Piste 16 - U3 L10 - p32

Leçondix.

Leçondix.

J'écoutedelamusiquesoul.

I listen to soul music.

VousvoussouvenezpeutêtrejustementdecesuccèsdeFrançoiseHardy?

You may perhaps remember this success of Françoise Hardy?

Latransitionesttoutetrouvéepourprésenternotreinvité,sonfilsThomasDutronc,quiexcelledansuntoutautregenrelejazzmanouche.

The transition is all set to introduce our guest, his son Thomas Dutronc, who excels in another genre, gypsy jazz.

Etdepuiscetteannée,ilchanteavecunpremierdisqueetunesériedeconcertsJean-JacquesPerreauetAlexandreDupont.

And since this year, he has been singing with a debut album and a series of concerts with Jean-Jacques Perreau and Alexandre Dupont.

J'aimeplusParis.

I love Paris more.

Cequ'ilsn'aimentpasnonplus,ditil.

What they don't like either, he says.

C'estqu'onluiparlesanscessedesesparents.

It's that he talks to them without stopping about his parents.

Çanel'empêchepasdemaillerseschansonsdeclinsd'œilàsonpèreviventcommelesnonnes.

That doesn't prevent him from singing his father's songs as if they were nuns.

Etçanel'empêchepasnonplusdefairelemannequinavecmamanpouruncataloguedeventeparcorrespondance.

And that doesn't prevent him either from modeling with mom for a mail-order catalog.

Cequ'ilaime,c'estlaguitareetlejazzmanouche,cejazztypiquementfrançaisinventédanslesannées20parDjangoReinhardtetStéphaneGrappelli.

What he loves is the guitar and gypsy jazz, this typically French jazz invented in the 1920s by Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli.

Etd'ailleurs,depuisunedizained'années,ilenafaitsonmétier.

And besides, for about ten years, he has made it his profession.

Guitaristedejazz,ilaenchaînélestournéesdeconcertsavecsesamismusiciens,rencontréspourlaplupartenCorse,oùilvitleplussouvent.

As a jazz guitarist, he has been on tour with his musician friends, mostly met in Corsica, where he lives most often.

EtcommeThomasaaussibeaucoupd'amisdanslachansonetqu'ilenécritCertains,commeMatthieuChedid,l'encouragentàleschanter.

And since Thomas also has many friends in music and some, like Matthieu Chedid, encourage him to sing them.

VRAIMENTtoutes.

REALLY all.

ToutesToutes.

All All.

VRAIMENTToutes.

REALLY All.

VRAIMENT.

REALLY.

C'estvraiqueparparesse,parl'instrumentsimplement,c'estpasévidentd'avoiruncontactaussiprivilégiéqu'avecunechanson.

It's true that out of laziness, by the instruments simply, it's not obvious to have a contact as privileged as with a song.

Etpuisbon,toutsimplement,ilauraitenviedechanter.

And then well, simply, he would like to sing.

Jepensequeça,çanes'expliquepasdemanièrepluscompliquéequeçaquoi.

I think that this, it can't be explained in a more complicated way than that.

Jefaislepleind'essence,jepenseauxvacances,jefaislagueule,maisjesuispasleseul.

I fill up with gas, I think about vacations, I make a face, but I'm not the only one.

Lecielestgris,lesgensaigris.

The sky is gray, the people are gray.

Jesuispressé.

I am in a hurry.

Jesuisstressé.

I am stressed.

J'aimeplusParis.

I love Paris more.

EntreStéphaneGrappellietJohnLeonard.

Between Stéphane Grappelli and John Leonard.

Etdoncentreleguitaristeetvioloniste.

And hence the guitarist and violinist.

Bon,çapasseouçapassepas,maisquandçapasseavecunbackgroundcommeceluilà.

Well, it either goes or it doesn't, but when it goes with a background like that.

Voilà,toutestdit.

There you go, everything is said.

Jepensequevoilà,onabienessayéunpeusurlestracesdecetteamitiélà.

I think that there, we have tried a bit on the traces of this friendship.

l'HistoiredeThomasDutroncestcelled'unevraiepassionpourlamusiqueetaussipoursesamisquisontditil,sadeuxièmefamille.

The story of Thomas Dutronc is one of a true passion for music and also for friends who, he says, are his second family.