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 Paul Gillett, singer and rhythm guitarist, first heard the music of Django Reinhardt on the streets as a child, and has been fascinated ever since. As his alter ego Floyd Thursby, he has toured Australia performing his original music, and as composer and leader of the film scoring project the Ang Fang Quartet. Paul has done extensive research into the French music of the early 20th Century, including a study trip to France in 2009 to broaden his language skills and repertoire.
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 Jon Delaney plays solo guitar for La Mauvaise Réputation and is known as one of Australia's most talented gypsy jazz guitarists. He began his performance career in 1994, and has gone on to perform all over Australia in his Jon Delaney Trio and as a sideman with countless other acts. He graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2005, and alongside his performance schedule, teaches guitar at a tertiary level. He spent 2008 playing in and around Berlin, and has also performed in the United Kingdom and Canada. In 2011 he travelled to Belgium to study with manouche legend Fapy Lafertin.
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 Enzo Ruberto's impeccable bass playing has long been a presence on the Melbourne jazz scene. Arriving from Italy in the mid 1990s, Enzo graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2000. He has since performed extensively not only locally, but internationally, as a member of Eddie Perfect's touring band, and in the band for Shane Warne: The Musical. He also maintains a busy performance schedule in several Melbourne-based modern and traditional jazz groups.
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La Mauvaise Réputation formed in 2009 with the aim of recreating the beautiful French music of the 20s, 30s and 40s. Their repertoire features songs from the greats of that period including Charles Trenet and Edith Piaf, as well as more modern additions from artists such as Serge Gainsbourg and Les Ogres du Barback.
They perform in the jazz manouche/hot swing style made famous by parisian jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt. The music is joyous and infectious; the rhythms will make everyone feel like dancing, and the melodies are plucked out of the heart of old Europe.
The repertoire is performed in French, staying true to the music as originally conceived.
La Mauvaise Réputation have a commitment to acoustic music, and perform whenever possible without amplification, an approach which blends seamlessly into most situations: music as it was meant to be heard.
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