Jazz Manouche

Django & Grappelli : from Paris to New York.

LOLLO MEIER & RARES MORARESCU

Lollo Meier, the legendary gipsy man, meets Rares Morarescu on a Southern Italy tour. People love instantly their music and success are immediate!

With their traditional and unique style, they keep alive a joyful and surprising gipsy jazz, challenging a vast repertoire who goes from the most popular gipsy tunes till the "Impressionistic" period of Django Reinhardt's compositions (Porto Cabello, Black & white, Nimphéas, etc. ..).

Lollo Meier and Rares Morarescu explore the gipsy jazz with a tastefully approach and their music is a trip through "Belle Epoque", when Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli amaze the crowds all over the world, accompanied by the Hot Club de France.

The audience is enthusiastic about the music and swing of Lollo Meier & Rares Morarescu and spends a memorable musical moment.

Among the gypsy jazz musicians that play guitar in the style of Django

Reinhardt, there are a few that really stand out.

Raised on Gypsy swing from an early age, he is a guitar master, composer, bandleader and arranger, Lollo comes from an elite family of Gypsy players and is cousin to the great Fapy Lafertin and Stochelo Rosenberg. His goal: to carry on the music of Django, with a style and technique that’s traditional, melodious, lyrical, sensitive and joyful.

His mellifluous compositions have a refreshing authentic Django flavour and are played with extraordinary talent, unique style and amazing suppleness that clearly reflects that he makes music he loves. His Quartet is sought after around the globe for private functions and renowned jazz festivals, famous for playing lesser known Django tunes and his own compositions.

A man of style, grace and humour, Lollo’s pure melodious playing touches his audiences and makes Django’s music as fresh today as it was 80 years ago.

As well as performing, he spends much of his time teaching sought-after master-classes, sharing his artistry and passing down Django’s legacy.

A remarkable man, with a remarkable style of playing.

Out of 15,000 world entries in the 2005 International Song Writing competition, Nashville USA, Lollo Meier became a finalist with Melody for Le QuecumBar, with honouree status and became part of the top 1.4% of entrants.

Lollo Meier

www.lollomeier.nl

Violinist from Romania, Bucharest, Rares Morarescu is one of the rarest and surprising jazzmen and contemporary violinists.

A prodigy child, he begins to study the violin at 5 years old.

At 14 years old he performs in the international scenes with the famous taraf "Cununa Carpatilor" and, in parallel, he plays with Radio Television Romanian Orchestra and several performances at the Opera Theatre of Bucharest and the "Rapsodia" Big Band.

In 1993 he moves to Southern Italy, Sicily, where he collaborates with the most prestigious institutions and Classical Ensembles.

In 2004, the Sicily Gouvernement awarded him with the prize"Musician of the Year" for his projects on the Romantic Violin School.

Truly eclectic musician, in 2009 he moves to Paris where he plays with many artists and he teaches the jazz violin.

The surprising technique, the exuberant creativity and scientific approach of a true jazzmen, are the strong caracteristics of his performances. It amazes with his extraordinary swing ..

With a sincere devotement to the Swing Era, he is considered one of the most faithful disciples of Grand Master Stéphane Grappelli and he’s very appreciated in many international music events.

Actually, he collaborates with many internationals musicians.

Rares Morarescu in four strokes: Entertainment, Elegance, Generosity, and especially Great Music!

Rares Morarescu

http://www.sonoramanagement.com/rares-morarescu/

Discography of Lollo Meier

Lollo Meier & Fapy LafertinPLACHTERIDA2012

Lollo Meier feat. Tcha LimbergerROSAS2007

Lollo Meier FLEURS MANOUCHE2011

Lollo Meier & André DonniHONDARRIBIA2005

Lollo Meier Szigano SwingRENCONTRES2002

Lollo Meier - Fapy Lafertin Stochelo RosenbergLE CHEMIN DE DJANGODVD, 2011

PRESS

«It felt like the legendary Django Reinhardt was performing again.»Zutphen Paper 2001.

«We lit a candle and were given grace, so much beauty, so much harmony and so much variation and so much of Lollo..» Pedro Ramacher, after the CD- presentation, southern Holland newspaper

«Gipsy blood is running through the veins of this top gypsy guitar musician and band leader Lollo Meier.» Dagblad de Limburger, Dr Jazz, Harry Sillen

«...Brilliancies came and went so fast that there was hardly time to applaud...» Jack Massarik - London Evening Standard

«Gipsy blood flows in the veins of this amazing guitarist gipsy, Lollo Meier.» Dagblad de Limburger, Dr Jazz, Harry Sillen

«Quant à Lollo c’est un styliste dans la lignée de Fapy Lafertin dont le phrasé virtuose à la belle articulation (...) est toujours au service de la musique et de la sensibilité ; il joue autant avec le coeur qu’avec les doigts et surtout laisse la musique respirer !»Francis Couvreux (Etudes Tziganes)

«Learning to play the guitar with Lollo means that you can throw away any books you bought on this subject. His technique is amazing. When he plays rhythm it sounds like 12 strings instead of 6. You hear a train leaving the station, a power that I have never heard before. Oh my God how does he do that? I fooled myself for a while thinking it must be his self-made plectrum so I tried all the plectrums I could lay my hands on but than I realised the painful truth, it's the motion, the motor, it's the right hand it's like walking through a forest and when you come home you realize that you can't remember seeing a single tree. Learning the chords is one thing but starting up the diesel-train is a different ballgame. Better watch his right hand rather than his left hand it holds the key! Lollo gave me his secret, he gave me Django.» A quote by one of his pupils Paul Prévo

Django`s Tiger Lollo Meier & Fapy Lafertin At Le Quecumbar Londonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfXekCac5RE

Lollo Meier - I Love Youhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHGyMaPQeMA

Lollo Meier & Robin Nolan - Coquettehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPHPTX7Rdao

Lollo Meier & Fapy Lafertin - Django’s Tigerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_I5vXzckFk

Rares Morarescu Trio - Songe d'automne (Intro) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMdoqYujx8g

Lollo Meier & Rares Morarescu - Port Cabellohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTC5qBL1arc

Lollo Meier & Rares Morarescu - Swing 48https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPGXUIqpIBU

Lollo Meier & Rares Morarescu - Them There Eyeshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BwckqZJwkE

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