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Robert Wyatt / Orchestre National De

Title: Around Robert Wyatt (2CD)

Label: Bee Jazz

Cat No:BEE030
Format:CD

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• “Around Robert Wyatt” is a unique collaboration between Robert Wyatt and Daniel Yvinec, with the 10-piece National Jazz Orchestra of France - released initially as a limited 2CD set, with bonus material.

• The compositions are either by Wyatt, or chosen by him - including the famous “Shipbuilding”, written for him by Elvis Costello and Clive Langer - with vocal interpretations by Wyatt himself on many tracks, plus guest singers: Rokia Traore, the award-winning Malian singer; top French singers Camille, Arno, and Daniel Darc; actress Irene Jacob (‘Three Colours Red’), and the highly successful French-Tunisian-Israeli songstress & songwriter, Yael Naïm.

• The voices were recorded first, a cappella, and then were dressed in inventive orchestral arrangements with the additional collaboration of Vincent Artaud - allowing us to rediscover these enchanting songs, revealed in a new light.

• Robert Wyatt has long been a national (and international) musical treasure, with a mass of eclectic projects to his name. He first came to prominence in Soft Machine, then Matching Mole, before beginning a rich and idiosyncratic solo career, with the masterly “Rock Bottom” album in 1974.

Track Listing for Around Robert Wyatt (2CD)
1. The Song (Robert Wyatt, chant)
2. Alifib (Rokia Traoré, chant)
3. Just As You Are (Yael Naïm, Arno, chant)
4. Caroline (Daniel Darc, chant
5. Kew Rhone (Robert Wyatt, chant)
6. Shipbuilding (Yael Naïm, chant)
7. Line
8. Alliance (Camille, chant)
9. Vandalusia (Robert Wyatt, chant)
10. Del Mondo (Irène Jacob, chant)
11. Te Recuerdo Amanda (Robert Wyatt, chant)

CD Bonus
P L A (Rokia Traoré, chant)
Gegenstand (Robert Wyatt, chant)
Rangers In The Night (Robert Wyatt, chant)
Just As You Are (Yael Naïm, chant)

Reviews

Mojo - Charles Waring

Inspired by, and featuring the former Softs drummer. ****

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Around Robert Wyatt (2CD)