Canarro is one of Hungary's finest manouche swing bands. Starting out as a street musician duo, they have since grown into a five-member band with successful performances on the stages of Budapest’s Palace of the Arts, SZIGET festival; playing abroad as well. Their favorite venues are still the small clubs, where an audience can experience the immediacy of their music.

After a concert, one fan described the band as follows: "When I listen to Canarro, it's as if the old music clubs and elegant salons of New York, Paris or Budapest come alive again, and these distant worlds meet on one stage."

The title of their album came from this very comment. Canarro evokes the atmosphere of Budapest, New York and Paris at the beginning of the previous century. Guest artists Bíró Szabolcs (Maszkura), Orbay Lilla and Caussanel Izabella contribute vocals. Lakatos Vilmos Jr. who is almost a permanent member, joins them for a few songs on solo guitar. The album also includes two songs with a virtuoso "guitar duel" performed by Jakab Viktor and Sidoo Attila.

This new record features jazz standards written in the style of Django Reinhardt, along with four original songs by Bíró Szabolcs, Jakab Viktor and Marosi Zoltán.

Szakál Tamás - hegedű/violin, ének/vocals

Jakab Viktor - gitár/guitar

Soós Márton - nagybőgő/double bass

Sidoo Attila - gitár/guitar

Marosi Zoltán - harmonika/accordion

Vendégek/Guests:

Izabella Caussanel, Orbay Lilla (Ephemere duó) - ének/vocals

Bíró Szabolcs (Maszkura) - ének/vocals, harmonika/accordion

Lakatos Vilmos - gitár/guitar

1. Russian Lullaby (Irving Berlin) 3.23
2. Guilty (Richard Whiting | Harry Akst | Gus Kahn) 3.46
3. Viszlát kedves (Jakab Viktor) 2.35
4. Je Suis Seule Ce Soir (Jean Sablon) 3.16
5. Joseph Joseph (Sammy Cahn | Saul Chaplin) 2.36
6. After You’ve Gone (Henry Creamer | Turner Layton) 3.01
7. Under Paris Skies (Hubert Giraud | Kim Gannon) 3.23
8. Lady Be Good (George Gershwin | Ira Gershwin) 2.48
9. A Margit-szigeten (Bíró Szabolcs (Maszkura) | Gárdonyi Géza versére) 3.13
10. Én számítok én (Bíró Szabolcs (Maszkura)) 3.17
11. J’attendrai (Dino Olivieri szöv: Nino Rastelli, magyar: Kovách Kálmán) 3.12
12. Z Musette (Marosi Zoltán) 3.42
13. Them There Eyes (Maceo Pinkard | Doris Tauber) 4.00
14. On The Sunny Side Of The Street (Jimmy McHugh | Dorothy Fields) 3.56
15. Ménilmontant (Charles Trenet) 3.29

Recorded at Csend Studio. Sound engineer: Mazán Attila

Photo: Stépán Virág; Cover: Kiss Dóra, Pre press: Szilasi Marianne

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