MARIE ALEXANDRE: Yule Fool

Marie Alexandre

Yule Fool

© 2001 Marie Alexandre (634479170577)

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A jazz vocal treatment of some traditional christmas songs.

tracks

1 Let It Snow
2 That's What We Love About Christmas
3 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
4 I Heard the Bells On Christmas Day
5 The Christmas Song
6 Silent Night / a Child Is Born
7 What Child Is This?
8 Christmas Time Is Here
9 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

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Vocalist, Marie Alexandre, has performed jazz, funk, latin and commerical music in the South Florida and Chicago areas since the 1980's. But her first love remains as always--jazz!

"I've been mostly influenced by instrumentalists, though I've often been compared to Betty (Carter), Sarah (Vaughn) and Ella (Fitzgerald). Let's me know I'm getting the 'sound' I want."

"My most humbling experience was an article in the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel (Friday, February 27, 1981, Nightlife Section). Ray Recchi, the jazz music critic at the time, wrote an column entitled "An Unknown Talent You Should Know About."

In the article Ray describe stopping by the Bushwhacker one Tuesday night: '...her voice has that thick, silken texture typical of so many of the good jazz vocalists of past and present. Her intonation is excellent, allowing her to pick a note our of the air if she wants.....the best quality about Alexandre is her musicality. She not only knows the music but obviously loves it...'The humbling part of the article was that fact that above it, accompanied by a wonderful half page picture was another article about a jazz vocalist who happen to be appearing in town that week--TONY BENNETT. "

So here is Marie Alexandre's first CD. She purposely recorded Christmas Songs to have a singing Christmas Card for friends and family.....ENJOY!!

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  • Excellent Jazz Christmas CD from Chicago!
    author: Rich Daniels

    The music in this CD not only reflects the great material of the season, but vocalist Marie Alexandre interprets the music in a fresh and exciting way. She is a Chicago gem worthy of much, much wider recognition!

  • Marie Alexandre adds jazz vocal delights to her Xmas CD!
    author: C. Guerrier

    Marie Alexandre adds vocal jazz delights to the season on her CD "Yule Fool"! With a lithe voice that deftly dances through creatively challenging arrangements, Ms Alexandre envelopes the listener with warmth and cheer like rum & eggnog. Backed by a solid and tight band, the songs glide with subtle, sure aplomb. Above it all Ms. Alexandre swoops and skiis through sonic powdered snow squalls like a veteran. There are hints of Betty Carter, Sarah Vaughn and Carmen McRae in her youthful sounding original voice, especially in the tastefully satisfying "Silent Night/ A Child is Born" medley and "That's What We Love About Christmas"--two songs that exemplify the CD's success in avoiding shopworn cliches found in too many Xmas albums by better known artists. The band members support and enhance with strong solos, and when called for, the whole unit makes the holidays swing! There's no time to yawn here-- Mel Torme's Christmas Song is born-again with groovin' Bossa Nova that Ms Alexandre ends with classy surprise punctuation like the best of Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto. "A Child is Born" is given Coltrane-like muscle and freedom, adding even more celebration to the theme which instantly makes perfect sense. And Alexandre makes execellent use of her phrasing through shifting time measures and rests (ironically) in "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen". The end effect is a thoroughly satisfying record that ends almost too quickly. Marie Alexandre, with her soft, soothing and friendly voice inspires Holiday cheer while perking the ears and soul.                                                    

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