Bobby Falta & Coco Briaval

Cuimean

Anyone have any biographical information or thoughts on these two guitarists?

stubla

Cuimean wrote:

Anyone have any biographical information or thoughts on these two guitarists?

I don't know Bobbys playing or biog--i've heard good things about him though
i have several Coco vinyls however-for some reason they are relatively easy to find in London....btw an incredible place for 2nd hand vinyl.....

His work has a certain 'kitsch'value like Maurice ferret and Pouville--but imo opinion like them it is pretty 2nd rate--lame rhythm sections and crap soloing
The best thing about them is the evocative LP covers :-)
Stu

Barengero

Cuimean wrote:

Anyone have any biographical information or thoughts on these two guitarists?

Bobby Falta was born 1941 in Salzburg (Austria). He played solo guitar in the band of Schnuckenack Reinhardt in the late 60´s. Then he was replaced by Häns´che Weiß until 1972. After Häns´che left the Schnuckenack Reinhardt Quintet, Bobby went back to Schnuckenack until about 1975.

Best regards

Barengero

nwilkins

stubla wrote:

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His work has a certain 'kitsch'value like Maurice ferret and Pouville--but imo opinion like them it is pretty 2nd rate--lame rhythm sections and crap soloing

I can only hope that you mistyped Stu, and that you are not describing Maurice and Joseph's playing in the above quotation. If not then I don't know what to say - I guess you just don't "get" the old-school Parisian players. The beauty and feeling of their playing is virtually unmatched today.

scot

I'm 100% with you, Nick. Maurice and Joseph played at the same place in Place du Tertre for nearly 30 years and knew hundreds if not thousands of tunes. They did not play like the modern guys, but that certainly doesn't mean they were "2nd rate" or kitschy.

Bobby Falta also played with Joseph Reinhardt in the 60s. He gave a long interview to Hot Club News a few years ago but I can't read German so I don't know what he said...

Barengero

Hi,

here you find a crunchy video with amazing singer Dunja Blum and Bobby Falta on guitar:

http://media.putfile.com/Dunja-Blum--Bobby-Falta

Best,
Barengero

AndreasOberg

Here's his son's website, he's a relative to my friend Koono:
http://www.lancyfalta.com

Best regards
Andreas

TonyRees

Just reviving this old thread (some older links no longer work...) - some Bobby Falta clips on youtube, 3 with singer Dunja Blum:

"Dunja und Bobby falta" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNPkabXPz1U

"dunja und bobby falta teil 1" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nO7ruzvGOU

"Dunja Blum Dschane du ga 1972" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nsxDv013Vs (poorer quality)

"Bobby Falta Ehrung einer Legende des Gypsy Jazz" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5T34Wl2rDI

... also various LP uploads (no video) with Schnuckenack Reinhardt, Zipflo Reinhardt.

Buco

I don't know if there is a connection but where I'm from Dunja means quince, as in fruit.

TonyRees

As mentioned in passing above, Bobby Falta's son Lancy is also a guitarist, initially learning from and playing with his father in the best gypsy tradition. From sleeve notes to his first CD (Google Translate from the German):

Lancy Falta GypsyStream CD

"In the fields" Lancy Falta learned to play guitar at the age of 10 from his father, Bobby Falta, with whom he later founded the Falta Duo. Lancy is now one of the most accomplished and virtuosic Gypsy Jazz guitarists in Germany. His high level of playing and sophisticated technique have already been praised by musicians Lancy Falta is highly regarded by artists such as Joe Pass, Chaka Khan, Wolfgang Lackerschmid, Carlos Benavente, Joe Zawinul, and Kitty Winter, with whom he has already collaborated. He is currently touring with his cousin Dotschy Reinhardt and has also recorded his first solo album, "In the Fields."

Not much of Lancy on youtube it seems other than a few tracks in a modern/progressive style off his albums... but here he is playing some Django (the camera catches a bit of his fingerwork only, unfortunately) :

Lancy falta plays improvisation nr.1 from Django Reinhardt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X1EqIx14z4

-Tony

Buco

Thank you Tony. They're all phenomenal, I wish there was more of Lancy on YT. I listened to Bobby and Dunja version of Wave, "...teil 1" video. Such a cool version. Her singing just made me change how I play the melody for this song, super neat phrasing and jumps in melody towards the end of A section. Maybe it's how it's supposed to be but whatever I learned it from was more bluesy straightforward.