Jazz Manouche

Django & Grappelli : from Paris to New York.
LOLLO MEIER
&
RARES MORARESCU
Jazz Manouche
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.
Lollo Meier
A
mong 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.
www.lollomeier.nl
Rares Morarescu
V
iolinist 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!
http://www.sonoramanagement.com/rares-morarescu/
Discography of Lollo Meier
Lollo Meier - Fapy Lafertin Stochelo
Rosenberg
Lollo Meier & Fapy Lafertin
LE CHEMIN DE DJANGO
2012
PLACHTERIDA
DVD, 2011
Lollo Meier
Lollo Meier & André Donni
FLEURS MANOUCHE
HONDARRIBIA
2011
2005
Lollo Meier Szigano Swing
Lollo Meier feat. Tcha Limberger
RENCONTRES
ROSAS
2002
2007
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 CDpresentation, 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
Videos
Django`s Tiger Lollo Meier & Fapy Lafertin At Le Quecumbar London
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfXekCac5RE
Rares Morarescu Trio - Songe d'automne (Intro)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMdoqYujx8g
Lollo Meier - I Love You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHGyMaPQeMA
Lollo Meier & Rares Morarescu - Port Cabello
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTC5qBL1arc
Lollo Meier & Robin Nolan - Coquette
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPHPTX7Rdao
Lollo Meier & Rares Morarescu - Swing 48
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPGXUIqpIBU
Lollo Meier & Fapy Lafertin - Django’s Tiger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_I5vXzckFk
Lollo Meier & Rares Morarescu - Them There Eyes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BwckqZJwkE
Contact
Gera BERTOLONE
Owner & Director
14, rue Saint Simon
78000 Versailles - FRANCE
T: +33 1 83 59 16 38
M: +33 6 68 46 68 07
@: g.bertolone@sonoramanagement.com
www.sonoramanagement.com