brings them all together.

-- JazzTimes (Dan Bilawsky)

Tracklist 10 tracks

  1. 1 Petite Fleur 05:04
    Track
    1
    Title
    Petite Fleur
    Duration
    05:04
    Composer
    Sidney Bechet
    Performer
    Cyrille Aimée, Adonis Rose
    Ensemble
    New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
    Conductor
    Adonis Rose
  2. 2 What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life? 06:26
    Track
    2
    Title
    What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?
    Duration
    06:26
    Composer
    Michel Legrand
    Performer
    Cyrille Aimée, Adonis Rose
    Ensemble
    New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
    Conductor
    Adonis Rose
  3. 3 Si tu savais 05:08
    Track
    3
    Title
    Si tu savais
    Duration
    05:08
    Composer
    Georges Ulmer
    Performer
    Cyrille Aimée, Adonis Rose
    Ensemble
    New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
    Conductor
    Adonis Rose
  4. 4 I Don't Hurt Anymore 04:15
    Track
    4
    Title
    I Don't Hurt Anymore
    Duration
    04:15
    Composer
    Don Robertson
    Performer
    Cyrille Aimée, Adonis Rose
    Ensemble
    New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
    Conductor
    Adonis Rose
  5. 5 In the Land of the Beginning Again 03:30
    Track
    5
    Title
    In the Land of the Beginning Again
    Duration
    03:30
    Composer
    George W. Meyer
    Performer
    Cyrille Aimée, Adonis Rose
    Ensemble
    New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
    Conductor
    Adonis Rose
  6. 6 Crazy He Calls Me: Crazy He Calls Me 04:53
    Track
    6
    Title
    Crazy He Calls Me: Crazy He Calls Me
    Duration
    04:53
    Composer
    Carl Sigman
    Performer
    Cyrille Aimée, Adonis Rose
    Ensemble
    New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
    Conductor
    Adonis Rose
  7. 7 On a Clear Day You Can See Forever 03:49
    Track
    7
    Title
    On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    Burton Lane
    Performer
    Cyrille Aimée, Adonis Rose
    Ensemble
    New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
    Conductor
    Adonis Rose
  8. 8 Get the Bucket 02:59
    Track
    8
    Title
    Get the Bucket
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Jelly Roll Morton
    Performer
    Adonis Rose
    Ensemble
    New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
    Conductor
    Adonis Rose
  9. 9 Undecided 04:04
    Track
    9
    Title
    Undecided
    Duration
    04:04
    Composer
    Matty Malneck, Mitchell Parish, Frank Signorelli
    Performer
    Cyrille Aimée, Adonis Rose
    Ensemble
    New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
    Conductor
    Adonis Rose
  10. 10 Down 04:23
    Track
    10
    Title
    Down
    Duration
    04:23
    Composer
    Cyrille Aimée
    Performer
    Cyrille Aimée, Adonis Rose
    Ensemble
    New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
    Conductor
    Adonis Rose