Pomplamoose, one of my favorite little jazz music groups is up for a Grammy in the Best Jazz Vocal Album category. The album is ‘En Francais’ which is a collection of French jazz standards. This is impressive seeing as They don’t have a record label deal or a publicist other than their youtube channel. Nataly Dawn, the vocalist, spent a large part of her childhood in France and Belgium which is where she picked up a love for French jazz and her pronunciation. Try Les copain d’abord by Georges Brassens, Les Yeux Noirs or Sous le Ciel de Paris by Edith Piaf. They also have an extensive collection of covers of pop songs with nice arrangements and a small number of originals. My favorite of the originals is Bust Your Knee Caps which can be best described as a doo wop genre revenge song by a mafia princess when her boyfriend gets cold feet about the family business. The juxtaposition of a very innocent doo wop melody and harmony with terrifying lyrics is an interesting combination. Most of the videos on youtube are of Nataly, Jack Conte (her husband and a co-founder of Patreon) and whoever has joined with them in the recording studio. Clearly they are having fun e.g. Monster Mashup with Tessa Violet and that is the important bit.

Yes, Pomplamoose is french for grapefruit, but this post has nothing to do my post on Grapefruit and Pomplamoose is safe to listen to with or without medication.

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