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Chapter Ten: Blueprints and New Blood
by Alan Bryson
Chapters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 The Monday meeting with Mr. Alistair Finch, the solicitor Ronnie Scott had recommended, was a refreshingly straightforward affair. ...
Chapter Nine: Big Deal
by Alan Bryson
Chapters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 Relying on Dirk Bakker's wise counsel was rapidly proving to be one of the most providential decisions of ...
Chapter Seven: The Night London Heard
by Alan Bryson
Chapters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 The afternoon soundcheck at Ronnie Scott's legendary jazz club in Soho was, by all accounts, explosive. Django, testing ...
Chapter Six: The London Gambit
by Alan Bryson
Chapters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 The Paradiso gig was more than a lightning strike; it was an earthquake. By a stroke of luck ...
Chapter Five: The Brotherhood
by Alan Bryson
Chapters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 The year 1968 dawned over Amsterdam like a freshly painted psychedelic mural--vibrant, chaotic, and humming with a restless ...
Chapter Four: The Name on the Marquee
by Alan Bryson
Chapters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 Back in Amsterdam, the crisp Belgian Acte de Naissance for “Willem Bakker" felt like a heavy gold coin ...
Chapter Three: The Uncle and the Ghost
by Alan Bryson
Chapters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 The back room of Dirk's record shop had become more than just a place for Django to occasionally ...
Chapter Two: The Flood
by Alan Bryson
Chapters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 Initially, his survival instincts had kicked in. As the disorienting shock of this new world sank in, he ...
Chapter One: The Dam Square Shuffle
by Alan Bryson
Chapters 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 One minute, Django Reinhardt, seventeen years of raw Manouche talent and nervous pre-nuptial jitters, was breathing the familiar ...
Sam Sadigursky: Making Things
by Katchie Cartwright
Los Angeles-bred New York-based clarinetist and multi-reedist Sam Sadigursky enjoys a varied and distinguished career, performing and recording with a number of renowned ensembles, including those of composers Darcy James Argue and Philip Glass, pianists Brad Mehldau and Fred Hersch, pop stars David Byrne and Tom Jones, among others, in addition to his own projects.
