{"id":9727,"date":"2018-07-02T12:58:43","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T19:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=9727"},"modified":"2019-01-15T12:16:01","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T20:16:01","slug":"monday-recommendation-cyrille-aimee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2018\/07\/monday-recommendation-cyrille-aimee\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Recommendation: Cyrille Aim\u00c3\u00a9e"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Cyrille Aim\u00c3\u00a9e<\/strong>&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2tUgZd5iv\"><em>Live<\/em><\/a>&#8221;\u00a0(Mack Avenue)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9728\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/51Wm2xRdO5L-e1530560796312.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" \/>Cyrille Aim\u00c3\u00a9e is not a gypsy, but she has <em>Roma<\/em> fervor and intensity reminiscent of Django Reinhardt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no wonder; when she was a little girl in northern France she sneaked out at night to join the neighborhood gypsies who sang and played around their campfires. Some of them had known Reinhardt. Their spirit has never left her. She combines it with intensity and accuracy of musicianship that compel the audience to occasionally participate in this performance at New York\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <em>Le Poisson Rouge<\/em> nightclub. Whether they are reinventing pieces by Stephen Sondheim, Michael Jackson or Thelonious Monk, the singer and her band transmit their infectious joy at making music. Aim\u00c3\u00a9e\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s and guitarist Michael Valeanu\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Each Day\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is a highlight, as is the band\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s nearly eight minutes of joyous complexity in Monk\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Well, You Needn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t (It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Over Now)\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. Indeed, the album itself is a highlight of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cyrille Aim\u00c3\u00a9e&#8221;\u00a0Live&#8221;\u00a0(Mack Avenue) Cyrille Aim\u00c3\u00a9e is not a gypsy, but she has Roma fervor and intensity reminiscent of Django Reinhardt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no wonder; when she was a little girl in northern France she sneaked out at night to join the neighborhood gypsies who sang and played around their campfires. Some of them had known Reinhardt. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9727","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-recommendations","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9727\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}