DEBBIE
DE COUDREAUX RELEASES MUCH ANTICIPATED DEBUT CD
Former Moulin Rouge
star collaborates with 'Dream Team' to create "Have a Little Paris
on Me" to be released on April 15th
Debbie
de Coudreaux, international singer and performer, has enjoyed a diverse
career - headliner at the Moulin Rouge in Paris, Broadway star, model,
spokesperson and now, recording artist. All these elements come together
to help create her debut CD "Have A Little Paris on Me" which chronicles
her experiences as an American in Paris, circa 1990. She is the only
American, other than Josephine Baker, to have starred at the world
famous Parisian cabaret; and her eight year run as 'vedette' is the
revue's longest - surpassing Baker and the legendary Mistinguett.
Ms. de Coudreaux also played leading roles in Tommy Tune's "Grand
Hotel," both on Broadway and London's West End, and in Harold Prince's
"Show Boat" on Broadway.
Ms. de Coudreaux showcases
a variety of singing styles performing the twelve songs that retrace
her life-changing experiences in Paris. Effortlessly alternating between
heart wrenching ballads, sultry blues and up-tempo comedy numbers,
she draws the listener in to her homage to France's cultural and entertainment
capital.
"When I first started
this project, I approached David Andrews Rogers, who had been my musical
director and conductor for "Show Boat," Debbie explains. "He didn't
laugh when I announced my rather ambitious idea for a CD project.
Rather, he embraced it to the point that, as Musical
Supervisor of the project
was David Andrews Rogers, who had been Debbie's musical director and
conductor for "Show Boat." Debbie also had the good fortune to enlist
the collaboration of legendary orchestrator, the late Peter Matz,
along with arrangers Shelly Markham, Paul Trueblood (who wrote her
signature song "Feathers") and dynamic jazz pianist, Daryl Kojak.
Highlights of the set
include the exuberant "Bon jour, Paris" from the film "Funny Face"
and "Lonely Paris Blues," a sultry combination of Duke Ellington's
"Paris Blues (from the film of the same name) and Harold Arlen's "Paris
is a Lonely Town" (from the animated film "Gay Pur-ee"). She also
includes French classics such as Michel Legrand's "Once Upon a Summertime"
and Jacques Brel's "Song of ~Old Lovers," segueing easily between
French and English Iyrics yet never sacrificing the emotional i~Y
integrity of the song.
In addition to de Coudreaux's
skill as a singer, the musical accompaniment throughout the CD is
outstanding. Whether a cleverly combined swinging arrangement of "I
Love Paris" and "April in Paris," a show stopping 1950s flavored orchestration
for "The Last Time I Saw Paris, France" or the quiet jazz treatment
of the title track "Have A Little Paris On Me," de Coudreaux's voice
is consistently presented in a sparkling setting that beautifully
complements her distinctive sound.
For more information, see
http://www.debbiedecoudreaux.com/.
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