Time: 48:04
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2006
Styles: Jazz, World Fusion
Art: Front
01. Yama Nekh ( 4:12)
02. Deep Felt Song (10:15)
03. No Fits Please ( 5:45)
04. Table In The Corner ( 7:57)
05. Moi ( 4:52)
06. Octobre ( 6:09)
07. Vocalise ( 7:20)
08. Marie-Madeleine ( 1:29)
Born in Montreal, grew up singing with her family. After music school, Lise undertakes a career as a singer/songwriter focusing on the voice as an instrument. Very early she signs with Capitol and Polygram and records as a duet: Luc and Lise Cousineau "Les Alexandrins". She has a radio show, is seen regularly on television, appears in such shows as Le Sel de la Semaine with the writer Jack Kerouac, a little before his death.
She tours in Canada, in France, Belgium, French Switzerland and sings at the Rio de Janeiro Festival da Cançao Popular. She joins eighteen musicians to form the Ville Emard Blues Band. In that same period, she forms a smaller band with fellow percussionist Michel Seguin: Toubabou. She travels and studies the music of West Africa, the Caribbean Islands and the South of United States. She continues recording original music and writes more and more lyrics and music. As she spends several years in New Orleans, she researches, studies music therapy, collaborates with new music composers, teaches at Loyola University as well as in private. In New York since 1990 where she teaches music, Lise walks the line between electronic, traditional, new music and jazz.
She tours in Canada, in France, Belgium, French Switzerland and sings at the Rio de Janeiro Festival da Cançao Popular. She joins eighteen musicians to form the Ville Emard Blues Band. In that same period, she forms a smaller band with fellow percussionist Michel Seguin: Toubabou. She travels and studies the music of West Africa, the Caribbean Islands and the South of United States. She continues recording original music and writes more and more lyrics and music. As she spends several years in New Orleans, she researches, studies music therapy, collaborates with new music composers, teaches at Loyola University as well as in private. In New York since 1990 where she teaches music, Lise walks the line between electronic, traditional, new music and jazz.
Vocalise
As Lise Cousineau (Her marry woman's name), she was everywhere in Québec between 1967 & 1978. With the pop band Alexandrins, with the rock band Cousineau + Ville Émard Blues Band, and with the fusion outfit Toubabou (Jazz-rock meets African Music). In the 1970's, it was impossible to go to a rock night club without hearing her with Ville Émard with the African song Yama Kekh.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know this record exist until a few days. Never heard Lise since her glory days, as she became a teacher. Here she is, with a most experimental way, but the experiments are OK, except for track 7, whic is boring. The best songs are the 3 ones she did before with Cousineau & Ville Emard, with a cool version of Yama Nekh. This is not easy to listen to, but her voice is still fabulous. Merci.