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Henri Salvador: Room With A View (Chambre Avec Vue)
by Jim Santella
French cabaret singer Henri Salvador was the toast of Paris in 1935. And it's remained that way ever since. Chambre Avec Vue was released two years ago in France on the Source label and was later selected album of the year by Les Victoiries de la Musique. Its reissue by Blue Note contains a few minor changes: English lyrics for selected songs. A pleasant entertainer with a youthful, soft-edged voice that recalls Jobim, Salvador offers something for everyone.
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by Jim Josselyn
On his new Blue Note release, Room With A View, Henry Salvador croons softly of Jazz, Silver Moonlight." On the opener and the title track, Salvador overdubs his voice to less than wonderful results. The disc has a decided retro feeling to it, as the rhythm sections Latin and Bossa Nova accompaniments seem a little stuck in the '60s, as do the occasional string arrangements. On J'ai Vu," when Salvador enters, its sounds as if (all of a sudden) the ...
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Yesterday, I posted on French singer-entertainer Henri Salvador and his career up until his semi-retirement at age 78 in 1995. Today, I'm posting about one of pop's most startling comebacks topped only by Tony Bennett's. This rebound also featured Salvador's passion for Brazil. First, let's look at his first visit to the South American country. On Christmas of 1941, bandleader Ray Ventura was in Rio de Janeiro with Salvador as his vocalist. Ventura and his band were preparing to leave ...
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Henri Salvador, Part 1
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Henri Salvador was a French singer, musician and dancer whose talents were so exceptional and profound, we don't really have anyone of comparable status in the U.S. Salvador played guitar and trumpet, he sang beautifully and he was a star in virtually every music genre, including jazz, pop, chanson, cabaret, rock 'n' roll and bossa nova. He also appeared regularly on TV singing and dancing. There was something exclusively French about Salvador, like Edith Piaf, Maurice Chevalier and Yves Montand. ...
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Legendary French Entertainer Henri Salvador Dies at Age 90
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All About Jazz
The legendary French entertainer Henri Salvador died this morning at age 90. He had enjoyed an illustrious seven-decades-long career as one of France's best-known personalities thanks in part to his long recording history and to his pioneering work in French television. Salvador worked with some of the worlds greatest performers, including Burt Bacharach, who once served as his pianist for performances at the Waldorf Astoria in New York, and Quincy Jones, with whom he enjoyed a close friendship.
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