Zaz "Recto verso" (2013)

Recto verso
release date: May 10, 2013
format: cd
[album rate: 3 / 5] [3,14]

Track highlights: 1. "On ira" (3,5 / 5) - 2. "Comme ci, comme ça" - 3. "Gamine" - 8. "Toujours" - 11. "Oublie Loulou" (3,5 / 5) - 13. "Nous debout" (4 / 5)

I think this is an improvement from her debut. In 2011 she released the live album Live Tour: Sans tsu tsou, and without hearing it, I think, her music is well-suited for live performances. It sort of goes hand in hand with the jazz ingredient, which is ever-present in her music. I think, this her second studio album is better because it generally contains stronger and more original tracks. Some tracks are more pop-styled, like the fine closing track "Nous debout", with a chorus-based up-tempo song, and other fine tracks are much more traditional chanson and vocal jazz tracks with less orchestration. I think this is a pretty nice release.

Zaz "Zaz" (2010)

Zaz
release date: May 10, 2010
format: digital
[album rate: 2,5 / 5]

Highlight: 11. "Eblouie par la nuit"

Studio debut album by Zaz, this interesting new French gypsy jazz and chanson singer / songwriter. The music is light and refreshing but I miss interesting tracks from Zaz.

Zaz

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Zaz: born (May 1, 1980) in Tours, France; aka: Isabelle Geffro [birth name], is a French singer who mixes vocal jazz and chanson and French pop. Before initiating her solo career, she sang in a blues band, Fifty Fingers, and in Izar-Adatz, a band playing French variety music, and in a jazz quintet, which explains some of her mixed musical background.

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