Gwen Cahue - Memories of Paris

AndyW

Drifting OT, but accordeoniste Richard Galliano has a tune called 'spleen' which is worth a listen ( he might be on accordina here )

wim

PapsPier wrote: »

And Buco, to be accurate, Gwen Cahue does not live in Paris, but around Nantes (hence the name Memories of Paris).

Gwen was living in Paris before moving, though, and you can hear the influence in the playing. When I was living there (around 2014) he was hosting a weekly boeuf at Trudain's Cafe in 75009

As for the magic potion they're all drinking in Paris, I think it's Kronenbourg 1664?

wim

PapsPier wrote: »

He is also doing a great job accompanying a singer who had an original voice: Melkoni project.

That chanteuse (Louise Perret) is very good! Did you see the indifference video, this is a really hard song for singers. But she hits everything and they throw in a key change at the end

PapsPier

Yes I put only one song of their project but all of them are worth a listening. Her voice is so special that I thought it borderline annoying at first but the more I listen the more I love it.

(And I forgot to explicitly write that part but yes he lived in Paris. In my mind he called his album Memories of Paris bc he used to live in Paris and now, in nantes, he recalls souvenirs from Paris.)

AndrewLawrence

Sounds great, thanks for sharing. We'll have the two accompanists you hear with Gwen here at Django in June this year -- William Brunard and Julien Cattiaux. But, as yet, no Gwen.

AndrewLawrence

Happy to come across this thread again, and to report that this year Gwen himself (and the other members of his quartet) will be joining us at Django in June in 2020. I know, I know...it's about time.

~Andrew

nomadgtr

Resurrecting this thread again. Gwen did another CD called Acoustic Session with Daniel Givone. It didn't get a lot of fanfare but I just received a copy from Gwen this week and it's really incredible. Here's a video they did for one of the tunes. Gwen also hinted to me that they may release a CD of the Melkoni Project with Louise Perrett which was mentioned earlier in this thread. Gwen's influences blend together well in his work and I find it very captivating and fresh.

https://youtu.be/Hxfr5OHIBds

BillDaCostaWilliams

PapsPier wrote

And I forgot to explicitly write that part but yes he lived in Paris. In my mind he called his album Memories of Paris bc he used to live in Paris and now, in nantes, he recalls souvenirs from Paris

Great album.

The theme Memories of Paris was composed by Michel Petrucciani I now see.