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VALÉRIE AHNEMAN AND BON CHIC BON GENRE

Bon Chic Bon Genre Formed in 2008. They are composed of outstanding musicians from the NY Tri State area.

Bon Chic Bon Genre offers a repertoire of French and American Signature Songs from the 20th century and has performed at libraries, colleges, outdoor festivals, on radio and TV shows, on boats, at private parties and more. They love to come out and entertain audiences.

Bon Chic Bon Genre recently released “Christmas with a French Twist”, including 10 Holiday Classics sung in either French or English or both. They also have recorded an earlier album entitled “A La Mode” with unique twists on well-known songs, whimsically mixing a range of musical styles including Pop, Jazz, Funk, Latin, Soft Rock and Reggae.

Both albums are available on itunes, CDBaby, Amazon and streaming outlets.

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Bon Chic Bon Genre - Members

About Our Members

Harvey Morris: Harvey is an Emmy Award winning producer, songwriter, vocal arranger, professional drummer, actor and videographer 
He has shared the stage & worked on projects with Stevie Wonder, Cameo, Ceelo Green, Adam Levine, Mos Def, The Main Ingredient featuring Cuba Gooding, Freddie Jackson, GQ, A Taste of Honey, Bobby Humphrey, Taylor Dayne, among many others. In his acting debut, Mr. Morris had the opportunity to work with Film Director, John Carney, actors Mark Rufflo, Keira Knightly, Catherine Keener, Hailee Steinfeld and Ceelo Green in the movie (Begin Again) which was released in the summer of 2014. In 2017, he had the wonderful privilege of working with Film Director, Michael Gracey, actors Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Zendaya, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Natasha Liu Bordizzo, in the movie, "The Greatest Showman." Most recently, Harvey has appeared in the Netflix series The Marvelous Mrs Maisel. 

Valerie Ahneman:  French-born singer Valerie provides the French vocals for her band Bon Chic Bon Genre., which offers a change-of-pace ambiance from the usual cabaret sound evoking French flavors. She performs her show entitled “Souvenirs: 50 years of French and American Signature Songs” at colleges, libraries, festivals and private events. She also appears as a guest vocalist at different productions in the tri-state area.  She was in the quarter finals of the show “Belgium’s Got Talent’ in Brussels, Belgium, a spinoff of the American show, “America’s Got Talent”. Valerie has produced a couple of CDs including “A La Mode” and “Christmas with a French Twist”, with songs streaming on various social media platforms 

Patrick Perone: Patrick Perone's incredible tribute to Elvis has made him one of the most sought after and popular Elvis Tribute artists in the New York area. He began his Elvis Tribute performances in 2007 in the Westchester music scene. 

Thayer Barkley: Thayer began performing at the age of nine.  Her experiences have included singing lead and background vocals for various R&B, Jazz and Gospel Groups.  While in high school, Thayer was already recognized for her outstanding harmony and vocal abilities, and was selected for a program called “InterArts” where she received 3 years of accelerated musical training at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT. 

Flip Peters: Philip “Flip” Peters has been performing as a guitarist and singer since the early 1970s. As a member of the New York club date scene, Flip has been a house musician at The Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center, The World Trade Center, The Plaza Hotel, The Waldorf Astoria and many other top venues in the New York area. He has performed with many of the top freelance Jazz and Classical musicians in the New York Metro area. Flip is bilingual and sings French and American standards. In addition to his busy playing schedule Flip maintains an active teaching practice, teaching classical and jazz guitar in several private schools and at County College of Morris.

Song List

50 Years of French and American Signature Songs

  • SET 1 1930s/40s/50s 
    • 1945 LA VIE EN ROSE (VA)
    • 1960 WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD (HM)
    • 1957 LES FEUILLES MORTES (FP)
    • 1941 AT LAST (TB)
    • 1930 J’AI DEUX AMOURS (VA)
    • 1954 C’EST SI BON (FP)
    • 1960 GEORGIA ON MY MIND (HM)
    • 1934 WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MADE (TB)
  • SET 2 1960s/70s/80s 
    • 1969 COMME D’HABITUDE/MY WAY (VA & El)
    • 1956 BLUE SUEDE SHOES (El)
    • 1957 JAILHOUSE ROCK (El)
    • 1969 LES CHAMPS-ELYSEES (FP)
    • 1975 J”ATTENDRAI (FP)
    • 1976 TAKING IT TO THE STREET (PA)
    • 1964 MY GIRL (HM)
    • 1961 STAND BY ME (HM)
    • 1976 I WISH (TB)
    • 1965 What the World Needs Now (TB)

 

FRANKLY SPEAKING: A SINATRA TRIBUTE WITH A FRENCH TWIST

  • Set 1
    • 1945 Someone to Watch over me (VA) 
    • 1945 Try a little tenderness (HM) 
    • 1957 Autumn Leaves (French) (FP) 
    • 1958 Willow weep for me (TB) 
    • 1959 I love Paris (VA) 
    • 1960 Blue Moon (TB) 
    • 1965 Moonlight Serenade (French) (FP) 
    • 1966 That’s Life (HM) 
    • 1966 What now my Love? (VA) 
  • Set 2 
    • 1966 Fly me to the Moon (FP) 
    • 1966 Summer Wind (TB) 
    • 1967 Girl from Ipanema (French) (VA) 
    • 1969 One Note (FP) 
    • 1969 My Way (French) (VA) 
    • 1969 For once in my life (HM) 
    • 1979 New York, New York (HB, VA, FP and TB) 
  • Encore 
    • 1983 How do you keep the music playing? (VA and HM)
    • 1979 Isn’t She lovely Stevie Wonder (HM and TB)

Reviews

“French-born singer Valerie Ahneman provides the vocals for the band Bon Chic Bon Genre, based in New York City…..[The album] provides a change-of-pace ambiance from the usual cabaret sound evoking French flavors….she has a different and insistent quality. Edith Piaf trademarks are here. With a rock beat that some will find anathema to tradition, “Non, je NE regrette rien” is adamant in an oddly casual way rather than melodramatically insistent. “La vie en rose” is relaxed and easy to take. It’s not all French flights of fancy … Things get sultry and Valerie switches to English with the Patsy Cline hit “Crazy” and gets a bit feisty with Tina Turner’s chart-topper, “What’s Love Got to Do with It?” Part lounge, part modernizers, part throwback, Bon Chic bon Genre mixes genres – this is hybrid time.” - Rob Lester

— talkinbroadway

“Joyeux Noel. Parisienne chanteuse Valerie Ahneman has released a Christmas album collaborating with her talented rock band Bon Chic Bon Genre. This recording is consistently interesting on many levels. For starters, how often does one hear Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” sung in French? With a driving, pop-flavored beat, she pulls this off with flair, for a more cheerful delivery than usual. In fact, Ahneman’s spin on these familiar holiday classics is anything but usual. She brings less fire and brimstone to most interpretations than we might be used to. Instead, she repeatedly leans toward a more casual, laid-back approach. But, that is her strength and she knows how to work it…… While some of these songs have enjoyed a wide currency around the globe for decades, hearing new interpretations is welcome. Her vocals are mostly upbeat and, while not recalling the natural darkness of a Piaf or Morreau, retain a sense of whimsy that works just fine. At times, more depth might be called for, but she has her own style that is compelling sans drama. Other cuts worth noting are “Christmas Time Is Here” and the debut of a fine new song, “I Believe in Christmas Eve” by Jay Sweeney. He gets credit as arranger for the disc as well as piano and keyboard duties. Hansen does an excellent job on guitar, bass, and drums (and is also the producer), and Meo is on saxophone and flute.” - John Hoglund

— Cabaret Scenes Magazine