Vu JàDé's eclectic palette of styles and genres mixes music from Gershwin and Ellington to Melody Gardot and Carole King; from Cole Porter and Jerome Kern to Paul Simon and Billy Joel, with touches of Jobim, Bacharach and The Beatles.
Embark with us on a musical tour that ranges from Brandi Carlile and Eva Cassidy to Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen to Michael Bublé and Amy Winehouse.
Much of our music lends a blues/jazz tinge to things you might have heard before, but not quite the Vu JàDé way. We also like to spotlight great tunes and artists that come from the jazz/blues/contemporary spectrum.
Embark with us on a musical tour that ranges from Brandi Carlile and Eva Cassidy to Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen to Michael Bublé and Amy Winehouse.
Much of our music lends a blues/jazz tinge to things you might have heard before, but not quite the Vu JàDé way. We also like to spotlight great tunes and artists that come from the jazz/blues/contemporary spectrum.
Repertoire highlights include:
"My Heart Belongs to Daddy" - Adele had her James Bond theme, this is our setting of the Cole Porter standard as it might be sung by a "Bond girl," complete with an interlude of a host of Bond Themes (oh, and would you believe one imposter spy?). Name that tune anyone?
"Shoulda Known" - a cautionary tale for frogs, as well as those looking for love in the wrong places "Let It Be/Imagine" - a thoughtful mix of McCartney and Lennon where the songs comment on each other "La Vie en Rose" - the lovely Edith Piaf hallmark tune en Français et Anglais "Waters of March" - Antonio Carlos Jobim's take on images of love might just be the first Brazilian rap song "You Know I'm No Good" - Amy Winehouse's contemporary classic set in a latin mood that makes it sizzle "Insensitive" - an acerbic reflection on a date gone wrong "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" - a rethinking of the Elton John hit in a setting that lends a new perspective to the tale of returning to a familiar home |
"50 Ways..." - a Train/Paul Simon mashup that lets you in on who Paul may have been advising when he wrote about those ways to leave your lover, set in a reggae style
"Que Sera, Sera" - Doris Day's well-known theme song in a distinctive bluesy setting that rocks it back on its heels "Cry If You Want To" - go ahead, just let it out, it's ok "God Will" - They say all is fair in love and war, but find out who forgives (and who doesn't) in this Lyle Lovett tune "I'm On Fire" - Springsteen's gem given a smoldering new treatment "If I Tell You I Love You, I Lied" - Melody Gardot's caveat about things that might be said in the heat of passion Other highlights: - Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay - When a Man Loves a Woman - What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? - Take Me to Church (Hozier) - Don't Know Why (I Didn't Come) - New York State of Mind - Hallelujah |