Jacques Prévert
The son of a right-wing insurance clerk, little Jacques enjoyed a relatively
happy childhood, despite his father's slow social decline. After dropping out of
school at fourteen, he was conscripted in 1920 and went to Syria, where he met
another conscript, Marcel Duhamel, the future creator of the "Série noire".
Returning to civilian life, he took part with Duhamel and the painter Yves
Tanguy in the intense life of Montparnasse in the 20s, and soon met the
Surrealists. In 1928, he wrote his first song for a friend, a dance teacher,
"Les animaux ont des ennuis". In this nursery rhy...
Autumn Leaves
Jacques Prévert and Édith Piaf (Edith Piaf)
Les Feuilles MortesJacques Prévert
Autumn LeavesLes Occasionnels, Jacques Prévert, Joseph Kosma, Jacques Enoch and John Herndon Mercer
Autumn LeavesHomer & Jethro and Jacques Prévert
Autumn LeavesJohn Lewis, Albert Mangelsdorff and Jacques Prévert
Autumn LeavesJ.J. Johnson, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert and Joseph Kosma
Autumn Leaves
Jacques Prévert and Édith Piaf (Edith Piaf)Paris la belle
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Les Feuilles MortesJacques Prévert
Une chanson qui nous ressemble - Les chansons de Jacques Prévert, vol. 2
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Autumn LeavesLes Occasionnels, Jacques Prévert, Joseph Kosma, Jacques Enoch and John Herndon Mercer
2:58
Autumn LeavesHomer & Jethro and Jacques Prévert
Playing It Straight
2:26
Autumn LeavesJohn Lewis, Albert Mangelsdorff and Jacques Prévert
Animal Dance
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Autumn LeavesJ.J. Johnson, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert and Joseph Kosma
Standards: Live at the Village Vanguard
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