Jazz Articles about Melanie Dahan

Melanie Dahan: La Princesse et les Croque-Notes

by Raul d'Gama Rose
May 28, 2009

There is a certain something about La Princesse et les Croque-Notes, and it is the same je ne sais quoi that exists in the first blush of wine and in the beguiling smile of Mona Lisa. It is that mesmerizing something filled with duende and saudades. It is Spanish and African and Brazilian all rolled into French, but above all it is, tantalizing, memorable, chanson and jazz. Melanie Dahan is a vocalist of the highest order and ...