Room with a View

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Barnes & Noble - Mark Schwartz
After an astounding 70 years performing, even the hardiest artist would consider calling it a day, but Frenchman Henri Salvador is just getting started -- again. With a zany profile in his home country some thing akin to Jimmy Durante's, with a dollop of Gallic savoir-faire, of course, the French Guiana-born Salvador was a Django Reinhardt sideman in the '30s, a cabaret star in the '40s, recording phenomenon in the '50s, and TV personality in the '60s and '70s. His zest for life is all over the breezy Brazilian and Caribbean-inspired grooves of Room with a View, a French smash in 2000, which presented the 84-year-old's smooth crooner side to a wowed populace. An ...
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Barnes & Noble - Mark Schwartz
After an astounding 70 years performing, even the hardiest artist would consider calling it a day, but Frenchman Henri Salvador is just getting started -- again. With a zany profile in his home country some thing akin to Jimmy Durante's, with a dollop of Gallic savoir-faire, of course, the French Guiana-born Salvador was a Django Reinhardt sideman in the '30s, a cabaret star in the '40s, recording phenomenon in the '50s, and TV personality in the '60s and '70s. His zest for life is all over the breezy Brazilian and Caribbean-inspired grooves of Room with a View, a French smash in 2000, which presented the 84-year-old's smooth crooner side to a wowed populace. An inspired stroll through lushly orchestrated ballads, sun-dappled bossa nova, and jaunty French Antillean biguine, Room with a View is a pitch-perfect splash of sunshine, Salvador's voice an ardent cousin to Chet Baker's or João Gilberto's, bobbing along to strings and sultry saxophones. Kindred spirit Lisa Ekdahl joins in a duet like a young girl engaging a charmingly raffish old suitor -- "All I Really Want is Love," one of the album's three English-language songs -- while the legendary Françiose Hardy, a little more than half the age of Monsieur Henri, guests on the delightfully elegant "Le Fou de la Reine." More than just impossible not to like, Room with a View is the kind of album for which American audiences must increasingly turn abroad to find: like another crew of savvy oldsters, the Buena Vista Social Club, Henri Salvador effuses a buoyant, joyful sense of life, celebrated by one who's truly lived.
All Music Guide - Mark Romano
Henri Salvador was born in 1917 in Cayenne, French Guiana. He studied music in Paris and played with Django Reinhardt on one occasion. He started playing guitar seriously in Paris in 1935. His stay in the interior of Brazil is evident in much of his music. His sound is a combination of Parisian cabaret, Brazilian bossa nova, and French Antillean influences. This particular album shows his range of influences very well. His unguent vocals infuse an ambience of sensuous silk and soft tropical breezes. He also displays his great sense of humor in his lyrics, for which he is renowned in France and his homeland. "Jardin D'Hiver" tells of all the images he would like to have inhabit his winter garden. It is a touching portrait and sung very soulfully. The instrumental accompaniment throughout the album is very much muted but exceptional in its evocation of the ambience that his voice creates. The duet with Francoise Hardy on "Le Fou de la Reine" is a fine example of the finesse of both artists. The album won the Victoire de la Musique award in France for the year 2000. A highly recommended introduction to this prolific artist. [This album was rereleased under the title Room With a View in early 2002 on the Blue Note label, including a bonus track.]
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 2/12/2002
  • Label: Blue Note Records
  • UPC: 724353671020
  • Catalog Number: 36710

Album Credits

Performance Credits
Henri Salvador Primary Artist
Bernie Arcadio Piano, Conductor
Denis Leloup Trombone
Toots Thielemans Track Performer
Laurent Vernerey Bass
André Villéger Saxophone
Eric Le Lann Trumpet
Herve Mechinet Flute
Lisa Ekdahl Track Performer
Thomas Dutronc Guitar
Vincent Artaud Bass
Daniele Scannapieco Saxophone
Florin Niculescu Violin
Dominique Cravic Guitar
European Symphonic Orchestra Performing Ensemble
Nicolas Folmer Trumpet
Maghyar Budapest Performing Ensemble
Cristophe Guiot Performing Ensemble
Patrick Artero Trumpet
Technical Credits
Bernie Arcadio Arranger, Musical Director
Tony Cousins Mastering
Silvano Michelino Adaptation
Jacques Ehrhart Producer, Engineer
Marc Di Domenico Producer, Executive Producer
Keren Ann Adaptation
Bia Krieger Adaptation
J. Ehrhart Producer
M. di Domenico Producer
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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Relaxation at its best

    About two years ago a Parisian friend introduced my wife and I to Henri. Since then, we have listened to him every Sunday morning during breakfast. His music is great for a dinner party or just sitting around reading the morning paper. He is a must have in your cd collection.

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