“Look at Me Now” is Laïka Fatien’s first solo album. It’s the work of an artist whose name is recognized today, and the record was hailed by both the public and the critics on its release in 2004, with instrumentalists David El-Malek and Pierre de Bethmann providing wonderful accompaniment to sublimate the raw freshness of her singing. And as an additional guarantee of this disc’s quality, it was produced by Gilles Petard, one of the great specialists in jazz and the history of african american music-styles. Laïka’s rare talents, refined and mature, have catapulted her into the ranks of those rare singers who have given vocal jazz its noble references. In association with Body & Soul, Fremeaux & Associes is proud to make that exceptional record available again with this reissue of its thirteen elegant titles. Augustin BONDOUX
