and the instruments are a part of the colour and texture of whole picture." "I wanted to have a musical sound where everything would be part of a whole and where it's difficult to identify individual sounds," Zazou told the journalist Paul Tingen, ". Back in Paris, he added electronic backgrounds and brought in a variety of western singers, including Björk and Siouxsie Sioux, to complete the album. He spent it travelling through the frozen tundra, where he recorded surviving Inuit and Siberian folk singers. Les Nouvelles Poly-phonies Corses (1991) featured Corsican male choirs, and Sahara Blue (1992) was a celebration of the centenary of the death of poet Arthur Rimbaud.īy the time he recorded Chansons des mers froides (Songs from the Cold Sea, 1993), Zazou was signed to Sony, with access to a huge budget. Zazou enjoyed his greatest commercial and critical success with three albums that allowed his eclectic tastes to roam widely. In the late 1980s, he began mixing classical composition with electronics hailed as a studio enfant terrible, he was compared to the British experimental musicians/producers Brian Eno and Peter Gabriel. Taken up in New York and Paris discos, these could be seen as formative recordings in what is now widely considered world music. Working with Parisian-based Congolese singers, he began creating electronic dance rhythms around their singing. In the early 1980s he established his sound and reputation. Debuting as half of ZNR, a duo with Josef Racaille, he played the violin and keyboards and produced their 1976 album Barricades 3, which demonstrated Zazou's desire to mix and match musical forms, with rock, jazz and chamber music colliding.Īnother ZNR album followed in 1978, before Zazou's 1979 solo debut La Perversitia. I think she wants to run farther.He began to play with experimental rock-jazz fusion outfits, but it was not until the mid-1970s that Zazou (he had by now adopted this name) began to record. When we went past the half-mile (pole), we picked it up.
"She was running all the way," said Berrios. The Argentine mare, the 5-1 third choice, got clear of the favorite by the eighth pole and went on to score by 1 3/4 lengths in 1:42.97. But last year, she didn't have to contend with Blue Stripe or 3-year-old Desert Dawn.īlue Stripe ranged up outside of Shedaresthedevil, edging ahead turning for home. When Shedaresthedevil took over, the race was looking eerily like last year's edition, when Shedaresthedevil got the lead and scored by 3 1/2 lengths in a five-horse field. Private Mission was about 1 1/2 lengths ahead of Shedaresthedevil, who had shipped in for the race off a win in the July 2 Fleur de Lis Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs for trainer Brad Cox.Īs the field headed to the second turn, Shedaresthedevil and jockey Florent Geroux challenged Private Mission for the lead. Heading down the backstretch, Private Mission, who defeated Blue Stripe in the June 18 Santa Maria Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park, had the lead. "We wanted to sit behind the speed horses, then go get them late." "The race went exactly as we planned it," said Berrios. While Private Mission and Shedaresthedevil went a lively pace on the front end, Private Mission completing the first quarter-mile in :23.18, Blue Stripe raced easily in third of the five.
The 1 1/16-mile Hirsch developed just as Polanco and Berrios drew it up. Information provided by Equibase at time of entry. Polanco is familiar with Argentine runners from back when he worked for Ron McAnally, his 10 years with McAnally coming during the career of two-time Eclipse Award winner and Hall of Famer Bayakoa.Įqual Stripes (ARG) - Blues for Sale (ARG), by Not For Sale (ARG) Pozo de Luna, Marcelo Polanco, and Hector Berrios, the same owner-trainer-jockey combination that won the July 24 Wickerr Stakes at Del Mar with Irideo, took the Hirsch with Blue Stripe.
The Argentine-bred mare, a group 1 winner in her native country, added a grade 1 win to her resume by upsetting favored Shedaresthedevil, last year's Hirsch winner. start in last year's Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1), earned a "Win & You're In" berth to try again this year by capturing the Aug.
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