Elsie Parker And The Poor People Of Paris - French Band - Saint Louis, MO - Hero Main

Elsie Parker And The Poor People Of Paris French Band from Saint Louis, MO

Will travel up to 100 miles

  • Avg 5.0 | 1 Review
  • 1 Verified Booking
  • Member Since 2009
  • Starting at $500 per event

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Whether you understand French or not, Elsie takes the listener on a guided tour of ones own heart. Elsie Parker and The Poor People of Paris are perfect for a truely uniuqe concert, party, fund raiser or festival. Elsie Parker and The Poor People of Paris has recorded four albums, “Elle se souvient” (She Remembers) , “Entre nous” (Between Us), “Je t'aime encore”(I Love You Still), and "Live!" from The Sheldon Theater in St. Louis, MO. Elsie Parker, the group's founder/vocalist and woodwind player, first became enchanted with the voice and songs of Edith Piaf, and performs (in French) Piaf's repertoire to great acclaim. Elsie also performs songs associated with Charles Aznavour ("Hier encore" "Yesterday, When I Was Young"), Hervé Vilard("La vie est belle..."), Michael Legrand (The Umbrallas of Cherbourg), Patricia Kaas, Eddy Mitchell, Vanessa Paradis (Johnny Depp's ex) and many others as well as performing her own original material. From the heart-wrenching songs of Edith Piaf ( not only "La vie en rose"-- Elsie can do an entire concert of Piaf!) to French jazz, blues, and disco to smoldering Latin jazz (Gato Barbieri "Last Tango in Paris") This versitile and talented band plays it all, including original songs written by Elsie. ("La poule de Pigalle", "Elle se souvient") The group is made up of professional musicians Elsie Parker on French vocals, flute, clarinet and tenor sax, accompanied by and with phenominal solos on piano, guitar/accordion, percussion and bass. Elsie also owns a library of orchestrations available for her group's perfomances as soloists with sympony or pops orchestras. Elsie Parker has been featured on French television's “La Chance aux Chansons” in Paris. TV host Pascal Sevran dubbed her: “Une chanteuse originale…une vedette.” (“An original singer…a star.”) "Elsie ...sings as strongly as the great Edith Piaf of bygone days." - Folkfire Reviews "Parisians went wild over hometown singer Elsie Parker's recent appearance on the Paris television program "La Chance aux Chansons" - Paul Hample, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Elsie's beautiful vocals are perfectly matched to a wide variety of French popular songs... with more than just a touch of jazz." - Steve Pick ~St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Cabaret singing that will make you think you're in a Paris cafe..." - First Night, Grand Center “…Parker then launched into Michel Legrand's catchy hit, "I Will Wait For You", from Jacques Demy's charming movie musical,” The Umbrellas of Cherbourg”. Parker switched to flute for a splendidly improvisational attack on Barbieri's main theme from his score for the film” Last Tango in Paris.” Parker broke out her tenor saxophone to wail in bluesy fashion to "Elle Danse Seule", a tale of woe featuring a woman who dances alone… …After a few more fine and memorable numbers, Parker began the last section of the show with a tribute to the legendary Edith Piaf. First up, was an instrumental piece from composer Christopher Gunning that appeared in the acclaimed bio-pic, La Vie En Rose. Emotionally rendered takes on "Milord", "La Vie En Rose", "Fais-Moi Valser" and "Padam...Padam..." brought the evening to a close on a powerful and uplifting note.” - KDHX critic Chris Gibson reviewing a live performance June 27, 2008 at The Cabaret at Savor “Parker can be breathy and coy on one song and strident and forthright on the next; her changing tone enhances the drama. As a saxophonist and flautist, Parker plays sweet, sonorous lines that never step over her backing trio.” – Christian Schaeffer The Riverfront Times “Elsie Parker is gaining a great reputation and following for her work, often being compared to legendary French singer Edith Piaf. Her success lead her to appearing on French television to rave reviews and finishing two CDs entitled Entre Nous (Between Us) and Elle se souvient (She Remembers). There was no problem if you didn't speak French, her music was complimented as being accessible to non-speakers as well”. – KDHX Reviewer “These four musicians have recently released a strong CD, “Je T'aime Encore” (the third Poor People album, but the first with this group)…"I'd like it to be that people who don't understand a word of French can enjoy it," said Parker, "and be transported to a different place where it's a language of love, and there aren't any problems and it's just a beautiful place. It's a land of love and mystery and beautiful sounds."” - Steve Pick – St. Louis Magazine July 2008

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Avg 5.0 | 1 Review

Review by Maria C.

EventReviewed on November 20, 2019From Saint Louis, MO

Elsie Parker and The Poor People of Paris were the perfect pairing for our Moulin Rouge themed Gala! They were prompt, professional, self-sufficent and easy to work with. Elsie was kind and accomidating. They played wonderfully and were terrific to work with!

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  • Last Tango in Paris | Gato Barbieri
  • Ginza Samba | Vince Guaraldi
  • Girl From Ipanema | Jobim
  • Allemandes amères | Elsie Parker/Olivier Bou
  • Boum! | Charles Trenet
  • C'est à Hambourg | Edith Piaf
  • Champagne | Hervé Vilard
  • Chanson de Catherine | Edith Piaf
  • Couleur Menthe a l'eau | Eddy Mitchell
  • Cri du coeur | Edith Piaf
  • Cuando Vuelva a Tu Lado | Gato Barbieri
  • D'Aventure en aventure | Serge Lama
  • Des monsonges en musique | Particia Kaas
  • Dis-moi pourquoi | Hervé Vilard
  • Elle danse seule | Axelle Red
  • Emmenez-moi | Charles Aznavour
  • Emporte-moi | Edith Piaf
  • Entre nous | Charles Aznavour
  • Feuilles mortes (Autumn Leaves) | Yves Montand, others
  • Green Eyes | Faustio Papetti
  • Hymne à l'amour | Edith Piaf
  • Insensiblement | Jean Sablon/Paul Misraki
  • J'ai dansé avec l'amour | Edith Piaf
  • J'ai oublié de l' oublier | Eddy Mitchell
  • J'attendrai | Dalida
  • J'm'en balance | Hervé Vilard
  • Jeanne | Gato Barbieri
  • Jimmy, c'est lui | Edith Piaf
  • L'Accordéoniste | Edith Piaf
  • La bohème | Charles Aznavour
  • La Foule | Edith Piaf
  • Les Enfants qui pleurent | Michel Legrand
  • Lisieux | Christopher Gunning
  • Manque d'amour | Hervé Vilard
  • Méditerranéenne | Hervé Vilard
  • Mon Légionnaire | Edith Piaf
  • Mon mec a moi | Patricia Kaas
  • Nos Sentiments | Hervé Vilard
  • Nous | Hervé Vilard
  • One At a Time | Michel Legrand
  • Oui, je l'adore | Pauline Ester
  • Padam...padam... | Edith Piaf
  • Parapluies de Cherboug(Umbrellas of Cherbourg) | Michel Legrand
  • Pardonne moi ce caprice d'enfant | Mireille Mathieu
  • Paris Violon | Michel Legrand
  • Poule de Pigalle | Elsie Parker
  • Pour la retrouver | Hervé Vilard
  • Quand même | Edith Piaf
  • Seule ce soir | Léo Marjane
  • Soldat | Vanessa Paradis
  • Sous le ciel de Paris | Edith Piaf, Yves Montand, others
  • Tous les camélias | Hervé Vilard
  • Un Homme et Une Femme | Francis Lai
  • Vague à lames | Vanessa Paradis
  • Vénus Des Abribus | Patricia Kaas
  • Vie est belle, le mond est beau | Hervé Vilard
  • Watch What Happens | Michel Legrand
  • Zou bisou bisou | Gillian Hills

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