Les 5-4-3-2-1 -- Jazzuru Kokoro（ジャズる心）

 

It's been amazing that this is yé-yé and chanson singer France Gall's fourth entry in "Kayo Kyoku Plus" starting back in 2018 when her "Le temps de la rentrée" was an unlikely choice as an ending theme for the anime "Hisone to Masotan"（ひそねとまそたん...Hisone & Masotan）. But hey, it worked in a great way and the ending credits were always fun to watch even though the anime itself didn't end with a particularly satisfying conclusion, in my opinion.

Gall was still in her late teens when she released the April 1965 album "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" which included the swinging "Le Coeur Qui Jazze" with jazz pianist  Alain Goraguer and His Orchestra backing her up. Goraguer composed the song with Robert Gall, France's father, coming up with the lyrics. Some nice vocalese by the singer as well. I almost feel like booking those tickets to Paris and hitting a jazz club with champagne.

Just about a year ago, I first mentioned the Shibuya-kei band Les 5-4-3-2-1 and their interesting take on Burt Bacharach's classic "Bond Street". That was in 1996, but even earlier than that in 1993 via their album "UN", they recorded their version of "Le Coeur Qui Jazze" translated into "Jazzuru Kokoro". It comes with a rather graphics-filled music video to help viewers get into the swinging mood, and the arrangers even threw in some psychedelic electric guitar, to boot, and it even gets to play some of the French national anthem at the end.