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Gypsy JazzWhy it rocks your
socks off & you wanna be groupies without
even knowing it
Faddah Steve Yuetsu Wolf (& Co.)Ignite Portland 9 - September 23rd, 2010
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1910 - 1953 1908 - 1997
Stephane GrappelliDjango Reinhardt
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Young Django✤ Born on border
between Belgium & France
✤ Baptized “Jean Baptiste Reinhardt”
✤ Romani/Gypsy Name “Django” is a verb: “I
Awaken.”
✤ The Guitar Buddha!
✤ Started Playing “Bal-Musette” on
Banjo Guitar
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Hot Jazz in 1920s Paris
Tragedy! Fire in his Caravan at age 18. Spent 18 months in “hospital for the poor,” Lariboisiere in the
North of Paris.
Django’s “ach moune” or “frere,”Louis Armstrong.
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Django retrained himself to play with just two
fingers
Django allowing Edith Piaf to examine his injured hand.
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Birth of Le Hot
Club de France
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We love it when some really Hot Jazz comes together...
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The Type of Guitar Django & his brother Nin-Nin made famous were Selmer Brand
Maccaferri’s.
Django’s guitar he gifted to Les Paul
“Petite Bouche” - Small hole“Grande Bouche” - Large “D”-hole
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Some Modern Gypsy Jazz Virtuosos
Trio RosenbergTchavalo Schmitt
Dorado & Samson Schmitt
Biréli Lagrène
Robin Nolan
Jimmy RosenbergGonzalo Bergara
(with Quartet)
John Jorgenson
Kruno Spisic
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Some Great North American Hot Clubs
Hot Club of San Francisco
Hot Club of Detroit
Hot Club Sandwich
Ameranouche
Billet Deux
Van DjangoPearl Django
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Our Own Local Portland Hot Clubs
Swing Papillion
Kung Pao Chickens
Djangophiles
12th Avenue Hot Club
The Well Swung Gypsies
Pete Krebs Trio
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Django has influenced countless musicians
Charlie Christian
George benson
Les Paul with Django
??? WTF?!Carlos Santana
Jerry Garcia
Chet Atkins
Dizzy Gillespie with Stephane & Django
Countless well-known guitarists have cited the influence of Django and Gypsy Jazz
on their style.
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For the readers: books on Django & Gypsy Jazz
Django: The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legendby Michael Dregni
ISBN: 019516752x (HC)0195304489 (PB)
Django Reinhardt and the Illustrated History of
Gypsy Jazzby Michael DregniISBN: 193310810x
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! Am7! ! ! ! Dm7! ! ! ! E7
5th fret
10th fret
5thfret
A Harmonic Minor Scale
5th fret
Pretty Swingin’, So Far, Ain’t It?For the guitarists in the
audience, here is the guitar tab for “Minor Swing” for
you to play at home.
☞
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Some further reading on Django & Gypsy Jazz
Django Reinhardtby Charles Delaunay
ISBN: 030680171x(Other Editions:
0950622451, 095062246x)
Gypsy Jazz: in search of Django Reinhardt and the
Soul of Gypsy Swingby Michael DregniISBN: 0195311922
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Some useful Gypsy Jazz LinksDjango books — lead supplier of play-along books, guitar instruction books, CDs & DVDs.http://www.djangobooks.com
http://www.gypsyjazz.net/ — another top purveyor of books, CDs, DVDs & musical instruments.
Jouer avec “Nuages de Swing” — MP3 play-alongs & chord grilles for most standards. http://nuagesdeswing.free.fr/
More gypsy jazz grille charts —http://www.guitarejazzmanouche.com/
Our local PDX Gypsy Jazz yahoo group —http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/pdxdjazz/
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Festival Django Reinhardt
Original Gypsy Jazz Festival, every year in June, south of
Paris at Samois-sur-Seine, where Django lived. It features both great shows & jams with the
artists after shows.http://www.festivaldjangoreinhardt.com/
Samois-sur-Seine, France
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DjangoFest A gathering in the u.s.
of some of the best gypsy jazz players in the world, in Laguna Beach, Mill Valley & Whidbey
Island near Seattle
http://www.djangofest.com
Whidbey Island Djangofest happens this weekend, with Jams all
over the city of Langley!
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Portland has its ownGypsy Jazz Community
join the “PDXDJAZZ” yahoo group to find out about local gigs & jams
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/pdxdjazz/
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Latcho Drom!
(That’s Romani/Gypsy for “Safe Journey.”)
Faddah Steve Yuetsu Wolf:@yuetsu on twitter
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/pdxdjazzThis Presentation:
http://www.slideshare.net/faddah/
Special Thanks — Pete Krebs: http://petekrebs.net/