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Endowed with a melodious voice and a style that combines jazz, folk and swing, Melody Gardot has burst onto the contemporary music as one of the greatest voices of the century.
Accompanied by a group that favors the few acoustic instruments, show this Sunday July 11 at 23:00 pm in the Courtyard of the Artillery Barracks the more intimate side of an extraordinary woman who can overcome the worst odds to reach to touch the stars. With their first album Worrisome Heart, Melody Gardot showed his instinctive gift for transforming the traditions of jazz and blues with "his new life."
But even his most ardent admirers were surprised by the huge creative leap forward that has given this new work that has to be submitted to the Mar de Músicas My One And Only Thrill.
Melody Gardot was riding his bicycle through the streets of Philadelphia when a truck rolled.
He was 19 years.
Six years later I still have to wear dark glasses, it helps to walk with a cane and his back is sore.
MySpace has made a beautiful reflection on disability: "Should not that word applied to everyone, we're all unable to perform certain tasks. For example, think you know how many people can not draw. I am able to do some things and unable to others. That's all. "
Raised by his grandmother who sat in front of the TV and made him a movie.
He had only one, 'The Wizard of Oz', which saw the small Melody again and again.
So there are echoes of her childhood in 'Over the rainbow', a song recorded by many artists, but never as it did Gardot.
"If you do a version of a previous song have to do something different with it, otherwise why bother?".
He composes, sings, plays piano and guitar.
His voice conveys emotion.
And critics rely on the names of Peggy Lee, Julie London and even Billie Holiday.
When I recorded 'My one and only thrill' at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, arranger he quipped: "If you start to write more happy songs never do race."
Vince Mendoza was a natural choice because when you select it on your iPod six songs that drew attention was that the arrangements of the six were from Mendoza.
It is not song with a big orchestra and band.
"The only way to explain is that at the end of the day wanted to hear the strings but feel them."
'My one and only thrill' is produced by Larry Klein (Joni Mitchell, Madeleine Peyroux ...).
The first - 'Worrisome Heart' was the second-was recorded in a hospital bed: "A little awkward, like a child begins to walk, but a first step. After the accident could not speak. My brain worked, but no words came. I then remembered that in college I used to use all my senses to acquire new information. So I started taking notes, recording what he was doing, and hum the notes. Little by little I taught my voice how connect with the music and my speech was growing. "
Believes that every great song is going through a very good tune.
And fascinated by languages.
Singing in French 'Les étoiles' and studies Portuguese, Brazilian music, "I love their freedom, joy and rhythm, because things happen and yet everything is very quiet. The difference between the ocean waves in pop music , and the ripples of a pool. "
Source: Mar de Músicas
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