Jazz Articles about Sud

Sud: Sud

by Jim Santella
November 1, 2000

Sud’s tribute to the legacy of guitarist Django Reinhardt travels through an era of “le jazz hot” with traces of Latin American and Mediterranean folk melodies. Half of the program is original music created to explore the “what if” condition. What if Django Reinhardt were alive today? Wouldn’t his music have grown a little toward new directions? “Roots 6406” is a collaboration from the three artists that swings to a New Orleans shuffle rhythm colored with the blues. “Mojo” introduces ...