The New York Times
Featured at "How Marky Ramone, Punk Rocker, Spends His Sundays"
ALL THAT JAZZ I love shopping at Trash and Vaudeville. It’s a famous clothing store. Then I’ll have a late lunch at Jules, the St. Marks jazz club. On Sunday they open up at 3 o’clock. You go there and get some burgers and French fries or whatever and listen to some good jazz. All my life I’ve played 4/4, 2/4. Jazz has a different time signature. It’s a lot harder. It’s interesting. [...]
New York City Jazz Record
Margot Sergent, doyenne of the So French Cabaret, also honors the Little Sparrow with The Piaf Experience at the Birdland Theater (Jul. 28th). Sergent’s approach to the material is different from Phiro’s, however. Sergent, too, turns out skilled vocals, but she also plays jazz harp and piano in a tight string-based trio (guitar, bass). Formidable. [...]
Harp Column
Q and A with Margot Sergent
New York-based harpist Margot Sergent and her trio, So French Cabaret, performed for the third time at Birdland Jazz Club this summer. Sergent’s show, featuring harp and vocals, blends Edith Piaf classics with trad jazz. We caught up with Sergent to find out more about her project. [...]
HOCTOK
Diary of a French Girl by Margot Sergent
Margot is passionate about music. Her training, education and performance experiences paint an interesting musical and life journey. Although proud of her French heritage and in love with the Brazilian sounds, Margo is captivated by the magic of New York City for everything The Big Apple has to offer. She is in touch with her emotions. She enjoys connecting with amazing people every step of the way. Margo Sergent is the type of stunning performer who leaves an impression on everyone. So much to see, hear and experience in the memorable performances she prepares meticulously from start to finish.[...]
infocusvisions
Margot Sergent with Leandro Pellegrino
Margot Sergent, jazz singer, harpist and songwriter, together with the virtuoso guitar melodies, by Leandro Pellegrino, began her set with the theme song (“The Windmills of Your Mind”) from “The Thomas Crown Affair” as a homage to the great French composer, Michael Legrand who recently passed away. Her lyrical voice, with a native French accent, is perfect for a set of French and American chanson from the 1930s and 1940s. Included are the familiar touchstones of French chanson, Brel, Aznavour’s, La Boheme and Je Ne Regrette Rien. No set would be complete without Edith Piaf’s musical imprint, “Padam” and “Le Vie en Rose”, depicting the highly emotional lyrics of heartbreak and tragedy, as only the French can express. Margot, a classically trained harpist, transitioned into jazz and now characterizes her music as “poetical swing”. She regularly performs at the Club Bonafide with her group “So French Cabaret”. [...]
French Morning
Margot Varret ressuscite Prévert et Vian à Albertine
Chaque jeudi au Bistro Saju – un restaurant français situé sur Broadway – les clients se prêtent au jeu. Alors qu’ils dînent, Margot Varret se balade entre les tables, interprète des chansons, s’installe près d’eux pour leur raconter des histoires. Avec le So French Cabaret, un ensemble pour jazz et harpe, l’artiste propose un répertoire de chansons franco-américaines issues des cabarets des années 30. [...]
FRENCHLY
Le So French Cabaret jazz band was founded in Boston five years ago by Berklee College of Music graduate Margot Varret, who makes her living as a French harpist, jazz singer, and songwriter. The group mostly players French and American jazz from the 30s for ensembles with harp. For the last three years, So French Cabaret has been performing in prestigious jazz clubs such as Club Bonafide and Cornelia Street Cafe. [...]
ALBERTINE
Margot Varret Sings Boris Vian & Jacques Prévert
Margot Varret started her music education at age 5, studying harp and piano at the Conservatory of Châteauroux, France. She was selected to take part into a famous talent show on French television when she was 8, as one of the most promising young harpists in France. She continued her harp studies at the National Conservatory of Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris, under the mentorship of Isabelle Perrin, principal harpist of the orchestra of the Opera de Paris. [...]