CAMILLE BERTAULT
Genres: Vocal Jazz, RnB • France

The internet giveth but mostly it tends to taketh away, especially when it comes to our most precious commodity, time. When a singer goes viral, the news ought to make us wary, just as anything viral should, and if following followers and tracking clicks has taught us anything, it’s that you need not have talent to make it to the top— which is why it is wonderful to find out that Camille Bertault, the 29-year-old French jazz singer whose homemade recordings made her a viral sensation last year can not only sing in real life, but is up to something bigger than the buzz. Naturally, the weight of her Internet fame hung over her when she appeared at the Jazz Standard the other day, accompanied by Dan Tepfer, the French-American New York-based piano player. This is understandable, but if you know anything about the the backstory of her claim-to-fame, it’s read more...