An idea of the talents of musician (alto saxophone) and arranger of Lisa Cat-Berro? Everything is condensed in the penultimate song of Good Days Bad Days, his latest album: another day without you. She gives Rosalie’s letter to read (Caesar and Rosalie, film by Claude Sautet, 1972) to Anouk Grinberg. Meeting of the actress and the musician? We were going to write: chance encounter, but no. Studio meeting, artist to artist, with Gilles Olivesi, sound engineer… Operating on the two recordings, he makes the presentations. The poignant reading of this letter (delicate, hushed arrangement, crystal clear alto sound), may well contain the secret of secrets.
L’album Good Days Bad Days (Gaya Music/L’Autre Distribution) was released on April 30, 2021. Given the vicissitudes of time, from postponement to postponement, Lisa Cat-Berro was only able to present it on February 2, at the Studio de l’Ermitage (Paris , 20e). Wonderful evening, smiling intimacy, perfect gauge, room between club and pocket theatre. In addition to cinema, literature is one of her serious passions: before joining the National Conservatory of Music and Dance, the young woman, was born in 1978 in Pithiviers (Loiret), did three years of preparation for the Ecole normal superior (Letters) at the Lycée Henri-IV (Paris, 5e).
Very active on all accessible scenes (jazz, folk, theatre), Lisa Cat-Berro is one of the first « ladies » of the formidable ensemble launched by the organist Rhoda Scott – “living national treasure”, one would say of her, in Japan –, in 2004. Quartet of ladies – Sophie Alour (tenor saxophone), Julie Saury on drums, Airelle Besson on trumpet –, of which an All-Stars of eight musicians is the remarkable extension and imposes itself everywhere.
The voices of Romy Schneider, Churchill and Krishnamurti
At the Studio de l’Ermitage, Lisa Cat-Berro presents Good Days Bad Days. His first album, Inside Air, Victoire du jazz 2013, was received with unanimous warmth. Suffering (a particularly athletic herniated disc forcing him to stay in bed for several months), curiously allowed him to think about his voice, his music and his texts.
On stage, alto saxophone with a cord around her neck, straight and supple, very short hair, Lisa Cat-Berro presents herself with her usual partners: Julien Omé (delicious duets, guitar and her on the viola), Stéphane Decolly (travelling bass ), and Nicolas Larmignat (category drummer), plus Louise Tholion at the Ermitage (chorus guitarist). Last song, Lisa Cat-Berro invites a host of young girls present in the room to join her. Great moment.
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