ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Tito Deler - Blues musician, graphic designer
Tito Deler is a soulful musician with a story to tell.

Why you should listen

Born and raised in uptown Manhattan, Tito Deler is the son of immigrants from the Dominican Republic. With a natural gift for music, Deler started playing piano at an early age and picked up the guitar by age eight. But it wasn’t until he was 38 that Tito found his true instrument: a steel body resonator guitar. He started writing music of his own, combining sounds from his New York upbringing with the style of pre-war Mississippi Delta blues. He releases his first record, The Original Harlem Slim, which was named one of the top 15 albums by Other Music in 2012.

Deler leads the men's, women's and children's graphic design teams for Tommy Hilfiger in New York City.

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Tito Deler: "My Fine Reward"

Tito Deler: « Mon bel oscar »

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Tito Deler est chanteur de blues. Il associe les sons de New York, la ville qui l'a vu grandir, à ceux du blues du Mississippi de l'avant-guerre. Sur scène, il chante et gratte sa guitare dans une interprétation à donner la chair de poule de : « Mon bel oscar. »
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SunSun shiningbrillant up aboveau dessus
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Le soleil brille là-haut
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down here it's 10 belowau dessous de
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Ici-bas, il fait si froid
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I'm movingen mouvement on to a placeendroit now
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Je m'en vais pour un endroit
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where the streetsdes rues are pavedpavé with goldor
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Où les rues sont pavées d'or
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There'llIl va be two trainsles trains runningfonctionnement --
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Deux trains roulent
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runningfonctionnement sidecôté by sidecôté
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Côte à côte
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Some trainsles trains are going out
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Mais certains quittent la gare
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Two trainsles trains runningfonctionnement --
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Deux trains roulent
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runningfonctionnement sidecôté by sidecôté
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Côte à côte
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I'm going to catchcapture that fastvite expressExpress traintrain
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Je vais prendre l'express direct
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to my rewardrécompense in the skyciel
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à destination de mon oscar là-haut
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ManyDe nombreux roomspièces in my father'spère housemaison now --
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Il y a tant de chambres
dans la maison de mon père
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Oh LordSeigneur there's one for you and me
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Mon Dieu, il y en a une pour toi et moi
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ManyDe nombreux roomspièces in my father'spère housemaison now --
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Il y a tant de chambres
dans la maison de mon père
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Oh there's one for you and me
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il y en a une pour toi et moi
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No bluesBlues and no troubledifficulté
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Pas de blues, pas de soucis
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Oh my LordSeigneur sweetdoux JesusJésus victoryvictoire
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Oh mon Seigneur, doux Jésus victorieux
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There's one glorygloire from the moonlune --
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De la Lune émane une gloire
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LordSeigneur anotherun autre, oh anotherun autre from the sunSoleil
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Seigneur, une autre émane du Soleil
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Oh one glorygloire from the moonlune
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Oh, de la Lune émane une gloire
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and anotherun autre from the sunSoleil
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et une autre émane du Soleil
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BehindDerrière I'll leavelaisser this earthlyterrestre bodycorps
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J'abandonnerai mon enveloppe charnelle
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when my LordSeigneur kingRoi JesusJésus comesvient
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quand mon Seigneur et roi viendra
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Thank you very much.
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Merci beaucoup.
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Translated by Claire Ghyselen
Reviewed by Elisabeth Buffard

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Tito Deler - Blues musician, graphic designer
Tito Deler is a soulful musician with a story to tell.

Why you should listen

Born and raised in uptown Manhattan, Tito Deler is the son of immigrants from the Dominican Republic. With a natural gift for music, Deler started playing piano at an early age and picked up the guitar by age eight. But it wasn’t until he was 38 that Tito found his true instrument: a steel body resonator guitar. He started writing music of his own, combining sounds from his New York upbringing with the style of pre-war Mississippi Delta blues. He releases his first record, The Original Harlem Slim, which was named one of the top 15 albums by Other Music in 2012.

Deler leads the men's, women's and children's graphic design teams for Tommy Hilfiger in New York City.

More profile about the speaker
Tito Deler | Speaker | TED.com

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