"Sous le ciel de Paris" is a song you may think you do not know but, believe it, you do.
The song was originally performed by Edith Piaf who may have the most delicious control of vibrato who ever lived. Zaz isn't so much covering it as taking it into a different place but she does not lose the thought of that delicious vibrato. The lady has hit the big time and she earned it from singing on the streets. A top hat tip to this one. She is grand style.
Here is Edith Piaf at Carnegie Hall in 1957
Don't get all musicologist with this, just enjoy the vibe from two of the best. The long-hairs may scoff at vibrato as an artistic device ... but so is a paintbrush.
Here is Zaz today and singing with Charles Aznavour
What a difference a day makes.
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