Tchavolo Schmitt Quartet - Mélancolies D'Un Soir

Styles: Gypsy Jazz
Year: 2014
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:14
Size: 125,0 MB
Art: Front

(2:37)  1. Marie swing
(2:27)  2. Six heures et demie
(4:45)  3. Rue de l'hôtel Colbert
(2:44)  4. Un beau rêve d'automne
(5:42)  5. Tango toi et moi
(4:58)  6. Bal petit bal
(5:35)  7. Tchavolo blues
(3:09)  8. Mon coeur
(5:58)  9. Django. La périphérie des zones
(4:15) 10. Nuages
(4:10) 11. Brazil
(6:48) 12. Mélancolies d'un soir

Tchavolo first studio album since "7 nights gypsy" in 2007; I must say that the guitarist often shows its worth that live (concerts, afters, jam session ...). But it was worth the wait because this is a very great vintage. Several reasons for this; First team: Claudius Dupont, bass and Samy Daussat, accompanying guitar, a rhythm section with ruthless efficiency which "accompanies" Tchavolo last ten years; Marie-Christine Brambilla, actress, author and performer just put his poetic words of 3 pieces, which brings a welcome breath "all strings"; then the directory: 12 titles, 8 compos inspired Tchavolo in which he gives the best of himself. For the rest, Bal, petit bal, revised and corrected, a Brazil perhaps dispensable to the extent that it detracts a bit from the unity of the disc, a beautiful dream Autumn, nostalgic Bolero signed Samy Daussat for music and MC Brambilla for lyrics, combining his narration fragility and luminous presence, punctuated chorus Tchavolo great sensitivity, and of course, the inevitable clouds, in a version of a great freshness, although Tchavolo the play is a few thousand times; a version that makes sense since it is part of a triptych inspired, which begins with a wonderful solo play (there are two others of the same caliber) of serenity, aptly titled My heart, perilous exercise in great tradition of solo improvisations Django Django intense monitoring of peripheral areas, sensitive tribute to the famous gypsy (the only master Tchavolo, he never forgets to celebrate), close in spirit the last rumba Django Primitives of the future, with a poetic text by Marie Christine Brambilla, she lives fervently supported by a haunting theme and sumptuous countermelodies Tchavolo. 

Bright throughout, Tchavolo is totally in control of his expression; immediately recognizable, powerful and instinctive style uses all of an instrument that sounded like no resources, combining a phenomenal flick of the wrist (notes out), alternating single sentences notes he regularly crackle with an innate sense of improvisation, composing and decomposing different patterns in ever personal variations, and chording in lightning raises and a pest swing. Tchavolo is manouche guitar pushed to the end (cf. Rue de l'Hotel Colbert or nervous Tchavolo blues). This very large disk, perhaps the most personal released this year in this highly codified aesthetic ends with a very peaceful Mélancolies evening sumptuous room a solo Tchavolo inhabited by music.Respect! Translate by google  http://www.djangostation.com/Melancolies-d-un-Soir,1747.html

Personnel: Tchavolo Schmitt : guitar;  Samy Daussat : guitar; Claudius Dupont : contrebasse; Marie-Christine Brambilla : vocal

Mélancolies D'Un Soir

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Tchavolo Schmitt - Live in Paris

Styles: Gypsy Jazz
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:16
Size: 159,1 MB
Art: Front + Back

(5:47)  1. It had to be you
(4:09)  2. Them there eyes
(6:04)  3. Valse à Dora
(6:17)  4. Coucou
(4:50)  5. Les valseuses
(8:21)  6. Jardin d’hiver
(4:29)  7. The Sheik of Araby
(9:01)  8. Billet doux
(8:06)  9. Daphné
(4:49) 10. Sweet Georgia Brown - Dorado Schmitt
(7:18) 11. Les yeux noirs

Initiated at the age of 6 to the guitar by his mother while his father practiced the violin, he joined his family in Strasbourg in 1965 . Tchavolo Schmitt develops over the years virtuosity in the manouche style and his fame quickly exceed the limits of Alsace , the region of origin, and is becoming an influential musician amongst his peers he finds particularly the Gate Montreuil or Chope des Puces in Saint-Ouen , mythical places of gypsy swing.  He turned professional in 1979 , a year in which, after leaving Paris to return to his Alsatian roots, he joined the "Hot Club da Sinti" group to join it including violinist Wedeli Köhler , the guitarist and bassist Schmeling Lehmann Jani Lehmann. A single record in LP, today collector will be launched in 1981 . He participated in several projects such as the film Latcho Drom , of Tony Gatlif in 1992 . 

He also plays with his brother and cousins Gogo Berbedes Mandino Reinhardt , Sony Reinhardt , Hono Winterstein and Dorado Schmitt . It is with the latter that we find in 1993 in the "Gypsy Reunion" also with Patrick Saussois and Gino Reinhardt . In 2000 he released his first album under his own name, with the friendly support and active participation of Romane the pump : this is' So ... Here!. This album was followed in 2001 Miri Familia. His attack and his unique phrasing are dedicated in 2002 with Swing , soundtrack Tony Gatlif where Tchavolo Schmitt himself plays the role of Miraldo that he inspired a guitar teacher, colorful character like her. The film known to the general public. In 2004 , Angelo Debarre joined forces with him to produce a disc tribute to Django Reinhardt entitled Memoirs, and in 2005 he released a new album in entitled Loutcha. 

He subsequently saves Seven Gypsy Nights and finally his Live in Paris, a masterpiece "must ... a special warmth as expressions Tchavolo go with his game" , "it is not gypsy jazz manouche but who plays jazz " captured in concert at the Alhambra (Paris) the 20 September 2008 . Regarded as the worthy heir of Django Reinhardt , he says too worship to accept parentage, he continued a family and career marked by numerous international collaborations. ~ Bio 

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tchavolo_Schmitt 

Live in Paris

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Tchavolo Schmitt - Miri Familia

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 50:59
Size: 116.7 MB
Styles: Gypsy jazz
Year: 2000
Art: Front

[3:06] 1. Rêves D'automne
[4:27] 2. The Sheik Of Araby
[4:26] 3. Oh, Lady Be Good
[5:26] 4. Sonny Boy
[3:35] 5. Jean-Paul Blues
[2:26] 6. Valse Pour Nous
[4:02] 7. After You've Gone
[5:54] 8. Miri Familia
[4:04] 9. Jersey Bounce
[4:47] 10. Djieské
[4:33] 11. Seul Ce Soir
[4:09] 12. Just One Of Those Things

Ever since the early years of the Quintet of the Hot Club of France and its leader, the trailblazing Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt, Gypsy (or manouche) jazz combos have been characterized by a number of idiosyncratic factors: no drums, multiple guitars (all acoustic), and arrangements that combine a powerfully swinging rhythm with the dark modalities of traditional Gypsy melodies along with jazz standards. The Alsatian guitarist Tchavolo Schmitt takes some of those characteristics to something of an extreme on this album, which features a sextet comprised of five guitars and a bass. Since the other guitarists all play rhythm, this leads to a curiously flat musical texture and a rather one-dimensional sound (the slightly ramshackle production quality doesn't help much in that regard). But it also means that Schmitt has an absolutely rock-solid rhythmic foundation with which to work, and it serves him very well on material like the original blues composition "Jean-Paul Blues" and a particularly energetic and tuneful rendition of "After You've Gone." "Jersey Bounce" starts off with a promisingly jaunty strut, but bogs down a bit toward the end. The title track is a lovely ballad, also composed by Schmitt, and it is perhaps the finest demonstration of his musical maturity, a quality that permits him to take as much pleasure in long, nicely shaped melodic lines as in the virtuosic stunt-guitar pyrotechnics for which the genre is best known. Fans of Gypsy jazz will love this album, but newcomers may want to start with something a bit more varied in texture. ~ Rick Anderson

Tchavolo Schmitt (guitar); Gogo Berbedes, Mandino Reinhardt, Sony Reinhardt, Hono Winterstein (guitar); Gautier Laurent (bass instrument).

Miri Familia

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Various - Jazz Manouche

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 61:53
Size: 141.7 MB
Styles: Swing, Gypsy jazz
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[4:41] 1. Stochelo Rosenberg - After You've Gone
[2:48] 2. Romane - Swing 98
[3:14] 3. Django Reinhardt - Nuages
[3:59] 4. The New Quintette Du Hot Club De France - Mélodie Pour Stéphane
[5:09] 5. Stochelo Rosenberg - Just Enough For Jazz
[5:21] 6. Tchavolo Schmitt - J'attendrai
[4:49] 7. Stochelo Rosenberg - All Jazzy
[3:29] 8. Bernard Berkhout - Last Minute Swing
[3:21] 9. Tchan-Tchou - Flots Du Danube
[3:50] 10. Romane - Legende
[3:59] 11. Hot Club Usa - Stompin' At Decca
[3:22] 12. Tim Kliphouse - Exactly Like You
[4:21] 13. Tchavolo Schmitt - It Had To Be You
[4:00] 14. Hot Club Usa - Djangology
[2:38] 15. Stochelo Rosenberg - Melody For Babik
[2:45] 16. Django Reinhardt - Echoes Of France (La Marseillaise)

Gypsy jazz (also known as gypsy swing or hot club jazz) is a style of jazz music often said to have been started by guitarist Jean "Django" Reinhardt in the 1930s. Because it's origins are largely in France it is often called by the French name, "jazz manouche", or alternatively, "manouche jazz", even in English language sources. Some modern dictionaries recommend avoiding using the word "gypsy" because it is felt to have been tainted by its frequent use as a pejorative, however dictionaries do not caution against use of the term "gypsy jazz."Django was foremost among a group of Romani guitarists working in and around Paris in the 1930s through the 1950s, a group which also included the brothers Baro, Sarane, and Matelo Ferret and Reinhardt's brother Joseph "Nin-Nin" Reinhardt.

Many of the musicians in this style worked in Paris in various popular Musette ensembles. The Musette style waltz remains an important component in the Gypsy jazz repertoire. Reinhardt was noted for combining a dark, chromatic Gypsy flavor with the swing articulation of the period. This combination is critical to this style of jazz. In addition to this his approach continues to form the basis for contemporary Gypsy jazz guitar. Reinhardt's most famous group, the Quintette du Hot Club de France, also brought fame to jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli.

Jazz Manouche

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