Pierre Bensusan, Vividly, CD Dadgad Music 2010 CD DM-1012

 

Album dedicated to Pat (Good Times) Milliken. "I am sending you this big smile wherever you are my friend..." (PB)

Tracks: 1. Veilleuse (Night Light) (4:09) (dedicated to Reine Bensusan, Lucette Benita and all the mothers) 2. Le Chien Qui Tourne (The Dog That Loops) (5:17) (dedicated to Garlic) 3. Kiss Landing (Atterrissage en Baiser) (3:41) (dedicated to Tom Kearney) 4. The In Between (L'Entre Deux) (4:22) 5. Dadgad Café (5:08) (dedicated to Chet Baker) 6. La Java Du Concessionnaire (The Garage Song) (2:57) 7. Astres Et Gnomes (Stars and Gnomes) (2:56) 8. Pas Sage (Wise Step) (5:04) 9. Pirogue (Dug-out Canoe) (2:18) (dedicated to Hermeto Pascoal) 10. Par Un Beau Soir De Dimanche (By a Bright Sunday Evening - En Public/ Live) (5:26) (dedicated to Doatea) 11. Mille Pattes (Millipede) (3:04) 12. La Blanche Biche (The White Deer) (6:39) 13. Coup Dans L'Eau (A Punch In The Flunch) (4:29) 14. Les Places De Liberté (Freedom Squares) (6:51) (dedicated to Djemila Benhabib)

Musicians: Pierre Bensusan: Acoustic Guitar, Vocal, Harmonies, Electric Bass (4), Percussion (4) Mah Damba: Lead Vocal (14) Guo Gan: ErHu (traditional 2 strings Chinese Violin) (4,12) Claudette Deslonchamps: Lead Vocal and Harmonies (14) Dally Kouyate: Lead Vocal (14) Voridio Tounkara: Harmonies (14) Frank Sitbon: Keyboards (4) Yvon Guillard: Trumpet and Flugelhorn (14) Michel Benita: Upright Bass (14) Hector Gomez: Percussion (14) Jacky Molard: Violin Layers (4)

Recorded by Stephane Maddy Lecyn from December 2009 to September 2010 at Studio du Chien qui Tourne, Chateau-Thierry, France. Excepted #10 Recorded Live at Freight & Salvage, Berkeley, CA, USA on 24/10/02 by Lou Judson Mixed by Rich Breen at Dogmatic Studio in Burbank (CA, USA) Mastered by Christophe Henault, Art & Son, Paris, France Produced by Pierre and Doatea Bensusan Music composed by Pierre Bensusan excepted #10 Trad. arranged by Pierre Bensusan Lyrics: Doatea Cornu Bensusan (2,8,14), Nina Swan (4), Pierre Bensusan in collaboration with Doatea (6). Front photograph by Guillaume Thuret: Son Holding The Sun. Verso photograph by Bernard Prud'homme Inside photographs by Jack Gescheidt & Nina Swan Back CD and Inside photographs by Theophile Bensusan Design by Allen Greenhall- AG Design (UK) Foreword by Balthazar Forcalquier