Pieces a Conviction, by Petites Annonces

Pieces a Conviction

by Petites Annonces

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1.	Opium 04:26	buy track
2.	Douce Ambiance 02:59	buy track
3.	I'll See you in my Dreams 03:28	buy track
4.	La Java des Bombes Atomiques 03:09	buy track
5.	Coquette 03:49	buy track
6.	La Gitane 03:42	buy track
7.	Swing 42 03:35	buy track
8.	Django's Tiger 03:11	buy track
9.	Montagne Ste Genevieve 02:23	buy track
10.	Il est 5 heures ... 04:09	buy track
11.	Joseph, Joseph 02:35	buy track
12.	La Partida 02:45	buy track
13.	Black Trombone 04:02	buy track

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Michael Dregni (author of several books about Django Reinhardt) reviewed "Pieces a Conviction" for Vintage Guitar Magazine (March 2013 - USA paper edition) :

"The English band Petites Annonces describes their music as “Punk manouche,” offering Gypsy jazz and French chanson with a special accent. As the ensemble’s own warning label reads in small type, “This band may contain nuts.”

Petites Annonces (French for “want ads”) is led by rhythm guitarist and vocalist Jipé Gérardin. The band features twin lead guitars from Damian Moody and Pete Nicholson with bassist Mark Pennell holding down the bottom end.
On this, their third CD, they add a light heart to the genre – but still take their music very seriously indeed. The album kicks off with “Opium,” a 1930s French vaudeville tune.
With Gérardin’s deep, husky voice and ample musical quotes, the band shrouds the song in a noir veil, transporting you back in time to a smoky Chinese opium den.

Petites Annonces plays its share of Gypsy jazz classics, including Django’s “Swing 42,” “Douce Ambiance,” and “Django’s Tiger” as well as Paul “Tchan Tchou” Vidal’s finger-torturing waltz, “La Gitane.” The group’s versions are less about staying true to the original or showing off their virtuosity. Instead, they brand the songs with their own character and sense of fun while keeping alive the spirit of swing.

The instrumentals are interspersed with Boris Vian’s “La Java des Bombes Atomiques” and Serge Gainsbourg’s after-hours masterpiece “Black Trombone.”
Through the sound of the band’s three Selmer-style guitars, you can almost smell the Gauloises and taste the absinthe - MD"

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released April 1, 2011

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Petites Annonces Blandford Forum, UK

Petites Annonces play a mix of gypsy jazz (Django Reinhardt et al), those bonnes old french chansons, from Charles Trenet to Jacques Dutronc, Boris Vian or Yan et les Abeilles, all wrapped in a big slice of Punk Manouche.

Be prepared to hear something different avec un accent français! ... more

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