Zaffiro

Zaffiro explores music from around the globe with a unique combination of voice, accordion and double bass.
Mae Zaffiro yn arbrofi gyda cherddoriaeth o bedwar ban byd gan gyfuno lais, acordion a bas dwbl mewn dull unigryw.

When a green-eyed singer-accordionist meets a French (sorry, Breton) bald bassist somewhere in a remote part of Wales over their shared love of music and languages, only one thing can happen, the birth of a musical duo called Zaffiro. Zaffiro is an eclectic duo consisting of a female vocalist and accordionist, and a male double bass and mandolin player whose diverse repertoire includes tango, rumba, jazz, blues, cajun, fado…you name it!

 

Pan fydd canwr-acordionydd llygaid-wyrdd yn cwrdd â basydd moel o Lydaw mewn rhan anghysbell o Gymru i rannu eu cariad at gerddoriaeth ac ieithoedd, mae’n arwain at greu deuawd gerddorol o’r enw Zaffiro. Mae Zaffiro yn ddeuawd eclectig sy’n cynnwys cantores ac acordionydd benywaidd, a chwaraewr bas dwbl a mandolin gwrywaidd sydd â’i repertoire amrywiol yn cynnwys tango, rumba, jazz, blues, cajun, fado… i enwi ond rhai!

Zaffiro example playlist:

 

Mambo Italiano – Rosemary Clooney

Tu vuò far l’Americano – Renato Carasone

Je ne regrette rien – Edith Piaf

I’ve got to see you again – Norah Jones

Summertime – Gershwin

Il est cinq heures – Jacques Dutronc

Jardin d’hiver – Henri Salvador

One note samba – Antonio Jobim

Baby I’m a fool – Melody Gardot

Je veux – ZAZ

L’été – Bernard Lavilliers

Girl from Ipanema – Antonio Jobim

Adio kerida – Trad. Sephardic Jewish

L’orage – George Brassens

La Chanson de Prévert – Serge Gainsbourg

Por una cabeza – Carlos Gardel

Lambada – Kaoma

La java bleue – Frehel

La mer – Charles Trenet

La vie en rose – Edith Piaf

Mistral gagnant – George Brassens

Mon amant de St Jean – Lucienne Delyle

Mon amie la rose – Francoise Hardy

Ne me quitte pas – Jacques Brel