QUARTET SWING MANOUCHE

Our Band is one of the first quartet practitioner of the swing manouche (gypsy jazz) musical style in Portugal. The band plays the great standards of the legendary French band Hot Club de France of the 1930’s and ’40’s. Following the revolutionary string swing band style, started by the great and unique-sounding guitarist Django Reinhardt, the repertoire of this quartet includes the most melodic tunes and most impressive swinging music of all time.

The Quartet String Manouche Bombasin is a four musicians, soft & smoth jazz band. Consisting of trumpet / vocals, guitar, bass strings and drums, interpret not only the standards of New Orleans (20 years), but as well the “belle époque” French (years 30 and 40), or the Great American Songs (years 40 and 50) and the “English Classic” Pop & Rock Songs (60 and 70). With a harmonic base of stringed instruments, the group has semi-acoustic sound concept and play seated. The serene style, the timeless and eclectic type of music, becomes the ideal set for receptions or dinners, where musical entertainment is required.

This musicians plays a type of music that it is not for just-jazz fans. It is a mix swing beat, reminiscent of the European Django Reinhardt sound, but full of storytelling and touching from nowadays. They celebrate also the GREAT AMERICAN SONGS with a FRENCH GLAMOUR of the 30’s going to the roots of jazz. Playing the classic swing music that everybody loves, it sounds as an Acoustic Smooth Jazz.

Following the revolutionary string swing band style, started by the great and unique-sounding guitarist Django Reinhardt, the repertoire of the quartet includes the most melodic tunes and most impressive swinging music of all time. Here some of them:

San Francisco Bays Blues
Blue Berry Hill
After you have gone
Ain’t she sweet
Autumn Leaves
Just a Gigolo
Fever
Am I Blue
On the Sunnyside of the Street
Some of these days
Bourbon street parade
Hit the road jack
Sweet georgia brown
All of me
Annie’s song
If I used to love you baby
Summertime
Chameleon
Take Five
My Baby Just Care for me
Nobody knows you’re down and out
Has anybody seen my girl ?
I like Pie, I like cake
They Can’t Take That Away From Me
Dream a litle dream of me
I can’t give you anything but love
Sweet sue
C’est Magnifique
C’est si bom
Check to check
She
At Last
Ain’t no Sunshine
All my loving
A Kiss to Built a dream on
I’m gonna sit right down and write myself a letter
Into the Mystic – Van Morrison
Mr Bojangles
Crazy Little thing Called Love
Ho Hey – Luminneers
An Englishman in New York
Perfect day