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Laika

Laïka Fatien Laika Fatien is a singer who was born in Paris in 1968. Carmen McRae, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Abbey Lincoln, and Diane Reeves are her inspirations. Laïka came into the public eye with Claude Bolling’s orchestra. She featured on several artists’ albums, Fatien released her first album in 2004. Her international background flavors her CD, Look at Me. It brought a fresh sound to vocal jazz. It was quite clearly different. Musician and Day to Day contributor David Was offered a review, and saying that artists like Fatien are critical to insuring that jazz remains lively and experimental. The quintet’s musicians are (David El Malek on tenor sax/ Pierre de Bethman on piano/ Jules Bikoko Bin’Jami on bass/ Dré Pallemaerts on drums) are exceptional. ‘Look at me now!’ was recorded live without electronics, with a completely natural sound.

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