Matelo Ferret Tziganskaia and Other Rare Recordings 1960-1978

1. Montagne Saint Genevieve
2. Gagoug
3. Chez Jacquet - A La Petite Chaumiere
4. Choti
5. Tziganskaia
6. Song D'Automne
7. Mademoiselle de Bucarest
8. Gagoug
9. In Einer Kleinen American Bar
10. Cher Ami
11. Sombre Dimanche
12. Pouro Rom
13. Madona
14. Soline
15. Charmaine
16. Tchoucar Valsarie
17. Fascination
18. Ne Te Presse Pas
19. Kleine Harmonika
20. Amoureuse
21. Ambiance Tzigane
22. Choti
23. Petite Fleur
24. Berusovie
25. Route des Acacias
26. Valse des Officiers
27. Caractere Slave

Matelo Ferret was born in Rouen on the first of December 1918, the youngest child of a gypsy family. Following in his brothers Baro and Sarane's footsteps, he started playing the banjo as a child, in a dancing hall. As musette was coming into fashion, and Matelo's fame as a misician of talent was getting bigger in the Parisian musical world, he was soon asked to replace Gusti at the side fot eh famous accordionist Emile Vacher at teh Pigalle "Abbaye de Teleme," working at the same time in Guerino's Orchestra at "La Boite a Matelos." A short while later he returned to the guitar, and at the age of 13, joined the Romanian gypsy violinist Ionel Bajac's Orchestra. It is precisely that carefree gone by tzigane atmosphere which this album by Matelo Ferret recalls: the sleepless nights in dancing-halls, Russian spots, night clubs like Montmartre "Harlem" or "Jimmy's Bar" where after hours crazy jam sessions took place.