Band
Violin, trumpet, guitar and bass — four personalities, a whole orchestra of swing.
“This band are no museum piece”
Tcha Limberger’s violin and exuberant singing meet Jérôme Etcheberry’s trumpet above Dave Kelbie’s guitar and Sébastien Girardot’s double bass. Inspired by the intimate sound of the Onyx Club, The Viper Club turns early swing into an exuberant, unpredictable musical conversation.
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.
For theatres, jazz clubs and festivals: an intimate yet exceptionally lively quartet with no piano or drums. Tcha Limberger's violin, vocals and scat exchange ideas with Jérôme Etcheberry's trumpet above Dave Kelbie and Sébastien Girardot's swinging rhythm partnership. Their album Tain’t No Use has won particular praise in The Times and Jazz Lives.
Viper Club makes swing audible as a music of conversation. Tcha Limberger, Jérôme Etcheberry, Dave Kelbie and Sébastien Girardot show in real time how an acoustic quartet without drums or piano builds rhythm, balance, improvisation and collective listening. Between the four of them they speak around ten languages, reflecting the group’s strongly European character and offering a natural way into questions of language, travel and how music moves from one country to another. A session can combine concert, guided listening, conversation and simple collective exercises, shaped to the age group and setting.
“This compact vibrant quartet delivers all the swing allowed by law and then some.”
“Dangerously thrilling music.”
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