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Fiddlebop at Brecon Jazz Festival
When
Sat, August 12, 2023
16:00
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Musicians
Dave Favis-Mortlock
violinJoanna Davies
guitar, acousticPaul Stevenson
keyboardsGraeme Lamble
bass, electricAbout
FiddleBop (4-5 pm, the Bulwark Stage. Free admission!) plays Gypsy jazz, re-imagined for the 2020s with violin, Spanish guitar, keyboard, and fretless bass. We sing too, with four voices in harmony.
And, like the first Gypsy jazz bands, FiddleBopโs โGypsy jazz: re-imaginedโ is highly eclectic. In the 1930s, the Quintette du Hot Club de France created amazing music based on current and past pop tunes, traditional Gypsy melodies, their own compositions, even some J S Bach. FiddleBopโs repertoire is similarly wide-ranging. Expect Gypsy-flavoured jazz drawn from all of jazzโs century-long history. Thatโs get-up-and-dance jazz from the 1920s, 1930s chilli-hot swing, and cool post-bop. Plus jazz-flavoured classic pop, folk-jazz, and the bandโs own creations. All played and sung with Gypsy zing and passion!...