Saturday June 22, 2019 at 7 pm to 10 pm
Freight & Salvage
2020 Addison Street
Berkeley, CA
Barrio Manouche is a gypsy jazz & flamenco fusion
ensemble based in San Francisco, with musicians from Spain, France, Brazil,
California, Quebec and beyond.
The band performs a repertoire of original musical
compositions deeply influenced by a range of musical traditions: from the swing
of Louis Armstrong and Sidney Bechet, to the hot jazz of Django Reinhardt and
Stéphane Grappelli, the flamenco & rumba of Paco de Lucía, to the
avant-garde sounds of Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman and John Coltrane.
The band is considered one of the Bay Area's biggest
rising stars, mesmerizing audiences with their live musical performances that
incorporate flamenco dancing and other memorable surprises.
With the release last June of its captivating debut album
“Aires de Cambio” ( doubleOone Records), Barrio Manouche returned the national
spotlight to the Bay Area’s creatively charged Gypsy jazz scene.
Boasting a singular sound combining the instrumentation
and signature rhythms of jazz, flamenco and 1930s Gypsy swing, the seven-piece
group introduced a sound that’s both rooted in tradition and utterly
cosmopolitan. Founded by Spanish guitarist Javi Jimenez, who was later joined
by his brother, percussionist Luis Jimenez, Barrio Manouche kept expanding its
concept as new members joined the fun.
Bassist Gary Johnson brought his command of jazz, R&B
and hip-hop into the ensemble, while the Francophone world contributed
Québécois violinist Magali Sanscartier and French saxophonist Cyril Guiraud, a
veteran jazz musician who also produced the album.
“I’ve played with many bands in my career, and this one
is fascinating, because we’re creating a sound that doesn’t exist,” Sanscartier
says. “The music is written and arranged by Javi, and we’re discovering the
sound as we do it.”
Cost: $22 - $26
