- Laïka Fatien
Laika Fatien is a
singer who was born in Paris in 1968.Personal life
She is
Black andJewish . Her mother is a Moroccan-Spanish Jew, and her father is from theIvory Coast . Fatien was raised mainly by women (her grandmother, mother, and aunt) in a Moroccan Jewish family.She studied at
Ariam Ile de France ,CIM andIACP .Music career
Carmen McRae ,Sarah Vaughan ,Billie Holiday ,Abbey Lincoln , and Diane Reeves are her inspirations.Laïka came into the public eye with
Claude Bolling ’s orchestra. She featured on several artists’ albums,Fatien released her first album in 2004. Her international background flavors her CD, "Look at Me". It brought a fresh sound to vocal jazz. It was quite clearly different.
Musician and "Day to Day" contributor
David Was offered a review, and saying that artists like Fatien are critical to insuring that jazz remains lively and experimental. [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5651194]The quintet’s musicians are (David El Malek on
tenor sax / Pierre de Bethman onpiano / Jules Bikoko Bin’Jami on bass/ Dré Pallemaerts on drums) are exceptional.‘Look at me now!’ was recorded live without electronics, with a completely natural sound. [http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:gIu0czg95jwJ:www.french-music.org/scr_artist.php%3Fartist_id%3D21993+laika+fatien+jewish&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=2]
Acting
Also an actress, she had a major role in ‘A Drum Is A Woman’ directed by
Jérôme Savary and performed at Chaillot, and has taken part in numerous festivals.
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