Cyrille Aimée
| Cyrille Aimée | |
|---|---|
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Cyrille Aimée Daudel |
| Born |
August 10, 1984 Samois-sur-Seine, Fontainebleau, France |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Singing |
| Labels | Mack Avenue |
| Website |
www |
Cyrille Aimée (pron: SUR-real M-A, born August 10, 1984) is a French jazz singer based in Brooklyn known for rhythmic songs with roots in jazz and gypsy styles.[1][2][3]
She won the Montreux Jazz Festival Competition in 2007,[4] was a finalist in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition in 2010,[2][5] and won the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Competition in 2012.
She grew up in the French town of Samois-sur-Seine, in Fontainebleau, France.[4] Her father was French and her mother was from the Dominican Republic.[6]
New York Times music reviewer Stephen Holden described Aimée as a blend of Michael Jackson and Sarah Vaughan and wrote that the "saucy, curly-haired jazz singer with one foot in tradition and the other in electronics," and wrote that her voice had a "tart, girlish chirp" and that her Surreal Band fused traditional and futuristic electronics with textures mixing jazz and funk.[6] New York Times reviewer Nate Chinen wrote that she had a "sweet, girlish voice that she controls with a sniper's precision".[7]
Star-Ledger reviewer Ronni Reich described her sound as "instantly recognizable" with a "soft, girlish buzz with a touch of an Edith Piaf-like quaver."[4] Reviewer John Fordham in The Guardian wrote that she is a "subtle and articulate vocalist" who is "light-stepping, casually fluent and persuasive" and sometimes "coolly understated in a soft glide."[8] Classicalite reviewer Mike Greenblatt described Aimée as "beautiful, talented, precocious, funny, cultured, with the kind of instantly-recognizable voice that has no known precedent."[9]
Discography
- Cyrille Aimée and the Surreal Band (2009)
- Smile (Cyrille Aimée Music, 2009) with Diego Figueriedo
- Just the Two of Us (Venus, 2010) with Diego Figueriedo
- Live at Small's (SmallsLIVE, 2010)
- Live at Birdland (Cyrillemusic, 2013)
- Burstin' Out Chicago Jazz Orchestra with Cyrille Aimée (Origin, 2013)
- It's a Good Day (Mack Avenue, 2014)
- It's Christmas on Mack Avenue (Mack Avenue, 2014) (compilation)
- Let's Get Lost (Mack Avenue, 2016)
References
- ↑ Pitz, Marylynne (3 September 2014). "French-Dominican vocalist Cyrille Aimee to entertain guests at Cultural Trust gala". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
- 1 2 Danton, Eric R. (2 September 2014). "Cyrille Aimee Goes Back to the Land in 'Bamboo Shoots' Video (Exclusive Premiere)". blog.wsj.com.
- ↑ Gilbert, Andrew (26 Feb 2014). "Cyrille Aimée to fuse Gypsy, jazz spirits in Santa Cruz show". SF Gate.
- 1 2 3 Reich, Ronni (21 October 2012). "Cyrille Aimee wins the first Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Competition". nj.com.
- ↑ "Cyrille Aimee: 'I Wish You Love'". The Washington Post. 5 October 2010.
- 1 2 Holden, Stephen (23 November 2012). "Cyrille Aimée and the Surreal Band at Birdland". The New York Times.
- ↑ Chinen, Nate (15 August 2014). "Albums From Eric Harland's Voyager, Bobby Broom and More". The New York Times.
- ↑ Fordham, John (11 August 2011). "Cyrille Aimée and Friends: Live at Smalls – review". The Guardian.
- ↑ Greenblatt, Mike (29 January 2016). "Blogarrhea Exclusive Interview: Cyrille Aimee – A Woman to Love in Three Languages". Classical Lite.
External links
- Official website
- Bamboo Shoots (YouTube video)
- Aimée performing One Way Ticket