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International Trio from Spain: the Biel Ballester Trio at Le QuecumBar

Courtesy of Le QuecumBar: The Hot Club of London | Posted on July 17, 2015

Where

Le QuecumBar
42-44 Battersea High Street
London
Map
020 7787 2227

When

Sun, November 8, 2015
19:00

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Musicians

About

The Biel Ballester Trio return to London's home of Gypsy swing!

Biel’s Trio are one of Le QuecumBar’s world class Patrons.

Biel Ballester: guitar, Leo Hipucha: rhythm, Oriol Gonzalez: bass

The film maker Woody Allen picked up two of their own compositions for his movie “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” and after playing with them the day of the premiere said: “this is the closest I’ll ever get to have played with Django Reinhardt!”.

The Biel Ballester Trio who are world renowned as an innovative ensemble in the Jazz Manouche genre and are considered the Mediterranean ambassadors of it. The band has a very personal approach to this music and play original compositions that are now versioned by other bands and played in jams around the globe. Biel, teacher, bandleader, composer and gifted guitarist brings bossa, rumba and other Mediterranean rhythms to the music of Django Reinhardt and his own unique and sparkling compositions. They have played in many Jazz Festivals around Europe and have collaborated with the best players Gypsy Swing/Jazz musicians of this genre like Stochelo Rosenberg, David Reinhardt, Jon Larsen, Gustav Lundgren, Joscho Stefan, and many many more...See FaceBook Biel Ballester Trio-Official Page ...

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