Fapy Lafertin (born 20 November 1950) is a Belgian guitarist in the Belgian-Dutch
gypsy jazz style.
Lafertin was born in
Kortrijk, Belgium in the
Manouche Romani
Romani may refer to:
Ethnicities
* Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia
** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule
* Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Roma ...
community and took up guitar at the age of five. After performing in a family band with his father on violin and his brother on second guitar, he joined the Piotto Limberger orchestra. He also toured with his uncle, Eddie Ferret.
[Dregni ''et al.'' (2006), p. 161]
In the 1970s and '80s he was lead acoustic guitarist with the band "Waso", with Albert "Vivi" Limberger on rhythm guitar, Koen De Cauter on reeds (clarinet and saxophone) and vocals, and Michel Verstraeten on double bass. In 1985 he began a quartet which has featured Rudi Brink,
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Biography
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, and Joop Hendricks. He based the quartet on the
Quintette du Hot Club de France. He began a solo career and toured throughout Europe and the UK. He has played with American jazz musicians such as
Charlie Byrd
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,
Al Casey,
Scott Hamilton,
Milt Hinton, and
Benny Waters. Briefly he performed with
Stéphane Grappelli.
Lafertin has used the
12-string guitarra, combining Portuguese
fado and Brazilian
samba
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with the music of Reinhardt,
Duke Ellington
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, and the
Great American Songbook in his repertoire.
Discography
* ''Fleur de Lavende'' (Hot Club, 1991)
* ''Swing Guitars'' (Lejazzetal, 1994)
* ''Hungaria'' (Lejazzetal, 1996)
* ''Star Eyes'' (String Jazz, 2000)
* ''Fleur D'ennui'' (Timeless, 2001)
* ''Fine & Dandy'' (Iris Music, 2003)
* ''Django!!'' (W.E.R.F., 2010)
References
1950 births
Living people
Belgian musicians
Belgian jazz guitarists
Belgian Romani people
Continental jazz guitarists
Gypsy jazz guitarists
Manouche people
21st-century Belgian musicians
20th-century Belgian musicians
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