Gérard Jaffrès is a French singer, writer and performer, born in 1956 in Saint-Pol-de-Léon. He started playing the guitar at the age of 15, playing mostly folk repertoire and pop music. 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.

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  • Gérard Jaffrès is a French singer, writer and performer, born in 1956 in Saint-Pol-de-Léon. He started playing the guitar at the age of 15, playing mostly folk repertoire and pop music. 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. His texts mix Breton and French.
  • Gérard Jaffrès ist ein französischer Sänger, Autor und Interpret von Chansons.
  • Gérard Jaffrès, (n. 1956, Saint-Pol-de-Léon, es un cantante cantautor francés que recorre las costas de su Bretaña nativa el verano, y el invierno las ciudades y pueblos de Bélgica, su tierra de adopción, donde vive después 1973. Sobre una música rock céltico a los acentos folclórica, describe el ambiente de Bretaña. Dice las historias y las leyendas de su región del Léon en textos donde se mezclan el bretón y el francés.
  • Gérard Jaffrès est un auteur-compositeur-interprète français qui parcourt les côtes de sa Bretagne natale l'été, et l'hiver les villes et villages de Belgique, sa terre d'adoption où il vit depuis 1973. Sur une musique entre rock celtique et variété pop aux accents folk, il décrit l'ambiance de la Bretagne avec des images amusantes sous forme de "cartes postales". Il y raconte les histoires et les légendes de sa région du Léon. À la fois pleines d’humours et de traditions, mais aussi très poétiques et tendres, les compositions personnelles de l’artiste nous emmènent dans sa région finistérienne.
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  • Gérard Jaffrès is a French singer, writer and performer, born in 1956 in Saint-Pol-de-Léon. He started playing the guitar at the age of 15, playing mostly folk repertoire and pop music. 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.
  • Gérard Jaffrès ist ein französischer Sänger, Autor und Interpret von Chansons.
  • Gérard Jaffrès, (n. 1956, Saint-Pol-de-Léon, es un cantante cantautor francés que recorre las costas de su Bretaña nativa el verano, y el invierno las ciudades y pueblos de Bélgica, su tierra de adopción, donde vive después 1973. Sobre una música rock céltico a los acentos folclórica, describe el ambiente de Bretaña. Dice las historias y las leyendas de su región del Léon en textos donde se mezclan el bretón y el francés.
  • Gérard Jaffrès est un auteur-compositeur-interprète français qui parcourt les côtes de sa Bretagne natale l'été, et l'hiver les villes et villages de Belgique, sa terre d'adoption où il vit depuis 1973. Sur une musique entre rock celtique et variété pop aux accents folk, il décrit l'ambiance de la Bretagne avec des images amusantes sous forme de "cartes postales". Il y raconte les histoires et les légendes de sa région du Léon.
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