Live in your Living Room

“Live in your Living Room is full of happiness... Within 10 songs, Karen Young offers a quarter-century retrospective of musical exploration...” —Alexandre Vigneault, La Presse

“A smooth, spiritual, universal, and poetic CD.” —Francine Charette, Club-Culture

“...Live In Your Living Room confirms one more time her incredible talent.” —Joël Marinier, Rock Detente

Description

In december 2001, Norman, Sylvain, and I spent a week at Philippe’s in the Laurentians, Sylvie brought boxes of food, Jean set up the recording unit, and we ate, practiced and recorded for five days in Philippe’s living room. On friday night about 30 friends came over and we did a very intimate show. We wanted to present, live, what this trio has been doing for the last 3 years. What started as a project of taking jazz to the CEGEPs (colleges), began to replace those megalomaniac projects of the last two albums. It was so easy, so musical, so intimate. Together, the trio breathed new life into old songs, and the project transformed into a resumé of each album I’ve done since Bug Alley band 25 years ago, including one song from my next project. There were also songs that never made it onto albums that I thought deserved the light of day. This is a home-cooked album, seasoned with love and to be savoured live in your own living room!

Art’s oregano (Karen Young / Art Pepper)
Au bord de l’eau (Sully Prudhomme / Gabriel Fauré)
I just wanna be with you (Karen Young)
Morena soy (La Bible /Karen Young)
In the caboose (Karen Young / Michel Donato, Karen Young)
Jean’s song (Karen Young)
Family fight (Karen Young / Francine Martel, Karen Young)
Quelle amoureuse (Michel X Côté / Karen Young)
In die laetitiae (La Bible / Karen Young)
Maria matrem (Llibre Vermell)

Production — Karen Young, Jean Lacasse, Norman Lachapelle, Sylvain Provost
Arrangement — Karen Young, Norman Lachapelle, Sylvain Provost

MUSICIANS
Norman Lachapelle — acoustic and electric bass
Sylvain Provost — electric guitar
Karen Young — voice, percussion

SOUND
Recorded in Phillippe's living room
Engineer — Jean Lacasse
Mix — Karen Young, Jean Lacasse
Mastering — Carl Talbot, Studio Sono Design

Cover
Desing — Susan Valyi
Photos — Michel Pinault