Des airs de liberté

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By Marc Lavoine, Cali, Julien Doré, Raphael, Benjamin Biolay & Catherine Deneuve, Patrick Bruel... Remember 2010. The crowd at the cemetery in Antraigues-sur-Volane, broadcast live on television seen by four million French people, the enthusiasm for Jean Ferrat's records (over a million sales of the last triple best of), taken on March 13 by illness. A surprising mourning in its scope and intensity, as if this news was needed for France to truly measure its love for him... Five years later, today's song pays tribute to his elder; a tribute that aimed to be broad, reflecting the audience of Jean Ferrat as well as his repertoire - great committed anthems, immense love works, songs celebrating the simple joy of living. They are therefore, in alphabetical order: Patrick Bruel, Cali, Catherine Deneuve and Benjamin Biolay, Dionysos, Julien Doré, Patrick Fiori, Grégoire, Marc Lavoine, Patricia Petibon, Raphaël, Sanseverino, Natasha St-Pier, Huber-Félix Thiéfaine and Zebda. The arrangements were mainly entrusted to Benjamin Constant, who wanted "the musical content of each song to be close to that of its performer. It was necessary to arrive at the idea that Ferrat's songs are songs of today." The story of Jean Ferrat's exceptional work continues. And he continues to open his arms, as Gérard Meys notes: "Jean always shared. When he was on tour, until 1973, and then when he was invited to television for his big shows, he always brought in artists he loved and thought the public could love, even if the media were not interested. That was also part of fighting for his ideal." With this tribute album to his work, Ferrat continues the fight. A magnificent album to (re)discover the work of Jean Ferrat.