It may have lacked the swagger and star quality the charismatic Lafertin brings, but there was still plenty of that gypsy passion and colour in evidence in the form of his guitarist cousin, Lollo Meier, and, especially, the young, blind violinist Tcha Limberger. This band, including Lafertin, is often billed as “gyspy jazz royalty” and it was easy to see why: there’s a real sense of history and authenticity about these players who grew up in a similar culture to their musical – and gypsy – forefather, Django Reinhardt.
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Lollo Meier & Tcha Limberger Quartet, Spiegeltent, Edinburgh
A death in the family meant the great gypsy guitarist Fapy Lafertin, a musician who has performed at the Edinburgh Jazz Festival at regular intervals in its 33-year history, had to cancel on Saturday night, but the concert he was headlining went ahead nevertheless.
