from Marilyn to Ella

from Marilyn to Ella

Adriano Perotti - To Adriano Perotti

En 1955, anne du Mouvement pour les Droits Civils conduit par Dr Martin Luther King
dans un climat politique trs tendu, le Mocambo Los Angeles est lendroit o il faut tre
vu. Comme dans tous les clubs cette poque, pas de blancs et de noirs au mme endroit.
Marilyn, fan dElla en dcida autrement. Voil ce quElla Fitzgerald en dit :
Jai envers Marilyn Monroe une vritable detteElle a appel personnellement
le propritaire du Mocambo, et lui a dit quelle voulait quil me programme
immdiatement, et que sil le faisait, elle prendrait une table au premier rang chaque
soir. Elle lui dit, - et ctait vrai en raison du statut de superstar de Marilyn que cela
rendrait dingue la presse.
Le propritaire dit oui, et Marilyn tait l, au premier rang, chaque soir.
La presse arriva de partout. Aprs cela, je neus plus jamais jouer dans les petits
clubs de jazz. Ctait une femme hors du commun un peu en avance sur son temps.
Elle ne le savait pas.
Avec EITHER WAY, et linstar dun peintre qui dlivre sa ralit, je vous propose un
portrait en noir et blanc et ma manire de ces deux icones amricaines que sont Ella et
Marilyn.
Lettre damour adresse Ella Fitzgerald, mon prcdent album Ella, my Dear offrait
une version pour grand orchestre magnifie par les superbes arrangements d Ivan Jullien
du rpertoire dElla, ma premire et essentielle source dinspiration.
Entirement rorchestrs quartet pour EITHER WAY les standards de Gershwin,
Cole Porter, Johnny Mercer ou Duke Ellington sonnent ici minimaliste loppos de la
prcdente version lexception de but not for me que jai voulu emmener avec laide de la
mystrieuse et bouleversante voix de Mamani sur les chemins de lAfrique
Dans lautre volet de ce dyptique, consacr lui Marilyn, cest une version tout fait
personnelle que je vous propose du rpertoire emblmatique de cette chanteuse fragile et
tellement expose par son chant peut tre plus encore que par son jeu dactrice.
Vous connaissez la destination, laissez moi vous emmener sur mes chemins de traverse
tous les chemins mnent Ella & Marilyn.
Ella, Norma, Black or White either way, de toute faon
A ces deux femmes merveilleuses et hors du commun,
avec tout mon amour et mon respect

Anne Ducros

In 1955, year of the "Civil Rights Movement " led by Dr Martin Luther King in a very tense
political climat, the Mocambo in Los Angeles is the place to be. Like all clubs at this time, no
black and white at the same place. Marilyn great fan of Ella decided otherwise. This is what
Ella Fitzgerald said about it :
"I owe Marilyn Monroe a real debt she personally called the owner of the
Mocambo, and told him she wanted me booked immediately, and if he would do
it, she would take a front table every night. She told him and it was true, due to
Marilyns superstar status that the press would go wild. The owner said yes, and
Marilyn was there, front table, every night. The press went overboard. After that, I
never had to play in a small jazz club again. She was an unusual woman a little
ahead of her times. And she didnt know it."
With " EITHER WAY" and like a painter rendering his own reality, I give you a portrait
in black and white and in my own way of these two american icons such as Ella and
Marilyn
The "Love letter" addressed to Ella Fitzgerald, with my previous album "Ella, my Dear..."was
a version for full orchestra, magnificently arranged by Ivan Jullien of Ellas repertoire, my
first and essential source of inspiration.
Entirely re-orchestrated in jazz quartet idiom for EITHER WAY, the standards of
Gershwin, Cole Porter, Johnny Mercer or Duke Ellington sound minimalist on this album
in comparison to the previous one, with the exception of But not for me where I wanted a
move, assisted by the mysterious, heartrending voice of Mamani, towards Africa.
In the other volume of this diptych, devoted to Marilyn, I make a completely personal
proposition of the emblematic repertoire of that fragile star, perhaps even more exposed in
her singing, than in her acting.
You know the place we are going, let me take you there my way...all roads lead to Ella &
Marilyn.
Ella, Norma, Black or White... EITHER WAY.
To these amazing and unusual women, with all my love and respect

Anne Ducros

from Marilyn to Ella

1.

YOUD BE SURPRISED

2.

MY HEART BELONGS TO DADDY

3.

SUMMERTIME

4.

SPRING CAN REALY HANG YOU UP THE MOST

5.

EITHER WAY

6.

BUT NOT FOR ME

7.

YOUD BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO

8.

A FINE ROMANCE

9.

THOU SWELL

10.

I WANNA BE LOVED BY YOU

11.

IM THROUGH WITH LOVE

12.

DIAMONDS ARE THE GIRLS BEST FRIENDS

13.

LAURA

14.

DINDI

15.

IT DONT MEAN A THING (if it aint got that swing) 336

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710

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TOTAL TIME: 7503

ANNE DUCROS VOCAL

GILLES NICOLAS DOUBLE BASS/ELECTRIC BASS
BENOIT DE MESMAY PIANO/VOCAL BACKGROUNDS (10)
MAXIME BLESIN GUITARS/PERCUSSIONS/VOCAL BACKGROUNDS (10)
BRUNO CASTELLUCCI DRUMS

GUESTS :
MAMANI KEITA VOCAL (6)
EMMANUEL BEX HAMMOND ORGAN / VOCAL / VOCODER (13)
RENATO MARTINS PERCUSSIONS (2/12 & 14)
ANTOINE PIERRE DRUMS (6 & 15)
OLIVIER LOUVEL ELECTRIC GUITAR (10)
ANNA PAULA FERNANDES/AFY LOMAMA VOCAL BACKGROUNDS (12)
OLIVIER TEMIME TENOR SAX BACKGROUNDS (6)

NEW ART STRINGS ORCHESTRA (1/8/9 & 11)

CONDUCTED BY : ALESSANDRO CASTELLI
All arrangements by ANNE DUCROS, GILLES NICOLAS, BENOIT DE MESMAY
Strings arrangements (on 1/8/9/11) : GIUSEPPE EMMANUELE
Recorded at NEW ART Recording Studio, Milano (IT), on May 19th 2013 by :
GIUSEPPE EMMANUELE & PAULO CENSI
Artistic Direction : ANNE DUCROS
Production : ANNE DUCROS / MAX BLESIN
Realized by ANNE DUCROS (assisted by ANNA PAULA FERNANDES)
Recorded & Mixed by : MAXIME BLESIN at ORFENA Studio, Bruxelles (BEL)
January 11th to 25th 2013
Masterised by : GENE PAUL at GANDJ AUDIO Studio, New York (US) - May 30/31st & June 1st 2013

YOUD BE SURPRISED
Irvin Berlin (ALFRED MUSIC PUBL.)
A. DUCROS, VOCAL / B. DE MESMAY, PIANO / G. NICOLAS, DOUBLE-BASS / B. CASTELLUCCI, DRUMS /
M. BLESIN, ACOUSTIC GUITAR / NEW ART STRINGS ORCHESTRA (DIR. : ALESSANDRO CASTELLI ARR. : GIUSEPPE EMMANUELE)

MY HEART BELONGS TO DADDY

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Sammy Cahn/James Van Heusen ( CHAPPELL & co)

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A. DUCROS, VOCAL/ B. DE MESMAY, PIANO/ G. NICOLAS, DOUBLE-BASS/

B. CASTELLUCCI, DRUMS / R. MARTINS, PERCUSSION

SUMMERTIME
George Gershwin/Irving Mills (CHAPPELL & co)
A. DUCROS, VOCAL / B. DE MESMAY, PIANO / G. NICOLAS, ELECTRIC BASS / B. CASTELLUCCI, DRUMS /
M. BLESIN, ELECTRIC GUITAR / AFY LOMAMA, VOCAL BACK GROUNDS

SPRING CAN REALLY HANG YOU UP THE MOST

Fran Landesman/Tommy Wolf ( ALFRED MUSIC PUBL.)
A. DUCROS, VOCAL / B. DE MESMAY, PIANO / G. NICOLAS, DOUBLE-BASS / B. CASTELLUCCI, DRUMS

EITHER WAY
Anne Ducros/ Gilles NICOLAS/ Benoit de Mesmay ( ADLIB PUBL.)

B
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A. DUCROS, VOCAL / B. DE MESMAY, PIANO / G. NICOLAS, DOUBLE-BASS/ B. CASTELLUCCI, DRUMS /

M. BLESIN, ACOUSTIC GUITAR

A
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BUT NOT FOR ME

George Gershwin ( ALFRED MUSIC PUBL.)

A. DUCROS, VOCAL / M. KEITA, VOCAL / B. DE MESMAY, PIANO / G. NICOLAS, ELECTRIC BASS / A. PIERRE, DRUMS
/ M BLESIN, ELECTRIC GUITAR / O. TEMIME, TENOR SAX BACKGROUNDS / B. CASTELLUCCI, BWATAL

YOUD BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO

Cole Porter (ALFRED PUBLISHING CO INC)

D
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D
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A. DUCROS, VOCAL / B. DE MESMAY, PIANO / G. NICOLAS, DOUBLE-BASS / B. CASTELLUCCI, DRUMS

A
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A FINE ROMANCE

Jerome Kern/ Dorothy Field ( UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBL. Group)

A. DUCROS, VOCAL / B. DE MESMAY, PIANO/ G. NICOLAS, DOUBLE-BASS /
NEW ART STRINGS ORCHESTRA (DIR. : ALESSANDRO CASTELLI ARR. : GIUSEPPE EMMANUELE)

D
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E)

THOU SWELL
Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart ( ALFRED MUSIC PUBL.)
A. DUCROS, VOCAL / B. DE MESMAY, PIANO / G. NICOLAS, DOUBLE-BASS / B. CASTELLUCCI, DRUMS /
M. BLESIN, ACOUSTIC GUITAR / NEW ART STRINGS ORCHESTRA (DIR. : ALESSANDRO CASTELLI ARR. : GIUSEPPE EMMANUELE)

I WANNA BE LOVED BY YOU

Ben Kalmar ( ALFRED MUSIC PUBL)
A. DUCROS, VOCAL / B. DE MESMAY, PIANO / G. NICOLAS, DOUBLE-BASS / B. CASTELLUCCI, DRUMS /
O. LOUVEL, ELECTRIC GUITAR

I'M THROUGH WITH LOVE

Gus Kahn (WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC, INC., EMI MUSIC PUBLISHING)
A. DUCROS, VOCAL / B. DE MESMAY, PIANO G. NICOLAS, DOUBLE-BASS
NEW ART STRINGS ORCHESTRA (DIR. : ALESSANDRO CASTELLI ARR. : GIUSEPPE EMMANUELE)

DIAMONDS ARE THE GIRLS BEST FRIENDS

Lionel Newman/Jule Styne ( ROBBINS & Sons publ.)
A. DUCROS, VOCAL / B. DE MESMAY, PIANO / G. NICOLAS, DOUBLE-BASS / B. CASTELLUCCI, DRUMS /
M. BLESIN, ACOUSTIC GUITAR / R. MARTINS, PERCUSSION / A. LOMAMA, A.-P. FERNANDES, B. DE MESMAY,
G. NICOLAS, M. BLESIN VOCAL BACKGROUNDS

LAURA
David Raksin/ Johnny Mercer (ROBBINS MUSIC)
A. DUCROS, VOCAL EMMANUEL BEX, HAMMOND ORGAN, VOCAL, VOCODER

DINDI
Antonio Carlos Jobim/ Ray Gilbert ( IPANEMA MUSIC )
A. DUCROS, VOCAL / B. DE MESMAY, PIANO / G. NICOLAS, ELECTRIC BASS/ M. BLESIN, ACOUSTIC GUITAR /
R. MARTINS, PERCUSSION

IT DONT MEAN A THING (if it aint got that swing)

Duke Ellington/Irving Mills (ALFRED MUSIC PUBL.)
A. DUCROS, VOCAL / B. DE MESMAY, PIANO / G. NICOLAS, DOUBLE-BASS / A. PIERRE, DRUMS /
M. BLESIN, ELECTRIC GUITAR

REMERCIEMENTS :
Merci Alain Brunet et Bernard Chambre de mavoir suggr une si belle ide
Merci Gilles et Benot pour avoir cru au projet et pour leur lenthousiasme qui ma porte tout au long de
laventure, Max lorfvre sans qui rien naurait pu se faire aussi bien merci pour ton nergie, ton temps
jamais compt, Bruno pour dj tant dannes damiti mes cts, Franco Battiato pour le si beau
duo et les paroles italiennes, toi ma douce et adorable Mamani pour la magie de ta voix, Emmanuel
pour ta posie et ta musique, Renato, Antoine et Olivier pour tre venus apporter votre si jolie touche a
mon album, Giuseppe (ssibon!) mon ami trs cher pour tes sublimes arrangements, Alessandro
et tous les brillants musiciens du N.A. Orchestra, Afy et Anna Paula pour les chabadas, Judy Niemack
pour les belles paroles, merci aussi Max Blesin, Gene Paul, Giuseppe Emmanuel, Paolo Censi, pour
le son, matire de la musique, que vous avez su magnifier, merci vous tous d'avoir mis votre immense
talent au service de mon album. Un merci spcial, Jean-Jacques Pussiau, Tina Charlon, Andr Bontems,
Xavier Tribolet, Manu Hermia, Emmanuel Duprey, Marc Taraskoff, Christophe Faur.
Merci a Sylvain pour la jolie photo, Lolita et Shiloh pour les bigoudis et les pinceaux, et Anne
Vogt-Bordure du Meurice.
Marie-Claire et Alain Blesin pour l'accueil (et le tiramisu 5*)
Et puis merci, tellement merci mes trs chers et prcieux amis pour leur soutien, Batrice et Lionel
pour m'inspirer autant de joie et d'affection, vous tes dans ma musique sur toutes les portes tout
autant que toi ma douce et prcieuse Valerie, Anna-Paula mon petit soldat ange gardien, ma Pascale
cleste pour ton soutien sans faille et les rigolades folles, mon Jeremy chri, toi ma Line pour tes
doux encouragements de la premire heure, Jeffrey, Olivier, Philippe, Gildas, Geraud, Antoine, Nikos,
Pierre-Alexandre, David, Davy...
merci mes parents, mes adorables frre et surs, je vous aime,
Merci ma nouvelle dream-team de chez Nave, Samuel, Charlotte, Ilan et tous ceux sans qui je ne
ferais de la musique qu' la maison,
Merci tous les gens de bonne volont que je rencontre sur tous mes chemins,
Et enfin merci pour son amour et son soutien indfectible ma fille Jeanne adore sans qui la vie ni la
musique n'auraient la mme importance.

MANY THANKS TO :
Thanks to Alain Brunet and Bernard Chambre for having suggested me such a beautiful idea
Thanks to Gilles and Benot for believing in the project, your enthusiasm has kept me going through the
whole adventure, to Max, the craftsman, for your energy and all those uncounted hours without which we
could never have done so well, to Bruno for so many years of friendship by my side, to Franco Battiato
for the so beautiful duo and italian lyrics, to you, sweet, adorable Mamani for the magic of your voice,
to Emmanuel for your poetry and your music, to Renato, Antoine and Olivier for the fine touches they
brought to my album, to Giuseppe (ssibon!), my very dear friend, for your sublime arrangements, to

Alessandro and all the brilliant musicians of the N.A. Orchestra, to Afy and Anna Paula for the chabadas,
to Judy Niemack for the beautiful lyrics, to Max Blesin, Gene Paul, Paolo Censi, Giuseppe Emmanuel,
for the sound, the matter of music, that you have captured so brilliantly, thanks to you all for lending your
immense talent to the success of my new album.
A very special thank to Jean-Jacques Pussiau, Tina Charlon, Andr Bontems , Xavier Tribolet, Manu
Hermia, Emmanuel Duprey, Marc Taraskoff, Christophe Faur.
Thanks to Sylvain for the pretty photo, to Lolita and Shiloh for the rollers and brushes, and to Anne VogtBordure from the Hotel Meurice.
To Marie-Claire et Alain Blesin for taking care of us so well (and for the tiramisu 5*)
And special thanks to my nearest and dearest friends for their unfailing support, to Batrice and Lionel
for giving me so much joy and affection, you are in every bar of my music, as are you my sweet precious
Valrie, Anna-Paula my valiant guardian-angel, heavenly Pascale with your undying support and shared
bursts of incontrollable laughter, my beloved Jeremy, thanks to you Line for your encouragement at the
start, to Jeffrey, Olivier, Philippe, Gildas, Geraud, Antoine, Nikos, Pierre-Alexandre, David, Davy... Thanks
to my parents, to my lovely brother and sisters, I love you.
Thanks to my new dream-team @ Nave, to Samuel, Charlotte, Ilan and all those without whom I would
only ever make music at home,
Thanks to all the people of good will I continue to meet on the way,
And lastly, for her love and unconditional support, thanks to my beloved daughter Jeanne without whom
neither life nor music would have the same importance.

Photo. : Sylvain THIRION

Make up : SHILOH Hair styl. : Lolita Vilmart
Stylisme : CHANEL

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