Fapy Lafertin Quintet, Tim Kliphuis - Fleur d'Ennui

Styles: Guitar And Violin Jazz
Year: 2001
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:06
Size: 122,6 MB
Art: Front

(3:22)  1. Fascinating Rhythm
(3:08)  2. Alemberts
(4:14)  3. Stranger in Paradise
(4:37)  4. The Lady is a Tramp
(2:14)  5. Vou Vivendo
(3:40)  6. Vespers
(5:25)  7. I Never Mention your Name
(3:45)  8. Just One of Those Things
(4:35)  9. Fleur d'Ennui
(3:40) 10. Choro Negro
(3:24) 11. Gostosinho
(3:13) 12. When Day is Done
(3:26) 13. Double Scotch
(3:17) 14. Vendredi 13

In the early ’50s, near the end of his life, Django Reinhardt had switched to electric guitar and was playing in a more bebop vein. He was evolving. Little did he know that it was his acoustic, swing-based Hot Club work of the ’30s that would give rise to vast numbers of imitators. What would Django have thought? Would he have cared? While those questions will never be answered, he remains the most blatantly imitated jazz guitarist to have worn shoe leather. Today, especially in Europe, where the past takes on dimensions unknown to most Americans, myriad groups model themselves after the Hot Club, and several Django/Gypsy jazz festivals are held each year. While most Django imitators by definition are highly derivative in approach and execution-if the great Gypsy hadn’t lived, they wouldn’t exist-occasionally somebody emerges from the time warp to at least demonstrate that they’re a cut above the pack and maybe even offer a surprise or two. One such player is Fapy Lafertin, whose latest CD, Fleur D’Ennui (Jazz Is Timeless), features the Fapy Lafertin Quintet. Like Django, Lafertin is the real McCoy, having been raised in a Manouche Gypsy family, which, of course, doesn’t make his playing any less derivative but does give him a credential that most six-string pretenders don’t have. Despite his playing’s origins, Lafertin, after one listening, has got to be admired for the way he enthusiastically floats over his group’s bouncy Hot Club-esque tandem guitar rhythm section on tunes like “Fascinating Rhythm” and “Just One of Those Things,” where he tosses off Django licks like he’s been playing them since he’s been in short pants, which he probably has. Throughout, Dutch violinist Tim Kliphuis matches him note for note in terms of technique and spirit, skillfully playing the role of Django’s sidekick, Stephane Grappelli. And while the set draws heavily from Reinhardt’s vocabulary and repertoire, a breath of fresh air wafts through the program in the form of four nicely arranged Brazilian choros, which paved the way for the emergence of samba and bossa nova, by the likes of Pixinguinha and Ernesto Nazareth. The choros help this album rise above offerings by the seemingly endless stream of Gypsy knockoffs who are out there. ~  By Jim Ferguson https://jazztimes.com/archives/fapy-lafertin-quintet-and-tim-kliphuis-fleur-dennui/

Personnel: Fapy Lafertin - guitar, Portuguese guitar; Tim Kliphuis - violin, mandolin; Reinier Voet - rhythm guitar; Jan Brouwer - rhythm guitar;  Simon Planting - double bass 

Fleur d'Ennui

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Fapy Lafertin, Tim Kliphouse - Fine & Dandy

Styles: Guitar And Violin Jazz 
Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:11
Size: 116,3 MB
Art: Front

(3:00)  1. Eveline
(3:16)  2. Blue Lou
(3:59)  3. Tango For Django
(4:29)  4. Lover Man
(3:02)  5. Coquette
(2:41)  6. Fine & Dandy
(4:06)  7. Aurore
(4:26)  8. I Love You
(2:32)  9. Caravane Rabouine
(3:26) 10. Exactly Like You
(3:08) 11. Charleston
(5:29) 12. I Can't Get Started
(2:49) 13. How High The Moon
(3:42) 14. Fleur De Lavande

Fapy Lafertin may not be as well known Stochelo Rosenberg or Bireli Lagrene, but aficionados of Gypsy jazz guitar have regarded him as one the true masters of the style since he first arrived on the scene in the late 1960s. On Fine & Dandy he showcases his relaxed, melodic manner of playing on a well-chosen selection of tunes including David Grisman's composition "Tango for Django," the charming waltz "Caravene Rabouine," and Lafertin's own homage to Django Reinhardt, "Aurore." Lafertin is joined by Tim Kliphouse, an excellent fiddler who plays with considerable panache. The flurry of impeccably executed notes on lively tunes like "How High the Moon" and "Charleston" show that Lafertin and Kliphouse have technique to burn, but they reveal their true command of the music on the slower selections such as "I Can't Get Started." Fine & Dandy is state-of-the-art Gypsy jazz from one of the finest musicians to ever pick up a Selmer guitar. ~ Michael Simmons - Editorial Reviews https://www.amazon.com/Fine-Dandy-Lafertin-Quintet-Kliphouse/dp/B00008US1H

Personnel: Fapy Lafertin - guitar; Tim Kliphouse - violin; Simon Planting - double bass; Jan Brouwer - rhythm guitar; Reinier Voet - rhythm guitar

Fine & Dandy

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