{"id":22978,"date":"2016-02-24T20:10:03","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T19:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=22978"},"modified":"2017-10-24T15:38:50","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T13:38:50","slug":"22978-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/22978-2\/","title":{"rendered":"French Music – Jazz Manouche"},"content":{"rendered":"

When people think of French music<\/a>, they often think of one of the more famous chanteurs<\/strong> (singers) like Edith Piaf<\/a> or Jacques Brel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But what else is there?<\/p>\n

Le jazz<\/strong> is one of the most famous styles de musique<\/strong> (styles of music) in the world.\u00a0 It made its way from New Orleans all the way to Orl\u00e9ans, but une fois en France<\/strong> (once in France), le jazz<\/strong> underwent an interesting transformation.<\/p>\n

Le jazz <\/strong>became le jazz manouche<\/strong>, un style de musique <\/strong>pioneered by Django Reinhardt<\/em> in the 1930s that mixes le jazz<\/strong> with le musette<\/strong> (traditional French dance music) and the music of the Romani people, or as they are often called, les tziganes<\/strong> (gypsies).<\/p>\n

Le musette<\/strong> is un style de musique<\/strong> I had heard before, but did not know the name.<\/p>\n

\u00c9coutez cette chanson courte<\/strong> (listen to this short song) and get a taste of le musette <\/strong>and see if you recognize le style<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nKcSLDZrILE<\/a><\/p>\n

The first time I heard someone say jazz manouche<\/strong><\/em>, my response was:<\/p>\n

Qu\u2019est-ce que c\u2019est \u00ab manouche<\/em> \u00bb ?<\/strong>
\nWhat is “manouche”<\/em>?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I quickly learned that manouche<\/strong> <\/em>is a word for gypsy<\/em> and le jazz manouche<\/strong> is called gypsy jazz<\/em> in English.<\/p>\n

I also met one of my best friends here in France by talking to le guitariste d’un groupe de jazz manouche<\/strong> (the guitarist of a gypsy jazz group) after a concert. I recently interviewed him for a future article! Keep your eyes out for it!<\/p>\n

Le jazz manouche<\/strong> generally features la guitare s\u00e8che, le violon et la contrebasse<\/strong> (acoustic guitar, violin, and double bass), but it\u2019s not uncommon to hear l\u2019accord\u00e9on et la clarinette aussi<\/strong> (the accordion and the clarinet as well).<\/p>\n

Take a listen to one of Django Reinhardt\u2019s most famous songs, and dive into la musique fran\u00e7aise<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n