Connie Fredericks Malone will be in Villeneuve-lez-Avignon for the music festival
The sister of the late Carole Fredericks and the great bluesman Taj Mahal is an immense singer of blues, jazz and soul. On June 21, for the Fête de la Musique, she will be in free concert in Villeneuve.
She is certainly a great lady. Through her talent, her family roots, her generosity, and her respect for her word. Connie Fredericks Malone has been performing for 35 years in the name of jazz, blues and soul. A certain expertise, which probably has to do with genetics. Her little sister Carole Fredericks, who died in 2001, was indeed the sidekick of Jean-Jacques Goldman and Michael Jones on hits that have since become part of French musical heritage, from Un deux trois to À nos actes manqu és . In her family, we also come across an absolute icon of the blues, the great Taj Mahal, 82 years old, winner of three Grammy Awards, if you please.
This June 21, for the Fête de la Musique, Connie Fredericks Malone will perform with her musicians in Villeneuve-lez-Avignon. The place to party? A terrace, that of the flea market restaurant Le Comptoir du Magasin. It was thanks to a mutual acquaintance that the singer and Frédéric Alexandre, the owner of the establishment, met last spring. In addition to sharing the same name, “we had a feeling ,” explains Frédéric, who opened Le Comptoir du Magasin in the historic center of the cardinal city a little over a year ago. An unusual place where the customer has all the leisure to buy the plate on which he savored a summer salad, the pitcher of water or the vintage chair on which he sat! When they met, Connie Fredericks Malone had promised him to come and sing at his place the following year for the Fête de la Musique. Quite simply, she confirmed her commitment to him by email in April. To honor her promise, the international artist will therefore make a detour to the south of France from the Paris region, where she is currently on tour with Vivre cent vies , from Springfield to the Zénith. A musical comedy performed by around forty artists on stage that retraces the life of Carole Fredericks, her little sister who passed away twenty-three years ago. ” My father was a pianist and composer, my mother sang gospel, soul and jazz, there was always music at home ,” notes this unique voice, head of the Carole Fredericks Foundation (educational and charitable missions). On the occasion of the Fête de la Musique, she will sing the classic standards of Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, and many more.
Concert from 8 p.m. this Friday, June 21. Dinner available (reservation recommended).
