This history of jazz is more a primer on how to listen to it Nov 22, 2009
Complex life stories - Django Reinhardt s, Thelonious Monk s, Ella Fitzgerald s - are condensed in a few paragraphs. Landmark recordings are dispensed with no sooner than they are introduced. (Boston Globe)
Teen violin prodigy Sam Weiser is making a name for himself as a musician Nov 17, 2009
He s a prodigy who fuses gypsy jazz, classical, bluegrass, and western swing, backed by established players such as SONiA of disappear fear (the album s producer), guitarist Lulo Reinhardt (jazz legend Django Reinhardt s great-nephew), and Dennis Chambers, who has drummed with Santana and Parliament Funkadelic. At the center is Sam, a slim, unassuming youth who shows his age by craving jelly beans, Tootsie Pops, Madden NFL PlayStation games, and fantasy football. (Boston Globe)
Lauren Ambrose sings Nov 15, 2009
The show will incorporate a couple of original songs and rock 'n roll covers that will be tweaked to fit the band s style, which Ambrose describes as a Dixieland kind of dirty sound and is inspired by Louis Armstrong and Django Reinhardt ... The show will incorporate a couple of original songs and rock 'n roll covers that will be tweaked to fit the band s style, which Ambrose describes as a Dixieland kind of dirty sound and is inspired by Louis Armstrong and Django Reinhardt. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Weekend Guide: Music Nov 7, 2009
BIRDLAND: The 10th anniversary of the Django Reinhardt Festival featuring performances by guitarists Tchavolo Schmitt and Andreas Oberg, accordionist Ludovic Beirer and bassist Brian Torff ... BIRDLAND: The 10th anniversary of the Django Reinhardt Festival featuring performances by guitarists Tchavolo Schmitt and Andreas Oberg, accordionist Ludovic Beirer and bassist Brian Torff. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Brew hosts blues artists Oct 30, 2009
The pairing's styling is influenced by artists like Django Reinhardt, Blonde Boy Fuller and Little Walter, Raines said. Colbert said the two of them bring a nice mix of contemporary and traditional material. (Daily Collegian, PA)
'Quint-essential' gypsy-jazz event Oct 30, 2009
Recently, Jorgenson was chosen to portray Django Reinhardt in the 2005 film "Head in the Clouds" with Charlize Theron and Penelope Cruz. Growing up in Southern California, Jorgenson was playing the piano and the clarinet by age 8. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
* Jamming in the universal language Oct 16, 2009
He loved Stephane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt [French jazz violinist and guitarist] and he loved [Led] Zeppelin and AC/DC and the [Grateful] Dead and he was a huge bluegrass fan X he was really all over the map. . (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
5th Annual Pittsfield CityJazz Festival Hits New Heights With Weekend of Headline Concerts, Educational Experiences Oct 14, 2009
The IJG pioneered the concept of avant-garde party music," demonstrating that music can indeed be complex, sophisticated, sexy, fun, funny, critical, smart, and groovy all at once. Their free performance will take place indoors at the Berkshire Museum.Also on Oct. 15, guitar virtuoso will conduct a master class at the Berkshire Music School, 30 Wendell Ave., in Pittsfield. Intermediate guitarists and above are invited to bring an instrument that can be played without amplification. The class... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Heres a loony choice for tonights travelin music Oct 10, 2009
The reason I ask is my boy (the one Fierce Advocate s threatening to send back to Aghanistan) married a German Sinti and they have Z, out little Gypsy Princess also my first love was a Hungarian Tzygany Prince So that s why the Django Reinhardt posts, eh. DebbieDoRight. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Serious series Sep 11, 2009
An acknowledged master of the Django Reinhardt style of gypsy jazz, Jorgenson also brings his own unique flair to the stage with exciting new compositions, amazing fretwork and searing clarinet playing, supported by distinguished world-class musicians. "The John Jorgenson Quintet has played the Dakota in the Cities, played with symphony orchestras around the world and been a major force in jazz music," Spradlin said. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
Heaven on Earth, 'Heaven on Earth' Aug 31, 2009
The gem of this set, recorded live at New York s Blue Note nightclub, is the opener: a 14-minute soul-jazz remake of Django Reinhardt s Diminishing that begins with an all-at-once conversation and leads to smashing solos by Rogers, Medeski, and Carter. Soulive has been out-Soulived. (Boston Globe)
Les Paul dies at 94; guitarist whose innovations paved the way for rock 'n' roll Aug 15, 2009
During the day, he would play country music using the name Rhubarb Red; at night he would jam in the jazz clubs with a more enduring moniker, Les Paul, with Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt as part of his style heritage. Paul crafted his own crude version of an amplified guitar as a teenager. (FOX59, IN)
HARLEM IN MONTMARTRE: A Paris Jazz Story Hits All the Right Notes on PBS' Great Performances Series Aug 5, 2009
Inspired by the book Harlem in Montmartre: a Paris Jazz Story (University of California Press) by historian William A. Shack and utilizing rare archival material from both France and America, this remarkable performance- driven documentary features the stories and music of such key figures as James Reese Europe, Josephine Baker, Sidney Bechet, Bricktop, Eugene Bullard, Django Reinhardt and more. The film explores a fascinating, yet often neglected, era in African-American cultural... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
'Outlander' available on Comcast Movies and Events Jul 31, 2009
It s worth watching mainly for the resourcefulness Sean Penn brings to the central role of a Depression-era jazz guitarist, cocky on the outside, frightened on the inside, running from intimacy, heartsick because he knows he ll never match his hero, Django Reinhardt. (PG-13; runs through Aug. 13). (Boston Globe)
Wishful Thinking Jul 16, 2009
Thanks to a recent compilation, we got a chance to catch up with the first part of the career of this New York trio - Elana James on violin and vocals, Whit Smith on guitar and vocals and Jake Erwin on bass - who named themselves in semi-comic honour of the Hot Club band of Stephane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt. If you were really lucky, you would have seen them play some gigs around Australia a month or two ago. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Hulaville heats up jazz scene Jun 6, 2009
The group's sounds pay tribute to Gypsy maestro Django Reinhardt, a pioneer of the global Hot Club scene. "Sonny has incredible energy," said Gene Evans, HPR'S community outreach manager. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Jazz Plus is back May 22, 2009
Chateau Sonoma will present guitarist George Cole and his group, Vive Le Jazz paying tribute to the gypsy swing guitarist Django Reinhardt. The El Dorado Kitchen has saxophonist Joshi Marshall. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Pearl Django: Adding to the gypsy jazz lexicon May 22, 2009
Although the name Django Reinhardt might not be immediately familiar to American audiences, many music lovers can probably call to mind the unique sound that Reinhardt and his band made famous: Imagine what you might have heard while strolling the streets of Paris in the 1930s and you should come pretty close ... Although the name Django Reinhardt might not be immediately familiar to American audiences, many music lovers can probably call to mind the unique sound that Reinhardt and his band made... (Juneau Empire)
Some Friday travelin’ home music, courtesy of Dad May 16, 2009
I have also added the Live365 Hot Club Stream to it, which is devoted to the Swing Jazz music of Django Reinhardt. There are about 60 Jazz radio and Jazz streams in its presets. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
An audible feast May 15, 2009
Now based in Seattle, the group plays original works in addition to covers, and is inspired by gypsy jazz pioneer Django Reinhardt, who played in and around Paris in the '30s. Sunday, May 24, things will wind up before they wind down, with a dance and concert by the subdudes, a New-Orleans funk band that combines blues, jazz, Cajun and roots music. (Juneau Empire)
Allen Toussaint, 'The Bright Mississippi' May 11, 2009
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame pianist and R&B hitmaker ("Lady Marmalade," "Workin' in a Coal Mine") revisits jazz classics by Duke Ellington, Leonard Feather, Sidney Bechet, Jelly Roll Morton, Django Reinhardt, and Thelonious Monk and takes them for a stroll through Preservation Hall, imbuing his own funky brand of pop-song charisma. The results are coolly sophisticated, an unfussy, mostly instrumental set of slink-and-slide joints shot through with a harmonic imagination that turns even a... (Boston Globe)
Plano: Concerts in the Park season kick-off Apr 3, 2009
Her musical idols range from Django Reinhardt to James Brown. The Plano Parks and Recreation department has been hosting outdoor public concerts in one form or another for quite a few years, said Jim Wear, creative arts manager. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Guide to the 24th Jewish Music Festival Mar 22, 2009
Gaucho plays seductive gypsy swing with a detectable Django Reinhardt influence. 8 p.m. Saturday. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
You know the song, you heard it o... Mar 16, 2009
Etheridge, among other compositions, does a neat knock-off of the old Hot Club recordings by Django Reinhardt. Related Links. (New York Post -- Business)
Coryell, Auger, Sample Trio follows fathers' leads Feb 10, 2009
That feat, by his own accounts, was incidental, the inevitable byproduct, perhaps, of an uninhibited musician in the '60s absorbing everything - from Django Reinhardt and Charlie Christian to contemporaries like Chico Hamilton and Miles Davis - and then playing electric guitar any way it felt right. His son has a similar ethos. (Boston Globe)
