The Story
In this jubilant work, Les Primitifs du Futur, a variable-geometry orchestra, play musette, blues, gipsy jazz, biguine,waltz, maghreb. (Cover R.Crumb)
The adventure of this truly unique band began in 1986 when Dominique Cravic met Robert Crumb, the underground comic book artist best known in France for his drawings published in the libertarian monthly Actuel ten years earlier.
Les Primitifs du Futur, with their slightly offbeat music and a name that seems to have been borrowed from a story by Jorge Luis Borges, burst onto the music scene almost by force. The band has long been a variable-geometry orchestra, with Dominique Cravic always at the controls. While the musette of their early days quickly gave way to joyful forays into blues and gypsy jazz, their music has continued to evolve, successively incorporating touches of typical and tropical aesthetics such as biguine, echoes of ballroom dances such as the waltz, and influences from 1930s Maghreb folk music. Les Primitifs play with styles, and disregard temporal barriers. This approach continues with their new album, Les Crimes du Musette, a title that refers to the mixture of reserve and condescension that many still express towards this famous genre which is not considered as noble as bebop, free jazz, rockabilly, chanson or even rock.
The repertoire in this jubilant work draws upon new sources. One track evokes Chet Baker, another is a salute to Henri Salvador, not forgetting a tribute to the piano bars of grand hotels and a piece in the form of an African postcard. Of particular note are two delightful adaptations, in French no less: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, which brings to mind Django Reinhardt, and Paul Desmond's Take Five, inspired by Richard Anthony's French version, as well as two songs with lyrics written by the new member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, Emmanuel Guibert...Pascal Bussy
Track Listing
- Accordéons de Paris et d’ailleurs
- Ta femme m’a quitté
- Dans le Jardin du Luxembourg
- Les petits musiciens
- Les enfants de João
- Le balcon
- Cool Paradis
- Momo Mandole delight
- Boude pas
- La Grande Serre
- Fumée aux yeux
- L’aquarium du Sébasto
- J’fé pas canaille
- Quand j’étais mort
- Impressions d’Afrique
- M’bube
- Evergreen
- Le colibri
- N’oubliez pas Gréco
- Ne tirez pas sur le pianiste
- New moon dreams
- Ukulélé Lady
- Privé d’amour
- Samedi soir Porte d’Orléans
- La valse douce d’Henri Salvador
- Patrick et Gino
- Le tombeau de Monsieur Gino Bordin
Additional Details
Label: Buda Musique
Genre: World
Language: English
Run Time: 78:48 mins
Region: 0
Release Date: 06/19/26
UPC: 3341348604084
Description
In this jubilant work, Les Primitifs du Futur, a variable-geometry orchestra, play musette, blues, gipsy jazz, biguine,waltz, maghreb. (Cover R.Crumb)
The adventure of this truly unique band began in 1986 when Dominique Cravic met Robert Crumb, the underground comic book artist best known in France for his drawings published in the libertarian monthly Actuel ten years earlier.
Les Primitifs du Futur, with their slightly offbeat music and a name that seems to have been borrowed from a story by Jorge Luis Borges, burst onto the music scene almost by force. The band has long been a variable-geometry orchestra, with Dominique Cravic always at the controls. While the musette of their early days quickly gave way to joyful forays into blues and gypsy jazz, their music has continued to evolve, successively incorporating touches of typical and tropical aesthetics such as biguine, echoes of ballroom dances such as the waltz, and influences from 1930s Maghreb folk music. Les Primitifs play with styles, and disregard temporal barriers. This approach continues with their new album, Les Crimes du Musette, a title that refers to the mixture of reserve and condescension that many still express towards this famous genre which is not considered as noble as bebop, free jazz, rockabilly, chanson or even rock.
The repertoire in this jubilant work draws upon new sources. One track evokes Chet Baker, another is a salute to Henri Salvador, not forgetting a tribute to the piano bars of grand hotels and a piece in the form of an African postcard. Of particular note are two delightful adaptations, in French no less: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, which brings to mind Django Reinhardt, and Paul Desmond's Take Five, inspired by Richard Anthony's French version, as well as two songs with lyrics written by the new member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, Emmanuel Guibert...Pascal Bussy
Track Listing
- Accordéons de Paris et d’ailleurs
- Ta femme m’a quitté
- Dans le Jardin du Luxembourg
- Les petits musiciens
- Les enfants de João
- Le balcon
- Cool Paradis
- Momo Mandole delight
- Boude pas
- La Grande Serre
- Fumée aux yeux
- L’aquarium du Sébasto
- J’fé pas canaille
- Quand j’étais mort
- Impressions d’Afrique
- M’bube
- Evergreen
- Le colibri
- N’oubliez pas Gréco
- Ne tirez pas sur le pianiste
- New moon dreams
- Ukulélé Lady
- Privé d’amour
- Samedi soir Porte d’Orléans
- La valse douce d’Henri Salvador
- Patrick et Gino
- Le tombeau de Monsieur Gino Bordin
Additional Details
Label: Buda Musique
Genre: World
Language: English
Run Time: 78:48 mins
Region: 0
Release Date: 06/19/26
UPC: 3341348604084
