Pierre Omer

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Quatuor Hot Club De Suisse! - Pierre Omer's Swing Revue Announce Spanish Tour Dates And More

Source: Matthew Hutchison
September 25, 2024

Pierre Omer’s Swing Revue, the Genevese troupe of exotica, lounge-trash specialists, heads to Spain in October with their blend of gypsy jazz and garage swing in tow as they continue a European tour to promote their latest album, Tropical Breakdown on Voodoo Rhythm Records. This week-long string of shows marks The Swing Revue’s first time touring the country, where the quintet will debut in the Cantabria region and conclude in the capital city of Madrid. Confirmed dates 10/10—Secret Place (Montpellier, ...
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Quatuor Hot Club De Suisse! - Pierre Omer's Swing Revue Returns With Tropical Breakdown

Source: Matthew Hutchison
September 21, 2023

Pierre Omer's music catalog is steeped in bygone eras and rooted in brass, anachronism, and harmonious strings. Gypsy jazz laced with Eastern European folk is prevalent in music he's written for the vaudevillian doom-blues funeral orchestra, The Dead Brothers, which he co-founded at the turn of the century. His dark blues trio, Los Gatillos, takes influence from Southern Gothic lore, while early 20th-century roots music melds with Appalachian folk to back Omer's low baritone croon with The Night Cruisers. A ...
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