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...However Arabic or Russian the orchestrations, Jarre's music fit the plangent mood of French postwar pop: the mordant, worldly-wise chansons of Gilbert Bécaud, Marguerite Monnot, Jacques Brel, Charles Aznavour. The simple melodies follow a clear ascending or descending line, and sound either inevitable or predictable, depending on the extent of the listener's fondness for the form. Jarre didn't write pop songs, exactly; "Lara's Theme" was his one Top 40 hit. But the sound was marketable in movies, and after Lawrence, Jarre's tinny, tinkly, discordant music was in high demand by directors searching...
...Story Nina Simone; RCA Legacy; out now In 1956 a nightclub boss told the Juilliard pianist he'd hire her if she'd also sing. Smart idea. As this must-buy-now four-disc career set proves, Simone's reedy, dramatic alto made her a peerless interpreter of Gershwin, Brel, Dylan, the Bee Gees and herself (the scathing Mississippi Goddam). Warning: Contents are emotionally draining. Also life-enhancing...
...DIED. HAROLD LEVENTHAL, 86, pre-eminent folk impresario of the last half-century; in New York City. Among Leventhal's credentials: pushing a scruffy 21-year-old Bob Dylan on stage for his first major concert-hall appearance; bringing Jacques Brel and Ravi Shankar to American audiences; and representing, at one time or another, every major figure of the 1950s-and-'60s folk-music revival, including Joan Baez and Peter, Paul and Mary. A producer of Alice's Restaurant and other movies, he was the inspiration for the central character of Irving Steinbloom in the 2003 film spoof A Mighty...
DIED. HAROLD LEVENTHAL, 86, pre-eminent folk impresario of the last half-century; in New York City. Among Leventhal's credentials: pushing a scruffy 21-year-old Bob Dylan onstage for his first major concert-hall appearance; bringing Jacques Brel and Ravi Shankar to American audiences; and representing, at one time or another, every major figure of the 1950s-and-'60s folk-music revival, including Joan Baez and Peter, Paul and Mary. A producer of Alice's Restaurant and other movies, he was the inspiration for the central character of Irving Steinbloom in the 2003 film spoof A Mighty Wind...
...Vietnam's relentless modernization means there are increasingly fewer opportunities to step back into the country's past. But the splendid Café Tung, tel: (84-63) 821 390, is an exception. With its retro skai-covered sofas and Jacques Brel posters, it looks more like a 1960s Parisian cellar than a coffee shop in the present-day Central Highlands town of Dalat. Not that there are any complaints from the clientele, who comprise a fair slice of Dalat's artists and intellectuals (the town is Vietnam's pre-eminent bohemian enclave). From early morning, they gather to read...