In the trumpet chair is Ray Harley. Ray learned his trade in the City of Coventry band before playing in the Mecca and Top Rank dance bands of the period. He became a devotee of small band jazz in 1990, playing in bands around Teeside, and has appeared in the Sacramento Jazz Festival on two occasions. ln 2001 Ray won the BBC Radio 2 Musician of the Year award for his playing in the Radio 2 big band...
Paul Mehling – Learn to Play Gypsy Jazz Guitar DVDRip RS NL UL They don’t call it ‘hot guitar’ for nothing! The driving style pioneered by Django Reinhardt and other Gypsy players became one of the dominant sounds in jazz during the thirties and forties, and its influence is still strongly felt today. [...]
The good thing about zero visibility is it keeps you from driving faster than you should on unplowed roads. I get home this morning and I get about two-thirds of the driveway shoveled and I'm clammy-sweaty and I start to...
Check out this film of the great Django Rinehardt, the incredible thing besides his amazing musicianship is that his pinky and ring finger on his left hand were paralyzed in an accident and he still played like a genius! Inspirational.
David Reinhardt is an active jazz guitarist and performs on many international festivals. His performances are often devoted to the great guitar player Django Reinhardt, his grandfather.
Playing jazz on the five string banjo is a daunting task. The instrument is not laid out well for the sort of long, linear passages common in jazz, and not many banjo players have done the homework necessary to really get their heads around jazz harmony. Sure… Béla Fleck has recorded with Chick Corea, and Ryan [.....]
Frank Vignola's Hot Club with Gary Mazzaroppi (bass) and Vinny Raniolo (guitar). Celebrating 100 Years of Django Reinhardt Saturday February 20, 2010 7:30pm One Night Only! At The Union Coffee House 27 School St Carlisle, MA 01741 978-287-5745 "Guitar virtuosity at its highest level." --DjangoBlog...
Yashar Saremi points out that yesterday would have been the 75th birthday of Richard Brautigan, poet and novelist likely still best known as the author of Trout Fishing in America . Here, via the remarkably comprehensive Richard Brautigan Bibliography and...
The Gypsy jazz guitarist, who would have turned 100 this weekend, is the toast of tribute albums and festivals. John Jorgenson on Django Reinhardt: "It was so underground. Nobody knew anything about this guy, the music, or how you play it, or what guitars you use. It was very much like an investigative thing...
What with so many other things to write about recently, I inadvertently let slip by a very important anniversary, a sin of omission for which I wish to atone for now; on January 23rd, the world celebrated the hundredth anniversary of the legendary guitarist Django Reinhardt, and I too would like to join the ranks of those [...]
Biréli Lagrène (born September 4, 1966) is a French guitarist and bassist. He came to prominence in the 1980s for his Django Reinhardt influenced style. He often performs within the swing, jazz fusion and post bop mediums. Klik hier om het video filmpje te bekijken Gypsy Trio
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100 Years of Django (Azica Records 72244) January 26, 2010 Release The Frank Vignola Trio: Frank Vignola, guitar Vinny Raniolo, guitar Gary Mazzaroppi, double bass Special Guest: Julien Labro, accordion "Django Reinhardt was one of the most influential guitarists of the last 100 years and was a prolific composer of almost 100 brilliant songs in his 20 years of recording. I chose 10 of my favorites...
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