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Family G4

Ferret

Baro, Sarane, Matelo Ferret

Manouche — Paris

Style: Gypsy jazz / Jazz manouche

Paris Manouche guitar family. Baro, Sarane and Matelo Ferret, as named in Dregni and on the gypsy-jazz chapter. The Limberger–Lafertin chair is another line. Kinship with Fapy is listed under Later.

A named Paris Manouche guitar family: Baro, Sarane, Matelo Ferret. Dregni files them in the Django generation. This is a stub — origin, chairs and sources for a full register are not opened here beyond that naming.

Ferret of Paris is a different family from Limberger of Belgium. Kinship with Lafertin (uncle or cousin) is still listed under Later.

Lineage

Birth and death on a vertical line — generation by generation. Places are listed where we could find them.

  1. Generation 1

    Baro Ferret

    Guitar

    Paris Manouche. Named in Dregni.

  2. Generation 2

    Sarane Ferret

    Guitar

    Paris Manouche. Named in Dregni.

  3. Generation 3

    Matelo Ferret

    Guitar

    Paris Manouche. Named in Dregni.

Neighbours

Same country or city, but a different way of playing.

  • Reinhardt — Manouche — Belgium / France; German Sinti kin
  • Lagrène — Manouche — Alsace, France
  • Limberger — Manouche / Sinti — Belgium (and the Dutch border)
  • Reyes / Baliardo — Gitane — Arles / Montpellier, southern France

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