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FiddleBop

Wales-based FiddleBop plays Gypsy jazz zing: updated! On violin, Spanish guitar, keyboard, and fretless bass. And we sing too, with four voices in harmony.FiddleBop's jazz is sophisticated but not pretentious or stuffy. Is danceable but not rhythmically boring. Has plenty of improvised solos but is still tuneful and melodic.We play jazz that's drawn from all of the genre's century-long history. Look forward to our unique beggars-in-velvet treatment of get-up-and-dance jazz from the 1920s (when "jazz was king"), 1930s chilli-hot swing, and bop and cool post-bop. Also jazz-flavoured classic pop, some folk-jazz, and our own creations. All with Gypsy zing and passion! Updated...

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  1. 9

    Give Me Your Hand

    An Irish harp tune composed around 1603 by Ruairdi Dáll Ó Catháin. Supposedly written following a disagreement with a Lady Eglinton from Scotland, this beautiful and haunting melody was a big hit at the Scottish court of King James the sixth. FiddleBop's arrangement was recorded by Baze in Feb 2020.

  2. 8

    Here, There, and Everywhere

    Written by Paul McCartney, from the 1966 Beatles album 'Revolver'. McCartney, who includes it among his personal favourites of all the songs he has written, cited Brian Wilson's 'God Only Knows' as his main source of inspiration. In 2000, Mojo ranked 'Here, There, and Everywhere' 4th in the magazine's list of the greatest songs of all time. FiddleBop's version was recorded by Baze in Feb 2020.

  3. 7

    Naima

    Composed by John Coltrane and named after his first wife, Juanita Naima Grubbs, this beautiful ballad appeared on the 1959 album 'Giant Steps'. FiddleBop's arrangement was recorded by Baze, Feb 2020.

  4. 6

    Naima (live)

    Live" From FiddleBop's gig at the Hay Globe, Hay-on-Wye, on 4 Jan 2020. Composed by John Coltrane and named after his first wife, Juanita Naima Grubbs, this beautiful ballad appeared on his 1959 album 'Giant Steps'.

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    Give Me Your Hand (live)

    Live at the Hay Globe, Hay-on-Wye, UK, on 4 Jan 2020

  6. 4

    Bei Mir Bistdu Shein (live)

    Live at the Hay Globe, Hay-on-Wye, UK, on 4 Jan 2020

  7. 3

    Smoochin' Away (live)

    Written and sung by Paul Stevens of FiddleBop. Live at the Hay Globe, Hay-on-Wye, UK, on 4 Jan 2020

  8. 2

    Thirteen-and-a-half Days In The Desert (live)

    By Joanna Davies of FiddleBop. Live at the Hay Globe, Hay-on-Wye, UK, on 4 Jan 2020

  9. 1

    FiddleBop Demo Sept 2019

    OK, here is a short demo by the current version of FiddleBop. It was put together from recordings made during our practice session on 9 August 2019. Joanna Davies (guitar and vocals), Dave Favis-Mortlock (violin, viola, flute and vocals), Paul Stevens (keyboard and vocals), Graeme Lamble (fretless bass guitar and vocals)

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Wales-based FiddleBop plays Gypsy jazz zing: updated! On violin, Spanish guitar, keyboard, and fretless bass. And we sing too, with four voices in harmony.FiddleBop's jazz is sophisticated but not pretentious or stuffy. Is danceable but not rhythmically boring. Has plenty of improvised solos but is still tuneful and melodic.We play jazz that's drawn from all of the genre's century-long history. Look forward to our unique beggars-in-velvet treatment of get-up-and-dance jazz from the 1920s (when "jazz was king"), 1930s chilli-hot swing, and bop and cool post-bop. Also jazz-flavoured classic pop, some folk-jazz, and our own creations. All with Gypsy zing and passion! Updated...

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