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69 Annee Erotique (Allaboutjazz.com – published: April 20, 2009) Todd Bishop’s Pop Art 4 | Origin Records (2009) By Dan McClenaghan 69 Annee Erotique gets extra credit for off-the-beaten-path-ness. It is a work celebrating the music of the late French pop songster Serge Gainsbourg (1928- 1991), by Portland Oregon-based Todd Bishop’s Pop Art 4. Gainsbourg, whose name may not be person-on-the-street familiar in the United States, was a pop icon in France from the late-1950s to the 1980s, a musical renaissance man of sorts who delved into jazz, pop, reggae, soundtracks, psychedelia and electronica, all while nurturing a reputation for unseemliness and personal excess inRead More →

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69AE makes another best of 2009 list on AllAboutJazz.com- thanks C. Michael Bailey! Here’s the complete list: Martial Solal Live at the Village Vanguard: I Can’t Give You Anything But Love Cam Jazz Enrico Pieranunzi Enrico Pieranunzi Plays Domenico Scarlatti Cam Jazz Todd Bishop’s Pop Art 4 69 Annee Erotique Origin Records Theo Bleckmann Charles Ives: Twelve Songs Winter & Winter Andras Schiff Johann Sebastian Bach: Six Partitas ECM Records Steve Kuhn Trio with Joe Lovano Mostly Coltrane ECM Records Carla Bley Carla’s Christmas Carols Watt / ECM Records Theo Bleckmann Schumann’s Favored Bar Songs Winter & Winter Polkastra Apolkalypse Now Ancalagon Joe Cocker LiveRead More →

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Allaboutjazz.com’s Dan McClenaghan put our 69 Année Érotique on his top ten CDs of 2009 list, along with albums by Jan Garbarek, Gary Peacock, Steve Kuhn, and Jessica Williams. Here’s his introduction followed by our entry: 2009 was a fantastic year for music. Every disc on this list is a marvelous set of sounds. This is what keeps me excited about the art form. Todd Bishop’s Pop Art 4 69 Annee Erotique Origin Records A meticulously-crafted jazz/pop mix nod to the music of the late French musical Renaissance man, Serge Gainsbourg. Dan’s complete list after the break: Jessica Williams Art of the Piano Origin RecordsRead More →

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CD review: Todd Bishop’s Pop Art Four – 69 Annee Erotique (chicagojazz.com, published July, 2009) by Paul Abella Origin Records strikes again with another outstanding disc, this time from drummer Todd Bishop and an outstanding group playing the music of Serge Gainsbourg. I have to admit, I hadn’t a clue who Serge Gainsbourg was, prior to seeing this disc make its way across my desk. Of course, curiosity got the best of me and I had to check out Gainsbourg’s music to hear these songs straight from the source. What I heard was charming and familiar on a number of levels. At once, I heardRead More →

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69 Année Érotique: Music of Serge Gainsbourg (Allmusic.com – published May, 2009) by Adam Greenberg Todd Bishop has taken groups Lower Monumental and Flatland through somewhat revolutionary jazz territory before, exploring what modern free jazz could sound like while still putting together entirely listenable albums. On 69 Annee Erotique, Bishop takes his Pop Art 4 through some surprising new arrangements of old Serge Gainsbourg songs. The songs vary from dark to light, slow to jumpy, but they’re all given a strong touch of the new in Bishop’s arrangements. There’s some extra electrofunk quietly placed into the opening title track, and some extended low-end soloing onRead More →

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Willie Matheis and Dan in Belgium Dan’s PA4 Europe tour diary – part 2 Notes from the 2009 Pop Art 4 Europe tour, written by guitarist Dan Duval: Our time in Paris was densely packed with sight seeing, transportation, and performance. We arrived in the afternoon on Friday, so we didn’t have time to do much of anything before playing our gig that night. The club, Le Bab Ilo, was tiny but extremely charming: we played in a book lined basement room. […] On Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, we took the train into Paris in the morning, checked out different parts of the city onRead More →

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Here Library of Congress jazz specialist, writer, and WPFW DJ Larry Appelbaum plays his favorite recordings of 2009, including 69 Année Érotique: Sound of Surprise WPFW-FM Washington D.C. Sundays 4-6 pm A Look Back at Favorite Releases From 2009 (in no particular order) 1) Gerald Clayton-Con Alma (Two Shade) 2) Dominick Farinacci-Don’t Explain (Lovers, Tales & Dances) 3) Martial Solal-Green Dolphin Street (Live at Village Vanguard) 4) John Scofield-Just a Little While To Stay Here (Piety Street) 5) Allen Toussaint-St James Infirmary (The Bright Mississippi) 6) Joshua Redman-Round Reuben (Compass) 7) Fred Hersch-Por Toda Minha Vida (Fred Hersch Plays Jobim) 8) Luciana Souza-Sorriu Para MimRead More →

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Willie Matheis and Dan in Brussels, first night of the tour.  Dan’s PA4 Europe tour diary – part 1 Notes from the 2009 Pop Art 4 Europe tour, written by guitarist Dan Duval: The Sazz ‘n’ Jazz is a small club in the heart of the Turkish district of Brussels; the group that played right after us was a traditional Turkish ensemble which featured the Sassi, a guitar-esque Turkish instrument. They sounded great! The club owner, audience, and other musicians were all very kind to us, and actually the rest of the tour continued in a similar tone. Todd sold a fair amount of merchandise,Read More →