About
Becca Wilkins' latest project rêverie, is a collection of reworked French Chanson against the backdrop of a contemporary jazz quintet.
Inspired by projects such as Lucia Cadotch's 'speak low', this unique line up of vocals and trio evokes an alternate reality of the chanson made popular by Jacques Brel, Yves Montand and Edith Piaf. Featuring classics such as Sous le Ciel de Paris and La Bohème, Becca brings her Francophilia into sharp focus with this music. The collection exemplifies her skills as a song interpreter, band leader and improviser with this music that is powerfully communicative, brooding and mysterious, vulnerable and atmospheric.