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Frank Vignola: 100 Years of Django
by J Hunter
Of all the things guitarist Django Reinhardt accomplished in his 43 years on earth, two stand out: He proved you don't have to have a big band in order to swing, and you don't have to play soft and slow in order to be intimate. Reinhardt's Le Hot Club Quintet of France (formed with violinist Stéphane ...
Resonance Records: Non-Profit Jazz Label with a Mission
by Samuel Chell
It's a story often heard before: musically, these are the best and worst of times. Only this time, in 2010, it seems different. Even as the pool of fresh talent expands, jazz continues to witness a dearth of venues along with the slump in CD sales. Uncounted numbers of talented musicians, young and otherwise, are reduced ...
Take Five With Ameranouche
by AAJ Staff
Meet Ameranouche: The award winning Ameranouche trio features the melodic virtuosity of guitarist Richard Sheppard, the vehement rhythm chops of guitarist Ryan Flaherty and the dulcet low end of upright bassist Xar Adelberg. Together, this rip-roaring ensemble is a super force of hot acoustic jazz, sometimes referred to as hot swing or Gypsy jazz. The contrast ...
Take Five With The Rosenberg Trio
by AAJ Staff
Meet The Rosenberg Trio:After learning as gipsy boys do, by ear and restless practice since childhood days, Stochelo Rosenberg, Nonnie Rosenberg and Nous'che Rosenberg have become The Rosenberg Trio, the world's most prestigious and longest running band in the Style of Django Reinhardt. Stéphane Grappelli himself adopted them, toured and recorded with them, whom ...
Dreyfus Tributes to Django Reinhardt
by Stuart Broomer
Various Artists Generation Django Dreyfus Records 2009 Dorado Schmitt Family Dreyfus Records 2009 Biréli Lagrène Gipsy Trio Dreyfus Records 2009 Biréli Lagrène/ Sylvain ...
Sizhukong: Paper Eagle
by Ian Patterson
Jazz's first century has thrown up few examples of Chinese folk music which has found new voice in this idiom. Buck Clayton, in collaboration with Li Jinhui, spent two years in Shanghai in the mid-1930s, adapting Chinese folk music to ballroom jazz, but nothing was recorded. Jazz's second century should see a change in this situation, ...
Decades After His Death, Django Reinhardt is a Star
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." One of ...
Django Reinhardt: Less Gypsy, More Jazz
To celebrate Django Reinhardt's 100th birthday this past Saturday, I am pleased to bring my friend Paul Brady on board to write the first guest column for Lubricity! Paul is an expert on all things Django: he is currently completing his M.A. in Jazz History and Research at Rutgers University, where he has written a thesis ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Django Reinhardt
All About Jazz is celebrating Django Reinhardt's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Django ReinhardtThe man who became the 1st European jazz giant was born Jean Baptiste Reinhardt on January 24 1910 in a Gypsy encampment at Liberchies Belgium. His father was a traveling entertainer so he lived ...
Django at 100
by Stuart Broomer
Call it Django or Gypsy jazz, Hot Club, swing or Manouche (another name for gypsy), it's a style that hits you immediately--blazing, hard-picked runs played on a hyper-resonant, flat-top guitar (sound-holes are oval or D-shaped, never round), its intense momentum propelled by bass and rhythm guitar(s), often in tandem with violin, clarinet or accordion and working ...
