Salinda, la fille aux yeux de sel
Context
Opening track of "La femme aux yeux de sel," the second album by Paris-based singer and guitarist Gabi Hartmann, released in 2025 on Masterworks. The album, sung in English, French and Portuguese, blends jazz, chanson and Brazilian and African influences.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to French jazz, Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese. Among the origins and influences of French jazz: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Traditional revival, Hot Club de France, Gypsy jazz, Jazz in France (interwar years), Jazz of the Maghreb and the Near East.