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Download from the Label: Linn Records [Linn AKD 129]

Recording: December 19-21, 1999 | Release: September 12, 2000

Styles: Vocal Jazz, Chanson, Cabaret Jazz

Timeless as it is, you could have asked, justly, whether or not the new millennium really needed yet another interpretation of the Jacques Brel songbook, so often had it been attempted, both successfully and miserably, in the preceding century. Barb Jungr definitively answered that question on Chanson: The Space in Between, and she answered resoundingly in the affirmative it is an exhilarating purr of an effort. But then, Jungr, a longstanding anchor of the British alternative cabaret circuit, had already been compared to both Lotte Lenya and Edith Piaf prior to recording this first full-fledged effort in the genre (she had previously performed some of the music live and Bare did include a Brel song amongst its set list), so its accomplishment is no surprise. The album, too, goes well beyond Brel, featuring as it does a repertoire that includes songs by Cole Porter, Jacques Prévert, Léo Ferré, and E.Y. "Yip" Harburg from the old tradition, as well as a tune from the pen of Elvis Costello and a modern chanson from compatriot Robb Johnson. There are several reasons why Chanson is such a splendid realization of Jungr's vision. For one, the singer specially commissioned translations of the Brel and Ferré pieces from Johnson and fellow cabaret haunter Des de Moor, and they represent the most accurate renderings of these songs into English. Secondly, producer Calum Malcolm, utilizing an extremely sympathetic band, creates rich, poignant backdrops for the songs. You can hear the mythic Paris of yore wafting throughout, particularly in "Sunday Morning St. Denis" and "Cri du Coeur," while there is an equally strong strain of straight-ahead jazz ("Quartier Latin," "The Space in Between"). Most important, though, are the ravishing readings given by Jungr. Her performance ranges from the almost desperate and passion-haunted, both in life and love ("La Chanson des Vieux Amants"), to the positively triumphant ("Marieke") with equal skill, sounding as gorgeously weathered on "I Love Paris" as she seems delightfully guileless and clear-eyed on "New Amsterdam" (with its flawlessly ringing production). This is cabaret in its highest form. ~ Review by Stanton Swihart ~

~ Track Listings ~

01. Ne Me Quitte Pas

02. Sunday Morning St. Denis

03. I Love Paris

04. Les Marquises

05. Cri du Coeur

06. Quartier Latin

07. Marieke

08. April in Paris

09. La Chanson des Vieux Amants (The Song of Old Lovers)

10. New Amsterdam

11. Les Poètes (The Poets)

12. The Space in Between

13. No Regrets

Produced by Calum Malcolm

Barb Jungr - vocals

Russell Churney - piano

Julie Walkington - double bass

Simon Wallace - piano

James Tomalin - samples

Kevin Hathway - percussion

Kim Burton - accordion, piano, kaval

Rolf Wilson - violin

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