Love Letters Latchepen

• 1 Love Letters 04:40
• 2 Second Avenue 04:40
• 3 Chandra 05:40
• 4 I'll Be Seing You 05:07
• 5 Thunkette 05:07
• 6 I'll Guess I'll Hang My Tears out to Cry 05:47
• 7 Captain Summer 05:29
• 8 Whisper Not 06:52
• 9 Koo Koo 03:48
• 10 Our Laughing Heart 02:06
• Total Runtime 49:16

Info for Love Letters

Meet Latchepen—London-based gipsy jazz band consisting of four brilliant musicians (three of them being conservatory graduates). Full of passion for Django Reinhardt and 30s swing, their debut album Love Letters translates into a contemporary reflection of the era that saw jazz hit heights in popularity never to be seen afterwards, even though the particular type of jazz articulated by Latchepen never came to be a mainstream attraction during the time.

"As a result, it is difficult to evaluate Love Letters as an organic unit, which an album should be. It doesn't, however, diminish the potential Latchepen retains throughout their debut release. If only one direction (either original compositions or standards from The Great American Songbook) was chosen, it might have worked better, and carried more excitement. The foundation is there; hopefully a second album by the band will carry a more linear approach." (All About Jazz)

Matt Holborn, violin
Kourosh Kanani, guitar
Jérémie Coullon, guitar
Simon Read, double bass

Latchepen
are a London band born out of a collective admiration of Django Reinhardt and anything that swings, the word Latchepen is an exclamation of happiness in the Romani language. Acoustic by nature but with a projection and heart beat that can rival any amplifier or drum, this is jazz on a string with influences ranging from Romani music to bebop.

This album contains no booklet.