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Sergent Pépère was born in 1998. The four
founder musicians met while performing with the Arpion
Céleste group, loosely translated as Heavenly Foot
(slang for foot) a group of street performers on stilts.
Wishing to develop their own sound, close to the
"fanfare" style, they left their stilts behind created a
distinctive style, inspired by tzigane music, oriental
jazz, latin American, ska...
Today Sergent Pépère consists of a group
of seven very individual traveling musicians. Their
various themes and their sense of fun, combined with an
undeniable musical discipline (proof which, the
unforgettable sax solo at the Serres 2004 Festival) take
them around France and the rest of Europe, from concerts
to street performances. Also see article in the
supplement to Jazz Hot (October 2004), under Press
Reviews 2004. |
Official website :
http://chez.com/sergentpepere
Album CD :
1999
2001 |
