Tcha Limberger

Tcha Limberger’s violin, guitar and voice meet the swing clarinet and saxophone of Engelbert Wrobel in an acoustic quartet driven by the rhythm of Dave Kelbie on guitar and Sébastien Girardot on double bass. Without drums, the sound stays clear and alive.

From the New Orleans repertoire to the swing of the 1930s, from the world of Django Reinhardt to more intimate European melodies, the group travels with great freedom of play and a keen sense of dialogue between musicians.

Perfect for clubs, theatres and listening rooms where every nuance deserves to be heard.

Four musicians, no piano or drums — yet the sound and vitality of a much larger band. In The Viper Club, Tcha Limberger’s violin and Jérôme Etcheberry’s trumpet challenge, answer and inspire one another. Tcha also sings, bringing storytelling, scat and an irresistible sense of fun to the music, while Dave Kelbie’s guitar and Sébastien Girardot’s double bass supply a beautifully flexible pulse.

The starting point is the small-group New York swing of Stuff Smith and Jonah Jones, but the destination is never predetermined. Inventive arrangements, improvised counterpoint and collective bursts of energy make every performance an encounter rather than a reconstruction. Their album Tain’t No Use captures the group's vitality and has attracted outstanding reviews in The Times and Jazz Lives.

Fapy Lafertin and Tcha Limberger bring together two singular voices of European gypsy jazz. Lafertin's lyrical guitar and Limberger's violin, voice and deep connection to Central European musical traditions meet in a quartet built on melody, conversation and swing.

With Dave Kelbie on rhythm guitar and Sébastien Girardot on double bass, the music has the freedom of a chamber group and the pulse of a seasoned swing band — intimate, spontaneous and rooted in a shared musical language.

Six musicians, each distinctive enough to command a stage alone: guitarist Fapy Lafertin; Tcha Limberger on violin and vocals; accordionist Roberto Gervasi; clarinettist Adrian Cox; and the extraordinary guitar-and-bass partnership of Dave Kelbie and Sébastien Girardot. Together they create an acoustic ensemble of remarkable variety, moving from one instrumental colour to another as ideas pass between the soloists.

Rooted in Django Reinhardt's legacy but open to the wider languages of European swing, the sextet puts melody and collective invention before display. La Compagnie Royale du Swing Manouche is a large-scale encounter between individual musical personalities — an event built on the pleasure of hearing them play together.