For more than twenty years that the group has been rolling its hump in the world of jazz manouche and revisited song, Christine Tassan and the Impostors has been able to win the esteem and loyalty of an ever-growing audience.
True pioneers in a field usually reserved for men and precursors of the manouche wave that swept over Quebec, these four musicians reinvent with the singularity that we know them a music that, far from being frozen in time, adapts on the contrary to all kinds of new ideas. From covers to compositions, the arrangements of the Impostors innovate, dust, give way to the unbridled creativity of four experienced musicians.
The group's reputation is no longer to be done, with 7 albums to its credit and more than 700 theatrical and festival shows, including multiple tours in Quebec, Canada, Europe, the United States and China. We saw Christine Tassan and the Impostors at the Montreal International Jazz Festival, the Django Reinhardt Festival in Samois-sur-Seine (France), the Django Festival in Liberchies (Belgium) and the North-West Django Fest (USA). The album "Entre Félix et Django" received the Opus Award for jazz album of the year in 2017 and was nominated in the Show of the Year category in 2018. Since 2020, the group has presented a special holiday show entitled "Django Belles", which has become an annual tradition.
Christine Tassan et les Imposteures
Thu, Jun 26, 2025 - 7:00pm Details
Christine Tassan
At the helm of the Impostors since their foundation and after more than 20 years of a fruitful career as a guitarist, Christine Tassan is now a must in jazz manouche. Proud ambassador of the genre, she is also one of the few soloist women. Excellent composer, fine melodist, outstanding improviser, sensitive singer, it is in finesse that she leads her boat, with brilliance, aplomb and an absolutely contagious dynamism.
Martine Gaumond
Remarkable violinist, Martine Gaumond is a high acrobatic musician who makes the violin and the audience vibrate with the same intensity. An excellent improviser, she handles the bow with disarming ease and opens the way to the most beautiful lyrical flights. She also knows how to put her talents as a chorister and arranger to good use and knits subtle vocal harmonies that are the salt of the whole.
Jeff Moseley
A solid rhythm guitarist and soloist, Jeff is a jazz specialist. He accompanies several Montreal ensembles, bringing his personal touch to the compositions and arrangements. He instills the group with energy, ardor and various musical influences, which include Bulgarian folklore and swing.
David Meunier-Roy
A seasoned musician, David excels in double bass. Graduated from Cégep de Sherbrooke and the Université de Montréal in Jazz, he fuses jazz, rock, pop, folk and funk. He has played in Quebec, Ontario, and around the world on cruises. He easely ensures the rhythmic foundations of the group while going with a few well-felt solos, inspired by his passion and energy.