Esprit Du Paris – Sephora Gypsy Jazz Quartet – Fri 26th Jul

Doors 7.30pm. Starts 8.15pm. Adv ticket £13. OTD ticket £16.

The hot acoustic swing of ‘Sephora’ captures the vibrant sound of 1930’s Paris. Their performance gives a rich and nostalgic experience, which includes Eastern European influences without ever losing the gypsy footprint of guitarist Django Reinhardt and the violin of Stephane Grappelli.

About the Quartet

Violinist, Gina Griffen, is well known on the Bristol music scene. She has worked as a professional musician for over twenty years and is best known for her amazing improvisational violin/singing style and performances with the Bristol band The Schmoozenbergs.

Bass player, Ron Phelan, originally from Dublin is in constant demand from the best musicians and performers touring the country. Together with Gina they provided backing music for the touring ‘No Fit State Circus’.

The brilliant gypsy jazz guitarist Jonny Hepbir from London has played with many of the great names in Gypsy Jazz today, including Bireli Lagrene, Lulu Reinhardt, Stochelo Rosenberg, Paulus Schäfer, Feigeli Prisor, Angelo Debarre, Rino van Hooijdonk and countless other fantastic players. That’s why its not surprise that his 25 years in the industry has made him gypsy jazz royalty, with Paul McCartney stating to Jonny, ‘your good, very good”.

Rhythm guitarist, Dave Lunniss, possesses a vast knowledge of gypsy jazz. His festival performances in the UK, Ireland, Silkeborg, Denmark together with appearances in The Savoy Hotel with ‘Le Jazz’ and at London’s Barbican, with ‘Swing 39’.

Together the hot acoustic swing of ‘Sephora’ captures the vibrant and nostalgic sound of 1930’s Paris. Their performance gives a rich sound experience including Eastern European influences without ever losing the gypsy footprint of guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stephane Grapelli.