Anne Ducros | |
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Background information | |
Born | Longfossé, Pas-de-Calais, France | 1 December 1959
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Years active | 1989–present |
Labels | Dreyfus, Naive |
Anne Ducros is a French jazz singer.
In 1990, she started touring the world for the next ten years with musicians such as Chick Corea, Jacky Terrasson, and Kenny Barron. [1]
She recorded the album Piano, Piano (Dreyfus, 2006) with pianists Corea, Enrico Pieranunzi, René Urtreger, and Benoît de Mesmay. [2] The album includes standards such as " God Bless the Child" and " Never Let Me Go". [2] [3] Her cover of the song " Taking a Chance on Love" was used in the 2005 Chanel Chance perfume commercials. [4]
Jack Goodstein of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, described her album Either Way as "perhaps the finest album from a jazz vocalist I've heard this year, and certainly the most interesting." [5] [6] Christopher Loudon of JazzTimes called Ducros part Blossom Dearie, part Annie Ross, and part Yma Sumac. [2]
Anne Ducros | |
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Background information | |
Born | Longfossé, Pas-de-Calais, France | 1 December 1959
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Years active | 1989–present |
Labels | Dreyfus, Naive |
Anne Ducros is a French jazz singer.
In 1990, she started touring the world for the next ten years with musicians such as Chick Corea, Jacky Terrasson, and Kenny Barron. [1]
She recorded the album Piano, Piano (Dreyfus, 2006) with pianists Corea, Enrico Pieranunzi, René Urtreger, and Benoît de Mesmay. [2] The album includes standards such as " God Bless the Child" and " Never Let Me Go". [2] [3] Her cover of the song " Taking a Chance on Love" was used in the 2005 Chanel Chance perfume commercials. [4]
Jack Goodstein of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, described her album Either Way as "perhaps the finest album from a jazz vocalist I've heard this year, and certainly the most interesting." [5] [6] Christopher Loudon of JazzTimes called Ducros part Blossom Dearie, part Annie Ross, and part Yma Sumac. [2]