Among the gypsy jazz musicians that play guitar in the style of Django Reinhardt, there are a few that really stand out. Lollo a Dutch gypsy was raised on gypsy Jazz and started playing at the age of 12 with members of his family. Lollo made his goal in life to carry on the music of Django Reinhardt. His technique and suppleness are amazing, his music refreshing, not the standard tunes that are often heard in this genre. His unique style of playing has resulted in his performance today which is an extraordinary talent, simply because he makes music he loves. In addition he is an accomplished composer of new tunes, which have that genuine Django flavour.

Step back a few years and you would hear many guitarists like Lollo Meier in the cafes of continental Europe.

These days the world of Gypsy Swing seems almost void of the cheerful breezy musical romance the name suggests

with very little harmony scant respect for tone and many too many notes to even count.

Where many in the style concentrate on producing barrages of notes, Lollo squeezes out phrases like poetry. Where you’d hear one-dimensional

harmonic lines, you hear Lollo fluttering through the harmony like sunshine. And where often the music would follow strict stereotypes, you’ll find here

a musician breaking the current mould by giving more than a nod to the early masters of Swing Jazz and a great respect for the originators of this style.

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