SWING TRILOGY

Pierre-Antoine Troillet has been immersed in the music of Django Reinhardt since before he was born, lulled by Gypsy swing in his mother's womb. In 1979, at the age of nineteen, he had his first concert guitar made in Paris. Since then, through encounters and shared performances, he has continued to bring this music to life, a music that plays a central role in his artistic journey

Twenty years of guitar took him from garage rock to the smoky pulse of gypsy jazz, each style leaving its fingerprints on his playing. Drawn to the warmth of old swing recordings, he recently picked up the clarinet and has been chasing that hot vintage sound ever since. Equal parts curious and restless, he keeps wandering toward whatever instrument or idea catches his ear next

From the soft swing of bossa nova to the fiery drive of gypsy jazz, his guitar has carried him through more than a hundred standards over the years, a repertoire as deep as it is varied. These days he trades the six strings for the double bass, he weaves melodic lines beneath the group, locking in an irresistible groove and swinging hard.