The young French singer Zaz, with an atypical original voice, uses and mixes completely different genres in her musical work: folk, chanson, jazz, acoustic music, pop song.
Childhood Zaz. A family
The star of the European scene - the French singer Zaz (Jeffrey Isabelle) - was born in the spring of 1980 in the small town of Tours. Her mother is an ordinary school teacher, and her father is an employee at Electricite de France.
She has another brother and sister. From childhood, a passion for music was the main thing in Isabelle's life. At the age of five, she began attending classes at a music school (piano, violin, guitar). There she improved in choral singing.
Education was interrupted due to divorce of parents in 1989. Some time later, Isabelle moved with her mother to the city of Bordeaux, where she continued her singing classes. Also during this period, she and her professional trainer studied kung fu.
The life of the future singer was not smooth. There were problems with studies (remained in the second year). She left school at the age of 15, left the house where she lived with her mother, and moved to her older sister. I got a job at a local restaurant without getting an education. There she worked as a waitress and dishwasher.
The love of music helped her a lot. In 2000, young Isabelle received a scholarship from the council of the city of Bordeaux and entered the Center for Musical Activities. There, the future French singer Zaz continued to perfect her music.
Youth, first successes in musical creativity
The star began performing already while studying at this music center with the group Fifty Fingers (blues). Then she appeared with other musical groups.
The longest collaboration with Isabel was with the interesting project Izar-Adatz. It was attended by four performers and twelve musicians. They had tours in Portugal, Spain, Italy. It was during this period of creativity that she first began to use her stage name of three letters - Zaz, demonstrating the versatility of all music, in which almost all styles are intertwined from A to Z and from Z to A.
She also performed with the band Don Diego as a substitute for their regular soloist.
In 2006, the singer again comes to France. There periodically appears in bars and clubs with performances. She also sings on the streets of the city.
French street singer Zaz, she said, once together with her team earned 450 euros per hour of work, despite the fact that famous artists receive no more than 30 euros for the same period.
The most popular were the singer’s compositions recorded with rap artists (Le 4P and Miliaouech). Her first tour included Japan, Egypt, Russia and some other exotic, according to the French, states.
In 2009, the young French singer Zaz won the title of winner of the prestigious France competition Le Tremplin Generation France Bleu. From that moment she became one of the most successful and brightest singers in the modern history of France.
Glory to Zaz. Je veux
In 2010 (in May) the first album of the young performer appeared, which had the original name - ZAZ. This work of her was very successful. All of France talked about a young artist, which, one might say, everyone has already forgotten.
The most popular song in France, Belgium, Canada and other countries was Je veux. The French singer Zaz, with her original hoarseness in this song, is worth listening to.
The story of the creation of this composition, which brought Zaz worldwide fame, began back in 2007. At that time, the girl responded to an ad posted on the Internet. In it, producer and composer Kerredina Soltani was looking for a singer with an unusual hoarse voice. The composer immediately wrote a song, found a suitable record company and a good publisher. Everything worked out. French singer Zaz has become even more popular.
Tours, awards
In that stellar successful period, the artist goes on a long tour, first to all cities in France, then it smoothly flowed into the world tour. There were almost forty concerts outside their native places.
The greatest number of performances took place in the
French-speaking countries of Europe, in Canada, Germany and Austria. The debut album was released with a circulation of 400,000 copies. Thanks to this disc, the singer won the title of the best French artist according to the version of the two largest publications. She also received two awards - the European Border Breaker Awards and the Victory of Music, as well as many other awards.
Isabelle Gefroy in 2011-2012 participated in charity concerts.
The most ambitious speech was to support the victims of the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Most of the songs from these charity concerts then appeared in her second disc, Recto Verso, released in 2013 (in May). The album was warmly received by listeners of France and other European countries.
French singer Zaz is planning a new world tour. Today it is in demand and loved by numerous listeners.