References

Once upon a time ... An impeccable style and the French touch of Swing!
After three years of triumphant international tours, the tireless preachers of pop that swings are back. Their last
album Back Again, had many prominent guests: Morgane Imbeaud, Didier Lockwood, Jean-Jacques Milteau,
Andre Minvielle for a true original sin!
For their latest album, A la Mode, released in September 2012, Pink Turtle has invited a big band to join the
dance.
These musicians don’t obviously miss any opportunity to have fun: you will find the world's most successful pop
music hits cooked à la mode by the princes of swing!
This band delights the public by asserting what is the essence of swing: Entertainment.
This is where it all began...
1969 - Pink Turtle retire, victim of their success after a triumphal tour of the biggest international venues. The
group has now reformed and the audience will discover the original version of worldwide hits.
7 musicians, instruments and voice, euphoric effect guaranteed, plus an impeccable style and the inimitable
French Touch of Swing.
A seasoned ear will find in the best standards of pop and rock music of the past decades the melodic lines and
smooth writing of Pink Turtle. Indeed, from Simon & Garfunkel to AC / DC, Stevie Wonder to Michael Jackson,
Supertramp to the Bee Gees: all these musicians are indebted to the creative power of this iconic group of swing.
Allistair Chevillard - Musicology - extract Revisiting the roots of pop rock VOLUME 1 - author's edition
A fine team…
."À la Mode", CD 4* CLASSICA (Septembre 2012)
. 18th rank on francophones radios (between Céline Dion and Salif Keita)
.Editor’s choice FNAC,
.More than 193.000 connections on myspace,
.One of the best French jazz sales since October 2008,
.Best sale of Frémeaux & Associés’ jazz catalogue.
…
."A la Mode"
."Back Again"
."Pop in Swing"
(Fremaux & Associés - 2012)
(Fremaux & Associés - 2010)
(Fremaux & Associés - 2007)
.Best of "100 tubes Lounge" (Wagram – 2010)
. Best of "Swing Party" de Bart & Baker (Wagram 2010)
. Best of "Swing Mania" de Béatrice Ardisson (Naïve – 2010)
. Best of "Play Back III" (Sony BMG Greece –2009)
. Best of "Play Summer" (Sony BMG Greece – 2008)
. Best of "Reprise! When jazz meets pop #2" (Nova Records - 2006)
. Best of "Reprise! When jazz meets pop #3" (Nova Records - 2007)
"Born to be Alive"
"Every Breath You Take"
"Walk on the Wild Side"
"Every Breath You Take"
"Walk on the Wild Side"
"How Deep is Your Love"
"Walk on the Wild Side"
.2012 : # 3 jazz downloads on fnac.com
.2012 : # 6 jazz sales on www.fnac.com (mail order)
.2010 : # 1 jazz single on fnac.com with « Hotel California » (download)
.2009 : # 1 des single jazz sur fnacmusic avec « Love is All » (download)
.2009 : # 2 des ventes jazz sur www.fnac.com (mail order)
.2009 : # 11 in Quebec on www.renaud-bray.com
.2008 : # 1 jazz sales on www.fnacmusic.com (download)
.2008 : # 1 jazz singles on fnacmusic with « Logical Song » (download)
They just can’t stop talking about this!
« Invigorating and full of wit» by Classica , September 2012
The venues of Europe and some adjacent countries have known for some time that success won the band Pink
Turtle at each of its concerts. The way it works is now known: basically reorchestrate crooner style of the 1950s
and 1960s pop and rock hits of the following years. The result is invigorating and full of wit. But all this would not
convince on the long run if the arrangements were not flawless, if the instrumental mastery of all was not perfect.
With this third CD on the market what strikes first is that the creativity is fully delineated, the humorous
references extremely precise. It is obviously possible to choose another path, but one thing is certain: this one
works pretty darn well and does not cause sadness.
« … It borders on the masterpiece ..."» by Jazz Magazine, September 2012
[…] the closeness Patrick Bacqueville’s voice to that of Mark Knopfler’s on Sultans of Swing is
disconcerting and his boogie style version of Billy Preston’s Nothing from Nothing is irresistible. The stride which
supports Fleetwood Mac’s Do not Stop, the New Orleans-groove adapted to You're the One That I Want from the
movie Grease, the diversion in jazz ballad style of The Kinks’s You Really Got Me, all sprinkled with fine references
are pure treats. But we’re going on higher grounds with the big band version of Bob Marley’s Get Up Stand Up
and we border on the masterpiece with A Hard Day's Night Ellingtonalized by Michel Bonnet, where John Lennon
seems to reach out to Bubber Miley andTricky Sam.
"… fanciful, good and smart arrangements... " by Le Monde
"After Pop in Swing, in 2007, the septet Pink Turtle is Back Again with a cover album of pop songs in the same
vein, better than the previous one. The shift from the originals gives beautiful fantasies, the arrangements are
good and smart and the winks do not turn into a farce. "
"... very smart and effective... Proficient and fun " by Le Journal de Montréal
"A whole neo-swing jazz and lounge band, an expanded and brassy combo, which excels with taste and
wit in the pastiche of covers.
Many great standards like Money, Money, Money, Satisfaction, Roxanne, Black Magic Woman, Billy Jean, Nights
in White Satin, Hey Jude, etc.. revisited, diverted and cooked with salsa, mambo and cool jazz in a very smart and
effective way without altering the original version or offending the composers. Proficient and fun ..."
"Pretty darn effective"by So Jazz
"…The seven Pink Turtle companions carry on their simple but devilishly effective concept by delivering a healthy
dose of fun and carefree humour, diverting many hits with lightness and swing..."
"Every piece is to be listened again and again ... A must have !" by Jazz Hot
"... In a word, let it be said, this batch of '60s pop and beyond is just as good as the previous one [...] just
devour it greedily from beginning to end with your ears wide open. A rare delight today! ... Every piece is to be
listened again and again... But above all, do even better: go see them live. Do not miss them under any
circumstances. Humour, unbridled swing, plus generosity all along enhanced by a genuine pleasure to play
together ... A must have ! "
"Fantastic ! " by All About Jazz (New York)
"...the new CD Pink Turtle, which I think is FANTASTIC ! Just goes to show - you can jazz up anything !... "
"Pink Turtle continues to accumulate public triumphs ..." by Classica
"Since their debut album Pop in Swing, Pink Turtle continues to accumulate public triumph tour after tour. It is
almost popular. Why this fascination, this contagious joy? Because it gives new life to hits from the 1970s by
reinterpreting them the way artists or groups who experienced glory years before the pop era. To make credible
this renaissance and get consecration, the musicians had to be excellent.
They are, like their guests, such as Didier Lockwood, Jean-Jacques Milteau or André Minvielle. They also had to
genuinely love these hits of pop music and rock, which they obviously do. Therefore, if you do not to rush …. you
must be an unrepentant grumpy old thing ... "
"Pranks and contagious enjoyment ... what a treat!" by La République du Centre
"... Exciting concert where seven Pink Turtle fellows revisit, a la mode jazz, with wit and
ruthless proficiency the pop hits of the last thirty years. Roxanne, Love is all, Highway to Hell, Venus, or We Are
the Champions (!) follow one upon the other with pranks and contagious enjoyment. When Christophe Davot
plays Lucky Peterson right in the audience, what a treat! ...
" A highly recommended album, like the previous one" by Citizen Jazz
"... If the approach is deliberately humorous, Pink Turtle does not mean sacrificing an undeniable
musical expertise: vocal and instrumental arrangements are just as sophisticated and effective, in
the most dynamic pieces as songs performed in a more laid back tempo.
A highly recommended album, like the previous one ".
"We cannot help but believe our ears" by Le Républicain Lorrain
"... All in all, and vice versa, this could be the motto of Pink Turtle. This septet of impeccable
musicians is able to turn any pop tune into, the choice is yours, salsa, bossa-nova, swing or New Orleans. We
cannot help but believe our ears..."
"A real success!" by Jazz Magazine
"... The pop classics take on new colours, wit and necessary distance are never absent from the
project. A real success!"
"Seven talented musicians for a real treat" by Le Figaroscope
"This group is a real jukebox that can serve us with great wit pop in a jazz plate, Paul Simon, AC / DC,
the Bee Gees ... Seven talented musicians for a real treat."
" The audience was charmed by the music, the energy and presence of the band " by Jazz
Classique
"Festival of Ascona where Pink Turtle gave four concerts ... the American musicians present with whom I talked a
little, just like the young people who crowded the front stage, knew the originals and were immediately charmed
by the music, the energy and presence of the band ...
The arrangements have many reminiscences of Basie, Kirby, Prima or Calloway.
Their playing is perfect. What expertise! What a job! "
"Inventive reworkings of rock classics" par Blues Matters (GB)
"The seven guys in this swing-blues/jazz outfit from France certainly know their stuff.... These guys
raise a smile with their inventive jump, jive and swing reworkings of rock classics... Next party you
have, play this and get people talking – and dancing."
" Music is wild and swings " by le Hot Club de France
"Music is wild and swings ... Run and listen to Pink Turtle: their performance and music are well put
together and you will be surprised at every moment by their tasty melodic treats."
France Info. " It is delicious, tasty, uplifting! We leave the theatre smiling, happy to have had a great
time, the French touch of swing! '"
Ipanema FM 94,9 FM (Brésil) .
"Very good smooth jazz, good music"
"Fantastic tribute!" Program « Francophonie Express »
Broadcasted on 26 Canadian radios.
UNIQue the RADIO 1134 AM (Japon).
"Great playing ! Get the CD!"
KVCU Radio 1190 AM (USA).
"Very jazzy and good"
KCRW 89,9 FM (USA).
"Jazz takes on pop songs tend to do well here"
Europa Lisboa 90,4 FM (Portugal).
"Um extracto jazz que será aproveitado, não para o 100% francês , mas para a programação "normal" da
Rádio Europa"
.FRANCE 3 (2009) : Reportage sur Pink Turtle au festival Jazz à Toulon.
.FRANCE 2 (2009) : "Groupes de Reprises" diffusion "We are the Champions".
.FRANCE 2 (2009) : "Jazz pas chiant, ca vaut le détour" diffusion "Hôtel California".
Festival Jazz à Montauban, Festival Musique sur la Ville de Châlons en Champagne, Jazz à Vienne, Festival Jazz
à Munster, Fête de la Musique à Marciac, Festival Jam Potatoes à Luneray, Festival de Montbard, Festival de
Jazz d’Enghien, Vinovalie Jazz Festival à Rabastens, Festival Jazz à Brignoles, Les Cabanes au Rythme des
Cuivres - Fleury D’Aude, Festival Jazz en Baie au Mt St Michel, Festival Jazz au Phare en Ile de Ré, Festival de
Limoux, Caval’air Jazz Festival, Festival Jazz en Tourainee, Festival Jazz Amarinois, Festival Au Fil du Jazz à
Bourgueil, Festival Jazz Naturel à Orthez, Festival Swing à Mirepoix, Versailles Jazz Festival, Festival Jazz
Pourpre à Bergerac, Festival Dixie Days à Ste Adresse, Orléans Jazz Festival, Pavillons Jazz Festival, Les Enfants
du Jazz à Barcelonette, Festival d’Hardelot, Pour l’Amour du Jazz à Mougins, Festival Cour du Soir à Cusset,
Festival Uriage en Voix, Festival jazz de St Rémy de Provence, Festival Saint Benoit Swing à Poitiers, Festival
Jazz entre les Deux Tours à La Rochelle, Paris Jazz Festival, Jazz à La Soute à Gueret, Festival Jazz en Mars à
Tarnos, Festival de jazz de Montier en Der, Festival Jazz à Toute Heure à Chevreuse, Festival Vocales de
Thones, Festival de St Gilles Croix de Vie, Festival Eclats de Voix à Toulouse, Fête de la Musique à Magnanville,
Jazz’titudes à Laon, Fête de la musique à Mougins, Les Eurythmies à Bar sur Aube, Festival Soleils Bleus à St
Herblain, Festival Jazz à Toulon, Festival de Sanguinet, Festival Jazz de Châteauneuf du Faou, La Baule Jazz
Festival, Festijazz Houlgate, Festival Nîmes Métropole, New Orleans Jazz Parade à Lyon, Festival du Mont Dore,
Festival de Jazz de Chemillé, Festival Musiques à Bagatelle à Marseille, Festival de Jazz de Saint Raphaël,
Festival Ciné Cité à Pau, Festival Jazz en Val de Cher, Festival de Jazz de Vias, Jazz à l’Amirauté, Festival de
Megève, La Nuit du Jazz à Nantes, etc…
L’Européen à Paris, Théâtre de La Celle Saint Cloud, Scène Nationale de Bayonne, Espace 110 à Illzach, Les 6H
du Jazz des Molières, Mouilleron le Captif, Onet-le-Château, Le Blanc, Gif sur Yvette, Melun, Saint Gaudens,
Toulouse, Théâtre des 4 Saisons à Gradignan, Périgueux, La Traverse à Cléon, La Chaize le Vicomte, Théâtre de
Denain, Crosne, Noisiel, Torreilles, Le Château d’Olonne, Saint Germain en Laye, Châteauroux, La Baie des
Singes, Cournon d’Auvergne, Colombey les deux Eglises, Résidence à La Maline, La Couarde sur Mer, Le Grand
Monarque à Chartres, Vanves, Morez, La Cave à Moulins, L’Auberge de la Tour, Macon, Le Prisca à Lyon,
Sancerre, etc…
Germany: Festival de Braunschweig, Detmold, Bietigheim (Stuttgart), Festival de Kerpen. Belgium : Bruxelles, Festival
Charleroi Bis-Arts, Frameries Jazz Festival, Jazz & Blues Festival de Gouvy. Brazil :(x2) Brasilia, Sao Paulo, Rio, Belo Horizonte.
Canada : Festi Jazz de Rimouski. Denmark : Festival de Silkeborg. Spain : Festival de Logrono, Festival de San Javier,
Vitoria Jazz Festival (x2). Morocco : Tanjazz Festival. Holland : Breda Jazz Festival, Enkhuizen Jazz Festival, Festival de
Wageningen, Festival d’Oisterwijk, Oosterhout. Sweden : Festival de Lund. Switzerland : Festival de Zürich, Festival Jazz
Ascona, Festival Swing in the Wind - Estavayer-le-Lac, Winterthur, Festival de Langentha, Festival de Porrentruy, Les Fêtes de
Genève, Festival de Lichtensteig, Schaffhausen. Tunisia : Festival Jazz in Carthage.