Tcha Limberger
Originating from a common passion for traditional jazz styles and mostly New Orleans, Swing and Gypsy Jazz, Tcha Limberger is widely regarded as the ‘King of Gypsy music’. Not just for the music he plays, but for his passionate nurturing of tradition. The groove is taken care of by two musicians whose resumes are longer than their arms: Dave Kelbie, a human metronome who combines the softness of genuine swing with enriched chords (regularly seen with masters such as Evan Christopher, Don Vappie, Fapy Lafertin) and Sébastien Girardot, a solid double-bass magician, with both a strong and agile style, highly solicited by famed jazz lineups (Michel Pastre Quintet, La Section Rythmique...) In a word: an Imperial rhythm section, no doubt one of the best of its kind and tied together in the Lejazzetal hall of fame project: Django à la Créole.
Photo © Viceversa Fotografia, Paul Nicholas, Dominique Rimbault