Musician, Architect,
Activist,
Friend of all.
Raphaël was a young jazz musician, based in Bristol, founding member of the popular band "Immigrant Swing".
He will be remembered in Bristol as a great jammer, as "the voice of silk" and above all as an important magnet of the music community.
When Rapha left, many projects were in the making. We have tried to collect his past recordings and archives, and try to presented a glimpse of them in this site.
We welcome any new document or piece of music which could be in the public.
Immigrant swing
Immigrant Swing is a band founded in 2012.
The band had its own style and his own public. Even though the band has changed over time, their motto never changed : "together with patience, love and understanding, we will get there, wherever that is".
Rapha’s way
For Rapha, Discipline, Focus, Patience, Perseverance and Willpower were the essential means for achieving, through music and deeds, his life goals. For him, Body Mind and Soul had to be in perfect equilibrium : living is believing.
SUBMIT A MEMORY
Rapha often expressed himself through music and the words of others, making them his own. In these posts, please, do wright everything you think he could deeply share. It does not matter if it's just a reinterpretation.
A selection of your posts will be republished on his Facebook page, to remind us of his "way". We are also expecting you to post here any new ideas