Selmer #607

selmer607

Hello!

a little message to let you know about an upcoming gipsy swing CD release.

Imagine a legendary guitar,
actually an authentic Selmer guitar of 1946,
serial #607 (Django's was #503)

Take five young french guitarists,
among the best and most promising of their generation :
Sébastien Giniaux, Adrien Moignard, Noé Reinhardt, Richard Manetti and Rocky Gresset.

Give them one day each in the studio, with the Selmer and a rock solid backing section, Ghali Hadefi & David Gastine on guitars and Jeremie Arranger on upright bass.

And there you have it : Selmer #607.
16 tracks, about 60 minutes of high class gipsy swing but also true wonders : duets, down-tempo's, waltz, guests, original songs...

Album release is april 12th.

Hit "Adrien Moignard" or "Selmer 607" in youtube for a little glimpse of what is to come. More videos of the recording sessions will follow on a regular basis in march.

More info on the website www.selmer607.com (in french, but the english version is on it's way, hit "Le Disque" for mp3 samples of all tracks) or www.myspace.com/selmer607

Cheers!

André

Stackabones

I've seen some of the vids popping up on youtube and wondered what was up. It sounds like a great project!

Bob Holo

Very exciting!

These are some top young players. I've heard two of them live and three others on albums and they're all just fantastic - tasty - creative - and yet very legit with respect to the style.

I can't wait for this album - Sebastian & his friend Frederic Gomes put out an album several years ago called "Borsalino: Place des Vosges" which was great though hard to find. I think Jeremie may have also been on it but I can't remember.

Can't wait to hear it. Good luck with the release.

-Bob

PS, Adrien is coming to the states in June w/ fantastic rhythm guitar Mathieu Chatelain who backed Sebastian at Djangofest Northwest last year. What a treat. Mathieu's rhythm is so solid and yet it bounces along - just wonderful stuff.

selmer607

Hi Bob,

I actually recorded both albums, Selmer #607 & Borsalino : Place des Vosges.

Jéremie is indeed the upright bass player on both records. I remember "Swing 39" was a really fun one to track with 6 or 7 choruses from different players.

The violin player Guillaume Singer played as well on the Borsalino album and has been invited by Sébastien Giniaux on one track for the Selmer #607 album : Viper's Dream. One of the most impressive track of the album I must say (playing & arrangement wise).

Cheers

André

selmer607

Hi everyone,

just to let you know that a new video is available on the website / myspace / youtube :

- Swing 48 by Rocky Gresset

More videos to come, Sébastien Giniaux should be next.

Cheers

André

selmer607

For those interested, the website has been fully translated in english.

Interesting content about the musicians, the Selmer guitar and extras around the upcoming album.

www.selmer607.com/eng/

Cheers

André

wayne nakamura

André:

Great idea!. I'm looking forward to this release.

best wishes

Wayne Nakamura

Phil

Great stuff! Can't wait for the CD...any chance there'll also be a DVD?

Salut!

Phil

selmer607

Thanks !

No DVD planned, but all videos will be available on the web eventually, as downloads with better image & sound quality in a while.

Also coming are chords progressions of tunes of the album (great arrangements of "What a wonderful world" that modulates in B for chorus, and "Polkadots & Sunbeams" as played for solo guitar by Rocky Gresset).

Some backing tracks will also be available, beginning with "Swing 48" (Django Reinhardt), and "Impression" (John Coltrane), so if you want to measure up to Adrien Moignard & Rocky Gresset you'll be able too... !

Cheers

André

V-dub

I can't wait. These guys are so amazing.

selmer607

Hi everyone !

here is the new stuff available on the web site :
[url=http://www.selmer607.com/eng/]www.selmer607.com/eng/[/url]

About the Selmer #607 guitar :
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François Charle, author of :
"L'histoire des guitares Selmer - Maccaferri" the reference book about Selmer guitars, is prefacing the album :

To be read in the "Guitar" section :
[url=http://www.selmer607.com/eng/guitare.php]www.selmer607.com/eng/guitare.php[/url]
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Chords progressions
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Nice transcriptions by Ghali Hadefi :
- Polkadots & Moonbeams, as played by Rocky Gresset
- What a Wonderful World, as played by Adrien Moignard and Benoit Convert

In the Bonus / "Chords progressions & Backing tracks" section :
[url=http://www.selmer607.com/eng/grilles.php]www.selmer607.com/eng/grilles.php[/url]
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Backing tracks
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Enjoy the rock solid rythm section of the album and play choruses for hours on "Swing 48" :

In the Bonus / "Chords progressions & Backing tracks" section :
[url=http://www.selmer607.com/eng/grilles.php]www.selmer607.com/eng/grilles.php[/url]
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Videos
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Sébastien Giniaux's solo on "Rue du Languedoc":

In the Bonus / Videos section :
[url=http://www.selmer607.com/eng/videos.php]www.selmer607.com/eng/videos.php[/url]

A new version of Rocky Gresset Swing 48 video is available, with a better sound :
[url=http://www.selmer607.com/eng/videos.php]www.selmer607.com/eng/videos.php[/url]
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That's it for now! More to come...

Cheers!

André