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Contacts Latcho drom : Christophe Lartilleux
Latcho drom (meaning “have a good journey”in the gipsy
language) was formed in the French town of
Toulouse in 1993 by the
gipsy guitarist Christophe LARTILLEUX, in order to revive the atmosphere
of the
famous Django
REINHARDT Hot Club de France Quintet.
Christophe, surrounded
himself with young talended jazz musicians, impassioned by Django’ music.
Together they were able
to restore the sound and swing of the time, whilst developing their own
personality.
After a first CD “la
sorcière”(The Witch), wich was choosen as one of the best CD’s of 1995 by Jazz
Magazine,
the released “la verdine”(The Caravan) in which more than half
of the titles are their own compositions.
“La Verdine” (composed by
christophe) is in two compilations, “guitars attitudes”(13 bis Records) and
“The Best
of Gipsy Swing”(Hot Club
Records Norway).
After many tours in France
and Europe, they released their third cd “live in Madrid” record at Café
Central
june 1997, wich shows perfectly the
qualities of this musicians: Energy, talent, musicality, humour and formost
a tremendous willingness
to play, to give to offer their music to the public…
The last
CD “Deborah” of Latcho Drom in Vintage Guitar Magazine by Michel DREGNI.
Latcho
drom
Groupe de jazz manouche crée en 1993 par Christophe LARTILLEUX afin de restituer l’ambiance du célèbre
quintet du hot club de France
de Django REINHARDT et Stéphane
GRAPPELLI. Latcho drom est composé
de :
deux guitares,ctr basse,violon
(ou accordéon ou clarinette) selon les formules proposées, et joue
principalement
les thèmes de
Django et Stéphane, ainsi que leurs
propres compositions personnelles dans les styles les
plus
variés :
(swing,tzigane,flamenco,valses musette).
L’arrivée dans le groupe du violoniste (à la musicalité et à la
technique éblouissante) Florin NICULESCU, considéré
comme le digne successeur de Stéphane GRAPPELLI, perpétue et
actualise la tradition toujours vivante du jazz
manouche.
Sur certains concerts ont été invité : Angelo DEBARRE, Dorado et Tchavolo SCHMITT,
Paul CHERON
(TUXEDO), François MICHAUD, Johan Renard, Lionel SUAREZ , Biréli LAGRENE,
Christian ESCOUDE
Emy Dragoi...
Latcho Drom (Déborah).
This album marks the fourth release by the French Gypsy jazz band Latcho
Drom. Some of the band members
have changed with time,
but the music they create remains true to the vision of Manouche
guitarist/bandleader
Christophe
Lartilleux.
On this album, the band
has steered away from some of the fascinating Gypsy jazz versions of straight
jazz
classics by Duke Ellington
and Dizzie Gillespie that have graced its past CDs, and stepped back to the
heart of
music.
The 10 cuts
include three originals composed by Lartilleux that blend funky mixes of bebop
and modern jazz
with Gypsy stylings. The
band’s reworking of “la Verdine” evokes the eastern European Gypsy roots of
their music
in the accordeon playing
of guest Guennadi Kopeika.
Other songs include Jo
Privat’s musette “Papillon noir”, the standard
“la vie en rose”, and two revivals of old
Django Reinhardt classics
“Anouman”, and one of his improvisations.
While the production
quality is sometimes a bit thin, the music is phenomenal. Lartilleux attacks
his Selmer
with a daredevil dash and
violinist Malik Richeux fuses a world of sounds – from North African melodies
to swing
to Gypsy stylings – into
his playing.
If you can’t find a copy
at your local store, check out the French e-tailler FNAC ( www.fnac.fr ).( lcvdt@aol.com ).
Michel Dregni.
Copyright 2001
