Madeleine Peyroux is a jazz singer who was born in 1974 in Athens, Georgia,… Read Full Bio ↴Madeleine Peyroux is a jazz singer who was born in 1974 in Athens, Georgia, USA, and raised in New York City and Paris, France. She is noted for her vocal style, which is highly reminiscent of Billie Holiday. Madeleine also has qualities similar to Ella Fitzgerald. Though Peyroux may remind some listeners of Holiday, there are differences, and she has her own sense of phrasing and interpretation.
Peyroux started singing at the age of fifteen, when she discovered street musicians in the Latin Quarter in Paris. She joined a group called the Riverboat Shufflers, first passing round the hat, and then singing. At sixteen she joined the The Lost Wandering Blues and Jazz Band, spending two years touring Europe performing songs by the likes of Fats Waller, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and others, which provided the basis for her first album, Dreamland.
Dreamland was released in 1996, and gained widespread attention. Time called it "the most exciting, involving vocal performance by a new singer this year". Dreamland, is a brilliant recording, as Peyroux's distinctive voice is not hindered by overly intricate arrangements. Most of the accompaniment on the record is light and sparse, the way it should be for a singer with such a unique voice. Peyroux soon found herself opening for Sarah McLachlan and Cesária Évora, and made appearances at jazz festivals and on the Lilith Fair tour.
In May 2002 she joined multi-instrumentalist William Galison, and together they appeared at such venues as the Bottom Line, Joe's Pub, and the Tin Angel. In 2003 the duo released a seven-song EP entitled Got You on My Mind, which they sold at shows and online. Got You on My Mind was re-released by William Galison in August 2004; the original EP was expanded by the addition of four tracks by Gallison.
Peyroux released her own sophomore effort, Careless Love, in September 2004. The album received generally positive reviews.
Her new album, Half the Perfect World, was released on September 12, 2006. She collaborated with several artists, including Jesse Harris, Walter Becker, Larry Klein (who also produced the album), and K.d. lang, with whom Peyroux duets on a cover of the Joni Mitchell song, "River".
On July 12, 2007, she was awarded Best International Jazz Artist at the BBC Jazz Awards.
Peyroux started singing at the age of fifteen, when she discovered street musicians in the Latin Quarter in Paris. She joined a group called the Riverboat Shufflers, first passing round the hat, and then singing. At sixteen she joined the The Lost Wandering Blues and Jazz Band, spending two years touring Europe performing songs by the likes of Fats Waller, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and others, which provided the basis for her first album, Dreamland.
Dreamland was released in 1996, and gained widespread attention. Time called it "the most exciting, involving vocal performance by a new singer this year". Dreamland, is a brilliant recording, as Peyroux's distinctive voice is not hindered by overly intricate arrangements. Most of the accompaniment on the record is light and sparse, the way it should be for a singer with such a unique voice. Peyroux soon found herself opening for Sarah McLachlan and Cesária Évora, and made appearances at jazz festivals and on the Lilith Fair tour.
In May 2002 she joined multi-instrumentalist William Galison, and together they appeared at such venues as the Bottom Line, Joe's Pub, and the Tin Angel. In 2003 the duo released a seven-song EP entitled Got You on My Mind, which they sold at shows and online. Got You on My Mind was re-released by William Galison in August 2004; the original EP was expanded by the addition of four tracks by Gallison.
Peyroux released her own sophomore effort, Careless Love, in September 2004. The album received generally positive reviews.
Her new album, Half the Perfect World, was released on September 12, 2006. She collaborated with several artists, including Jesse Harris, Walter Becker, Larry Klein (who also produced the album), and K.d. lang, with whom Peyroux duets on a cover of the Joni Mitchell song, "River".
On July 12, 2007, she was awarded Best International Jazz Artist at the BBC Jazz Awards.
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Keep Me in Your Heart for a While: Best of
Madeleine Peyroux Lyrics
(Getting Some) Fun Out of Life When we want to love, we love When we want to…
Between The Bars Drink up, baby Stay up all night Things you could…
Bye Bye Love There goes my baby With someone new She sure looks happy, I …
Careless Love Love, oh love, oh careless love, You fly though my…
Changing All Those Changes I-I-I should have reconsidered all those things I said I'd…
Damn The Circumstances My heart is like a hand me down Made soft by…
Dance Me To The End Of Love Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Dance…
Don't Wait Too Long You can cry a million tears You can wait a…
Guilty Yes, baby, I been drinkin' And I shouldn't come by I…
Half The Perfect World Every night he'd come to me I'd cook for him, I'd…
I'm All Right He made me laugh He made me cry He smoked his stoggies…
Instead Instead of feeling bad Be glad you got somewhere to…
J'Ai Deux Amours On dit qu'au delà des mers Là-bas sous le ciel…
Keep Me in Your Heart Shadows are fallin' and I'm runnin' out of breath Keep me…
La Javanaise J'avoue j'en ai bavé, pas vous, mon amour? Avant d'avoir eu…
La Vie En Rose Des yeux qui font baisser les miens Un rire qui se…
Once In A While From bad luck I'm walking away I'm not getting stuck I'm…
River Of Tears Stop all this talk, turn off the telephone Open up another…
Smile Smile though your heart is aching Smile even though its brea…
Standing On The Rooftop Standing on the Rooftop Standing on the rooftop Sun is comi…
The Kind You Can't Afford You got palatial mansions; I got rented flat. You got Persi…
The Summer Wind The summer wind Came blowing in From across the sea It linge…
The Things I've Seen Today Don′t have a name Some memories A word cannot explain They …
This Is Heaven To Me When I hear them say There's better living Let them…
Walkin' After Midnight I go out walkin' After midnight Out in the moonlight Just li…
You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go I've seen love go by my door It's never been…
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on The Summer Wind
Unbelievable Saxophon solo!