CELEBRITIES OF THE YEAR: FROM THE MOST BORING TO THE MOST
TALENTEDMOST TALENTED AND LUCKIEST CELEBRITIES
BARB JUNGR
The CD was one of the Sunday Times' ten best jazz CD's of 2000. Her Bob Dylan interpretations on the CD Every Grain Of Sand (Linn records AKD 187), was selected as one of The Telegraph's, The Sunday Times' and The Washington City newspaper's Top Ten Jazz CD's of 2002. In 2001 Jungr performed in Sri Lanka, Korea, Germany, Norway and the UK. Barb was invited to New York in 2002 for an autumn run at The Flea Theatre in Manhattan (supported by The British Council) for which she won a Backstage Award for excellence in cabaret as International Artist Of The Year in March 2003. She has subsequently returned to New York by popular demand. In 2004 she tours Britain and Europe promoting her new Linn album Waterloo Sunset, which is launched at her Ronnie Scott's jazz club debut in November 2003. She launches her new show Acrobats of Love featuring work from this new CD repertoire in 2004.
BARB JUNGR AT JOE'S PUB TAKES NEW YORK BY STORM A REVIEW BY MAXIMILLIEN DE LAFAYETTE
NEW YORK CITY- Her October cabaret show at Joe's Pub in New York City was a smashing success. Barb Jungr took New York and the audience by storm. Listening to her albums is a delight. But, seeing her performing on stage is the ultimate musical treat and an experience at many levels, not to miss. From her very first song to Waterloo Sunset, her international hit, Barb Jungr shined brighter than midnight sunset, enrobed with a femme fatale aura, a sensual intellectualism and the implosion of a dignified femme fatale. Her show was a sort of a tribute to Bob Dylan. She sang his biggest hits, her style and her way and she excelled. But, when she delivered Jacques Brel's "Ay Marieke Marieke", the audience went wild. She mesmerized the hell out of them. Accompanied by a virtuoso American pianist who also played the French musette accordion, Bab Jungr transformed the American pub into a magical 1930 Parisian cabaret boite absorbed and submerged with Parisian nostalgia, the scent of Mata Hari, the dramatic style of Marlene Dietrich and the bursting screams of life flirting with the shadow of Edith Piaf and Juliette Greco. It was a marvelous evening. A magical moment for all those who appreciate world cabaret. The show had everything: Montmartre, Paris and Berlin 1920s' and 1930s' nostalgia, Piaf's melodramatic cache, Gabriella Ferri's delightful madness, Juliette Greco's finesse, Peggy Lee's stage presence, Barbara's class and of course it had the extremely delightful and graceful persona of Barb Jungr. I "watched" the audience "watching" this mesmerizing British Grande Dame transforming a trendy New York nightclub into a mirage of a vanished golden era of humanistic music...into an oasis of fantasy, musical virtuosity, human drama, fun, and fun and fun too. For, Ms Jungr wit, superb sense of humour, jokes, hilarious story about a seagull she rescued on the beach, her man, her life, the dumb, indifferent and sometime passionate people she met through her trips...all those little details, humour, touching stories, bursting anecdotes, warm, warm, warm stage personality, a superb musical accompaniment, a sensual and explosive voice of a woman who knows life, its ups and downs transformed the 90 minutes we spent at Joe's Pub into a musical and human elixir of escapades, fantasies, dreams, wishes, moments of a great joy and deep reflection on life. Barb Jungr shined that night. And because she shined so bright, the whole damned lights and neon of New York City shinned brighter and brighter and blew up! It was a magnificent show! It was a great triumph for England's greatest cabaret and Jazz singer!
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