{"title":"The French Impressionists","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"fete","title":"Fete","description":"\u003cp\u003e'fete' is the brand new cd album by the french impressionists, the cult glasgow 'new jazz' combo associated with postcard records and les disques du crepuscule. the french impressionists first emerged in 1981 via the postcard records school, when founder \/ pianist malcolm fisher made his first recordings with members of aztec camera and the jazzateers. a more permanent line-up released a selection of songs on les disques du crepuscule, as well as the christmas single 'santa baby', and found lasting success in japan. more recently, malcolm fisher has based himself in milan (italy), releasing three albums of solo piano music, and pursuing parallel careers in teaching and photography. malcolm has now gathered together a new group of french impressionists, including singers cressida jenkins, sara cicenia and alberto antoniazzi, as well as multi-media artist sally titterington. the resulting album, 'fete', recorded during 2006 and 2007, offers a beguiling mix of jazz, lieder, tone poems and modern composition. several lyrics are texts by poets amelia rosselli and william blake. stand-out tracks include 'a pretty rose tree', 'the chimney sweeper', 'se per un canto', 'lips' and the charming instrumental title track. the deluxe booklet featuring a selection of colour images by malcolm fisher, and cover art by designers moderne. on ltm.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50436998299979,"sku":"290350","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/50809c4f-fb13-4e18-b274-6a8f9e02a01b_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726924127"},{"product_id":"amelia-rosselli","title":"Amelia Rosselli","description":"\u003cp\u003eltm release the brand new cd album by the french impressionists, the modernist ensemble associated with postcard records and les disques du crepuscule. the french impressionists first emerged in 1981 via the postcard records school, when founder \/ pianist malcolm fisher made his first recordings with members of aztec camera and the jazzateers. a more permanent line-up released a selection of songs on les disques du crepuscule, as well as christmas single 'santa baby', and found lasting success in japan. in 2007 the group, now based in milan (italy), released a well-received new album, 'fete'. for the third french impressionists album, malcolm fisher has joined forces with gifted italian singer sara cicenia, setting the poems of amelia rosselli to original piano music. born in paris in 1930, amelia rosselli was the daughter of anti-fascist resister carlo rosselli, assassinated by mussolini's agents. she spent her life studying ethnomusicology and taking part in the cultural life of postwar italy as a literary translator and poet, the latter work marked by bold verbal combinations and deliberate linguistic error. she committed suicide in rome in february 1996. the deluxe booklet features a selection of original images by malcolm fisher, and the text of several of the poems.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50436999479627,"sku":"304509","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/b2243ec9-2dbc-4003-abeb-2088fcefc959_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726924149"},{"product_id":"a-selection-of-songs","title":"A Selection Of Songs","description":"\u003cp\u003ethe first cd from cult scots new jazz ensemble the french impressionists, who recorded for the label les disques du crepuscule label between 1981 and 1983. formed by pianist and songwriter malcolm fisher in glasgow, at first the band were allied to the postcard records stable, recording a first demo in june 1981 with the help of vocalist paul quinn and roddy frame and campbell owens of aztec camera. fisher then formed a proper band with singer louise ness in 1982, recording further demos as well as the melodic singles 'a selection of songs' and 'santa baby'. this digitally remastered selection of songs on cd includes all tracks recorded by the band for singles and compilation albums, all the bands demos, and several in-concert tracks recorded live in glasgow. the booklet includes a detailed band biography. cd only on ltm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50437001052491,"sku":"196628","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/5e424ad1-add1-4a09-95bd-1dd7bacda96d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726924170"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/collections\/the-french-impressionists.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}