Ann Savoy & Her Sleepless Knights - If Dreams Come True [Audio CD] 2007

Cajun patois has long figured heavily in the music of Ann Savoy--with her husband Marc, the Savoy-Doucet Band, the Magnolia Sisters, and Linda Ronstadt--but this jazzier effort puts a different sort of French twist on her artistry. The result is continental gypsy swing in the tradition of the Hot Club, with the sprightly interplay of guitarist Tom Mitchell and violinist Kevin Wimmer recalling Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli. The is mood music for a variety of moods: saucy on "If You Don't I Know Who Will," dramatically bittersweet on "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered," jaunty on the uptempo finale, "The Way You Look Tonight." Among the French material she interprets, listeners will recognize "Ces Petites Choses" as "These Foolish Things." Savoy compensates with the warmth of her conversational phrasing for whatever her voice lacks in range and power.

CONDITION: NEW, Punched UPC

TRACK LISTING

1 If Dreams Come True
2 The Very Thought Of
3 Melodie Au Crepuscule
4 Getting Some Fun Out Of Life
5 If You Don't I Know Who Will
6 Ces Petites Choses
7 Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
8 If Your Kisses Can't Hold The Man You
9 It's Like Reaching For The Moon
10 Si Tu Savais
11 The Way You Look Tonight