ZAZOU: Merle Noir

Zazou

Merle Noir

© 2007 Zazou (606041315723)

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A sextet featuring accordion, lead and harmony vocals, string bass, drums, and rhythm and lead guitars. Their repertoire, including original material, is inspired by the sophisticated melodies of French Gypsy Jazz, Parisian Musette, & Latin America

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Zazou's Music:

Zazou is a sextet featuring accordion, lead and harmony vocals, string bass. drums, and rhythm and lead guitars. Their repertoire, including original material, is inspired by the sophisticated melodies of French Gypsy Jazz, Parisian Musette, Latin American popular songs and American Swing. Drawing together a multitude of musical influences and incorporating the driving European "string swing" rhythm, Zazou pays homage to music of the past while creating an original sound that is contemporary and exciting.

About Zazou:

The members of Zazou are Ryan Hoffman on lead and rhythm guitar, Johnny Calcagno and Jeff Smith on rhythm guitar, Hugh Sutton on accordion and vocals, Ms. Jessica on vocals and string bass, and Joseph Mascorella on drums and percussion. The six are experienced musicians who have played with numerous fine players and acts around the country among them Baby Gramps, Hanuman, Mummery, Jim Knodle, Pearl Django, Hot Club Sandwich, Sky Cries Mary, the motion picture "The Trouble with Boys and Girls", The Big Mess Blues band featuring Ragtime Annie in New Orleans at New Orleans Jazz Fest, The Smoke Shack Okiestraw, The Nervous Duane Orchestra, Art and Sex for a Better World's Erotic Klezmer Cabaret, The Dudley Manlove Quartet, The Jelly Rollers and more. Zazou also has had the pleasure of sharing the bill with many talented players such as Baby Gramps and Amy Denio as well as opening for a variety of excellent national and international groups such as Brave Combo (www.brave.com/bo) 3 Leg Torso ( www.3legtorso.com ) and the French quintet Paris Combo (www.pariscombo.com).

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  • Wonderful!
    author: Nik

    The talented members of Zazou have taken songs from sources as varied as Django, Trenet, and Lieber & Stoller, mixed them with a few standards and some of their own tunes, and come up with a great collection of music all played with that special Zazou flair. If you don't already have their previous CD Djangolotry do yourself a favour and buy that at the same time.

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