Year : 2019/1975
Label : Trad Vibe/Disques Espérance
Genre : Jazz
Style : Jazz Funk
Impossible to find as original issue, the iconic "Troupeau Bleu" is a major masterwork of French jazz funk composed by the pianist Alain Mion influenced by Herbie Hancock, Parliament and Sergio Mendes. "Troupeau Bleu" have been sampled so many times since the eighties by the greatest worlwide hip-hop beatmakers from Madlib, Flying Lotus to MF Doom & DJ Cam, and even recent american rap icons such as Tyler The Creator. The album opens on "La Rue", a pure jazz funk piece including the singular tone of songstress Mireille Dalbray, followed by a new reading of popular french song "Colchiques Dans Les Prés" (Automne), the two bewitched latin jazz to samba sauce "L'Enfant Samba" & "Troupeau Bleu", the jazz pop-direction with disco rhythms of "Mary And Jeff", and closes on the psychedelic flights synths of "Madbass".
