Gerard Jaffrès

Infobox musical artist
Name = Gérard Jaffrès
Background = solo_singer


Img_capt = Gerard Jaffrès in concert.
Birth_name =
Born = 1956St Pol, Brittany, France
Died =
Genre = Celtic rock
breton music

Occupation = singer, songwriter
Years_active = 1985 -
Instrument = Vocals, Guitar
First_album = Capitaine de Galère
Latest_album = Mon pays t'attend
Notable_albums =
Label = Kelou-Mad, Coop-Breizh
Associated_acts =
URL = [http://www.gerardjaffres.com Official website]

Gérard Jaffrès is a French singer, writer and performer, born in 1956 in Saint-Pol-de-Léon (Finistère).

He started playing the guitar at the age of 15, playing mostly folk repertoire (Alan Stivell, Tri Yann…) and pop music (Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin…).

In 1973, he joined the band of Burt Blanca, a rock singer popular in France an in Belgium in the Sixties. He stayed in the band for 11 years as a bass player. The same year, he moved to Belgium, where he has lived ever since.

Jaffrès started a solo career in 1985, recording ten discs with Gramophone records. He has published a new album every two years since 1991.

Jaffrès' music is a blend of Celtic music and rock'n'roll which he uses to depict the landscape of Brittany and tell legends from the area of the Leon (North Finistère). His texts mix Breton and French.

Discography

* "Capitaine de Galère", 1991
* "Les soldats de pierre", 1993
*"Kérichen 72" , 1995
*"Les années baluches", 1997
*"Au creux de ma terre", 1999
*"Le fou de Bassan", 2001
*"Viens dans ma maison", 2003
*"Le beau voyage", 2005
*"Mon pays t'attend", 2007

External links

*fr [http://www.gerardjaffres.com/ Gérard Jaffrès official web site]
*fr [http://gerard.jaffres.monsite.orange.fr/page1.html Gerard Jaffrès weblink]
*fr [http://www.ramdam.com/art/j/gerardjaffres.htm Weblink]
*en [http://jaffres.skyrock.com/ Photos]