''Jusqu’ aux p’tites heures'' (English: "Until the wee hours") is a

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by Canadian folk band

La Bottine Souriante La Bottine Souriante is a folk band from Canada. The band specializes in traditional French Canadian folk music, often with a modern twist. Formed in 1976 by Yves Lambert, Andre Marchand, and Mario Forest, they have toured extensively throug ...

. Released in 1991, it contains an assortment of reels as well as traditional songs with the addition of modern instruments. The theme of

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is recurrent in this album. The album was certified Platinum by the CRIA in December 2002.

Track listing

all songs arranged by La Bottine Souriante, except track 12, with additional arrangers specified. # "La chanson du quéteux" (

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- arranged by Jean Fréchette) # "Le reel de Pointe-au-Pic" (Traditional - arr. Denis Fréchette, J. Fréchette) # "Un p'tit coup mesdames" (Traditional) # "Nuit sauvage" ( Michel Bordeleau - arr. J. Fréchette) # "Par un dimanche au soir (ou Ninette)" (Traditional - arr. J. Fréchette) # "L'Acadienne" (Traditional - arr. J. Fréchette) # "Émilien" ( Raymond Lévesque - arr. J. Fréchette) # "Corps mort" (Traditional - arr. D. Fréchette, J. Fréchette) and "Fleur de Mandragore" (Bordeleau - arr. J. Fréchette) # "Turlutte des 33 voleurs" ( Michel Faubert) # "Brandy Payette" (Traditional - arr. D. Fréchette, J. Fréchette) # "Picoro" (Traditional) # "«Dérap» de la guerre" (Yves Lambert)

Personnel

*Régent Archambault, double bass, vocals *Michel Bordeleau,

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, violin, guitar,

snare drum The snare (or side drum) is a percussion instrument that produces a sharp staccato sound when the head is struck with a drum stick, due to the use of a series of stiff wires held under tension against the lower skin. Snare drums are often used ...

, vocals *Laflèche Doré, trumpet *Robert Ellis,

bass trombone The bass trombone (german: Bassposaune, it, trombone basso) is the bass instrument in the trombone family of brass instruments. Modern instruments are pitched in the same B♭ as the tenor trombone but with a larger bore, bell and mouthpiece to ...

*Denis Fréchette, piano, piano accordion, vocals, brass arrangement *Jean Fréchette, saxophone, brass arrangement *Yves Lambert, melodeon,

accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed ...

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, vocals *Martin Racine, violin, vocals, guitar, piano accordion *André Verreault, trombone

Credits

*Produced by Benjamin Kanters and

*Engineered by Benjamin Kanters *Assistant engineer: Isabelle Larin *Assistant producer: André Marchand *A&R:

*Recorded and mixed at Studio St-Charles, Longueuil (Canada) *Sleeve designer: Jean Bureau *Photography: Pierre Guzzo

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jusqu'aux P'tites Heures 1991 albums La Bottine Souriante albums Juno Award-winning albums