English, French, Italian, Arabic, Portuguese, Chinese, Croatian… The divine American plays with languages just as she does with her ensemble of musicians to offer a show as original as it is high-quality. The crowd is captivated from the first songs, and the succession of other tracks drawn from the group’s three albums only amplifies a satisfaction that culminates in a standing ovation during an encore with Brazilian tones. The friends from Portland achieved their goal masterfully, as they were the only ones this year to excite and thrill the arenas of Cimiez from the beginning to the end of their stage tour.
“It’s fantastic, I knew one or two pieces, but I must say that I am amazed by the quality of the band,” “We were there every night, and this was by far the best concert of the week,” “They are simply incredible, managing to sing in all these languages is quite a feat”: Alice, the Capitoni family, and Bertrand, whom we met at the arena exit, still had sparkling eyes from the freshly concluded show, just like the other spectators among whom praise was plentiful. A successful performance, therefore, for the two friends who met on the benches of Harvard before venturing into the music world in 1994, giving birth to their first album “Sympathique” in 1997, which won a double gold record in France.
So, the Nice Jazz Festival 2008 is over, and on one of the most beautiful notes that the new festival made in Drouot could have imagined. All that’s left is to wait for the 2009 edition, which will undoubtedly be as fine a vintage as this Pink Martini on the rocks!
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