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Latcho Drom
12+ albums
swingjazzgypsy jazzworldtsigane
about
There are multiple artists with this name: 1. Meaning "safe journey" in the Romani language, Latch Drom is a paean to the human spirit that continually perseveres in the face of seemingly insurmountable tragedy. Latcho Drom aims to use their live shows to provide a temporary autonomous zone to bring together disparate and atomized artistic communities. Latcho Drom is a forum for expression, dialog, and intellectual exchange regarding the meaning of art and culture in the twenty-first century. Latcho drom 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 t
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