Barrio Manouche

Listen to Barrio Manouche on Soundcloud.

Barrio Manouche is Javier Jiménez’s new acoustic adventure in the San Francisco Bay Area. Barrio’s core members hail from Madrid, Quebec and Northern California, but they are frequently joined by artists from around the globe.

The band’s first EP “Detrás de la Sombra” is most easily classified as gypsy jazz, but is also deeply influenced by a range of musical traditions. From the swing of Louis Armstrong & Sidney Bechet, to the hot jazz of Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli, to the flamenco firepower of Paco de Lucía & Camarón, to the avant grade sounds of Ornette Coleman & John Coltrane. Barrio’s sound is difficult to classify but instantly recognizable.

The band is consists of Javier & Luis Jiménez. Magali Sanscartier, Alex Zelnick and Chris Bastian:
“We play music inspired by the places we come from and the places we have lived, those that have come before us, and the nomadic gypsy spirit. We believe that music is a primary form of expression and we use it to describe the world as we see it.” / “Tocamos la música inspirada por los barrios de donde nacimos y los que hemos vivido, aquellos que nos preceden, y el espíritu nómada gitano. Creemos que la música es una forma expresión y la utilizamos para contar como vemos el mundo.”