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Cyrille Aimée: vocals (all tracks)
Assaf Gleizner: piano and Rhodes (2, 3, 6, 8, 10, 13)
Thomas Enhco: piano (4, 8, 12)
Jérémy Bruyère: upright and fretless bass (2–4, 6–13)
Yoann Serra: drums (2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13)
Abraham Mansfaroll: percussions (6)
Adrien Moignard: acoustic guitar (7)
Sebastien Giniaux: acoustic guitar and cello (7, 11)
Ralph Lavital: electric guitar (2, 10, 13)
Diego Figueiredo: nylon guitar (5, 14)
Warren Walker: tenor saxophone and effects (12)
Maxime Berton: soprano saxophone (13)
Patrick Bartley: alto saxophone (6, 10, 13)
Bill Todd: tenor saxophone (2, 6, 10, 13)
Wayne Tucker: trumpet (2, 6, 10, 13)
Mathias Lévy: violin (3, 11)
Fung Chern Hwei: violin I (5, 6, 13)
Gregor Huebner: violin II (5, 6, 13)
Julie Goodale: viola (5, 6, 13)
Rubin Kodheli: cello (5, 6, 13)
The genius of Stephen Sondheim stems from the revered composer’s ability to plumb universal human emotions even in the form of the most outré characters – be they cannibalistic barbers, presidential assassins, or fairy tale witches. The acclaimed vocalist Cyrille Aimée discovered that gift first-hand as she took a deep dive into the Sondheim songbook for her scintillating new album, Move On: A Sondheim Adventure. What began as a celebration of a legendary Broadway songwriter became a work of cathartic autobiography as one song after another captured her deepest personal feelings.
“I get goosebumps just thinking about it,” Aimée says. “At the moment that I was working on this album I was going through a lot of life changes. The more I listened to the songs, the more I realized they were really connected to what I was going through. At a very rough time, these songs were saving me.”
“I get goosebumps just thinking about it,” Aimée says. “At the moment that I was working on this album I was going through a lot of life changes. The more I listened to the songs, the more I realized they were really connected to what I was going through. At a very rough time, these songs were saving me.”
While its narrative arc is a self-contained story, Move On: A Sondheim Adventure(February 22via Mack Avenue Records) is just the beginning of a new chapter in Aimée’s remarkable journey. It’s the French-born singer’s first release since disbanding the acclaimed band she’s led for the last several years, to which she bid a fond adieu on her last album, Cyrille Aimée Live. It’s also her first since moving from Brooklyn to New Orleans, the latest music-rich city that she’s been able to call home.