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Title: Modern gypsy jazz that doesn't come from the cookie cutter
Review: I've been a fan of gypsy jazz for a few years now, and I particularly like finding worthy new entries. One problem I have is that many artists are traditionalists and they end up sounding like they came from the same gypsy jazz school.What's interesting about this album (and their other two, Swing Rencontre and Entre Amis) is that Angelo and Ludovic seem to resist sounding like other modern proponents of jazz manouche. Maybe it's the accordion, a welcome addition to any gypsy jazz line-up (see Note Manouche, Tchavolo Schmitt's "Alors...Voila", or Les Pommes de ma Douche). At any rate, with their arrangements and sincere playing, these guys raise the bar for modern gypsy jazz music.
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