Dorothee Berryman - P.S. I Love You (2003)

Dorothée Berryman offers us thirteen beautiful jazz songs. Songs that reflect her personality, that speak to her, that touch her, like those happy encounters that life holds in store for us. Songs that suit her perfectly...

Surrounded by a solid team of jazz musicians led by pianist Éric Harding, Dorothée Berryman warmly interprets these simply poetic lyrics, blending tenderness, humor, romance, and mystery.

Conceived over more than 100 concerts performed throughout Quebec, and in the quiet solitude of her piano playing, P.S. I Love You is truly Dorothée Berryman's album. A brilliant woman, lifelong passionate about music, intimately familiar with the work of the great jazz performers and essential composers.

The songs included on the album are: I Walk a Little Faster (Cyrus Coleman/Carolyn Leigh), the classic Bye Bye Love (F. and B. Bryant), An Occasional Man (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin), Something Cool (Bill Barnes), So Near and Yet So Far (Cole Porter), A Kiss to Build a Dream On (Kalmar, Ruby, Hammerstein), Que reste-t-il de nos amours (Léo Chaulias, Charles Trenet), La vie de Cocagne (Cyrus Bassiak), Solitude (Delange, Mills, Ellington), P.S. I Love You (Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Mercer), Everything I've Got (Richard Rogers, Lorenz Hart), What a Difference a Day Made (Maria Graver), and Caravan (Ellington, Mills, Tizol).

This timeless repertoire is a perfect fit for Dorothée Berryman, who arranged the songs with her collaborator Eric Harding. The musicians chosen to participate in the project - Greg Clayton on guitar, Dave Watts on double bass, Camil Belisle on drums, Normand Bock on percussion, Jean St-Jacques on vibraphone) participated fully in the process.