Sacha Distel - But Beautiful (2003)

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Artist: Sacha Distel
Title Of Album: But Beautiful
Year Of Release: 2013
Label: Universal France
Genre: Jazz, Swing, Vocal Jazz, Chanson
Quality: MP3
Bitrate: 320 kbps
Total Time: 42:44
Total Size: 101 mb

Tracklist:

1. It Had To Be You
2. My Funny Valentine
3. All The Way (with Liza Minnelli)
4. I Only Have Eyes For You
5. Mona Lisa
6. When I Fall In Love (with Dionne Warwick)
7. What A Wonderful World
8. But Beautiful
9. The Good Life (with Dionne Warwick)
10. Girl Talk
11. Young And Foolish
12. L.O.V.E.
13. I Fall In Love Too Easily

Musicians:

Sacha Distel - composer, guitar, vocals
Amaury Filliard - guitar
Dorina Markova - solo instrumental
Franck Sitbon - Fender Rhodes, piano
Martin Taylor - guitar, introduction
André Villéger - clarinet, sax tenor, saxophone
André Ceccarelli - drums
Thierry Chauvet - percussion

Sacha Distel was one of the top jazz guitarists and chanson singers in France. A prolific recording artist, Distel recorded more than 200 tunes including his biggest hit, "Scoubidou," in 1958. In addition to appearing in several French films, he became one of France's most popular television actors. Distel inherited his love of music from his mother, who played piano, and an uncle, Ray Ventura, who was a renowned bandleader and composer. Trained by Henry Salvador, guitarist/singer for Ventura's orchestra, Distel was a featured soloist with his school orchestra by the age of 13. He established his early reputation as accompanist for French vocalist Juliette Gréco.
Following a stint in the French military, he spent an extended period in New York, haunting jazz clubs in Manhattan and Harlem. Returning to France, Distel launched his solo career.
The success that he enjoyed during the '60s and '70s was offset by a series of setbacks in the '80s. After struggling psychologically following a mid-'80s car crash, in which a colleague was seriously hurt, Distel was diagnosed with cancer and forced to undergo chemotherapy.
Distel's compositions have been covered by a lengthy list of international artists including Archie Shepp, Tony Bennett, Bobby Darin, Billy Eckstine, Bobby Hackett, Shirley Horn, and Bireli Lagrene. He passed away in 2004 at the age of 71.