''Gainsbourg Percussions'' is the sixth studio album by French musician

Serge Gainsbourg Serge Gainsbourg (; born Lucien Ginsburg; 2 April 1928 – 2 March 1991) was a French singer-songwriter, actor, composer, and director. Regarded as one of the most important figures in French pop, he was renowned for often provocative rel ...

, released in 1964. Gainsbourg reinvents his style with Latin, African, and Cuban influences. It would be his last album before 1968.

Track listing

"Joanna" is an uncredited cover of Babatunde Olatunji's "Kiyakiya (Why Do You Run Away?)" from ''

Drums of Passion ''Drums of Passion'' is an album produced by Babatunde Olatunji, a percussionist from Nigeria, in 1960. It was the first recording to popularize African music in the West, becoming immensely successful and selling over five million copies. In 200 ...

'' LP (1959)
"New York U.S.A." is an uncredited cover of Babatunde Olatunji's "Akiwowo (Chant to the Trainman)" from ''Drums Of Passion'' (1959)
"Marabout" is an uncredited cover of Babatunde Olatunji's " Gin-Go-Lo-Ba (Drums of Passion)" from ''Drums Of Passion'' LP (1959)
"Pauvre Lola" contains an uncredited sample of Miriam Makeba's "Umqokozo (Children's Game Song About a New Red Dress)" from '' The Many Voices of Miriam Makeba'' LP (1962)

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. Musicians * Serge Gainsbourg – vocals *

Alain Goraguer Alain Goraguer (; 20 August 1931 – 13 February 2023) was a French jazz pianist, sideman of Boris Vian and Serge Gainsbourg, arranger and composer. Goraguer was a composer/arranger of music for Serge Gainsbourg, Salvatore Adamo and Jean Ferra ...

– musical direction, arrangements, orchestra conductor, piano * Christian Garros – drums * André Arpino – drums * Armand Molinetti – drums *

Michel Gaudry Michel Gaudry (23 September 1928 – 29 May 2019) was a French jazz double-bassist and World War II historian. Biography Michel Gaudry was born in Eu, France on 23 September 1928. He learned clarinet and piano as a child before switching to bass. ...

– double bass *

Michel Portal Michel Portal (born 27 November 1935) is a French composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist. He plays both jazz and classical music and is considered to be "one of the architects of modern European jazz". Early life Portal was born in Bayonne on 27 ...

– tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone * Eddy Louiss – organ *

France Gall Isabelle Geneviève Marie Anne Gall (9 October 1947 – 7 January 2018), known professionally as France Gall, was a French ''yé-yé'' singer. In 1965, at the age of 17, she won the Eurovision Song Contest 1965, tenth edition of the Eurov ...

– "laughs" (track 3, uncredited) * Background vocals and percussions are by unidentified personnel Technical * Claude Dejacques – production * Roger Roche – sound engineering * Jacques Aubert – cover art * Jean-Pierre Haie – remastering (remastered edition) * Jean-Marie Guérin – remastering (remastered edition)

References

External links

* * {{Authority control 1964 albums 1960s French-language albums Serge Gainsbourg albums Philips Records albums