Anne Ducros is a French jazz singer.

Anne Ducros
Background information
Born (1959-12-01) 1 December 1959 (age 64)
Longfossé, Pas-de-Calais, France
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active1989–present
LabelsDreyfus, Naive

Career edit

In 1990, she started touring the world for the next ten years with musicians such as Chick Corea, Jacky Terrasson, and Kenny Barron.[1]

She recorded the album Piano, Piano (Dreyfus, 2006) with pianists Corea, Enrico Pieranunzi, René Urtreger, and Benoît de Mesmay.[2] The album includes standards such as "God Bless the Child" and "Never Let Me Go".[2][3] Her cover of the song "Taking a Chance on Love" was used in the 2005 Chanel Chance perfume commercials.[4]

Jack Goodstein of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, described her album Either Way as "perhaps the finest album from a jazz vocalist I've heard this year, and certainly the most interesting."[5][6] Christopher Loudon of JazzTimes called Ducros part Blossom Dearie, part Annie Ross, and part Yma Sumac.[2]

Discography edit

  • Purple Songs (Dreyfus, 2001)
  • Close Your Eyes (Dreyfus, 2003)
  • Urban Tribe (Dreyfus, 2007)
  • Ella My Dear (Plus Loin, 2010)
  • Either Way: From Marilyn to Ella (Naive, 2013)
  • Brother? Brother! (2017)
  • Something (Sunset, 2020)

References edit

  1. ^ "Anne Ducros - bureauexport". French-Music. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Loudon, Christopher. "Jazz Reviews: Piano, Piano". Jazz Times. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  3. ^ Dryden, Ken. "Piano, Piano". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Take A Chance!". La Chanelphile. 15 June 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  5. ^ Francis Marmande (11 March 2013). "Anne Ducros, Faithful to Jazz". Lemonde (in French). Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  6. ^ Jack Goodstein. "Music Review: Anne Ducros - 'Either Way: From Marilyn to Ella'" (4 December 2013). Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved 21 July 2014.