Lumière

Jazz with a French accent

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Lumière is a gypsy jazz group featuring Brian Williams, upright bass, Roy Berns, guitar, and Ed Marris on the accordion. Each of these three fine artists has been active in the Rochester music scene for decades playing folk, blues, swing rockabilly, Celtic, and jazz. During winter, 2003-2004, they started jamming together and have evolved into a wonderfully tight-knit unit. They play French swing in the Django Reinhardt tradition, musette waltz, a little bossa, and gypsy flavored jazz standards.

Hear Lumière at the Rochester International Jazz Festival on June 18

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Lumière is playing every Tuesday evening from 8 – 10 p.m., no cover, through June

at the Little Theatre Cafe.

During July and August, join Lumière at their Summer venue, Starry Nites Cafe. They will be playing the following Tuesdays from 8 - 10 p.m., no cover:

July 12, 19, 26 and August 2, 9, 16, 23.

Check out a few live recordings from the Little Theatre Cafe during Spring, 2005: Valse de Niglos and Swing Gitan

For booking information, contact:

Olga Tabinsky, olgat@rochester.rr.com, (585) 657-7325, (585) 455-2309 (mobile)

Read about Lumière in a Democrat and Chronicle article (December 2, 2004): Click here

Roy Berns plays a custom Lehmann Manouche. Link to Bernie Lehmann's: Lehmann Stringed Instruments. A link to Roy's guitar: Bernouche Spectrum

Updated: December, 2004