Here's a cool and rare clip of the famed Gitan guitarist Étienne "Patotte" Bousquet playin
Here's a cool and rare clip of the famed Gitan guitarist Étienne "Patotte" Bousquet playing Django Reinhardt's musette waltz "La Montagne Ste-Geneviève" in front of the ancient church in the Camargue town of Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. Bousquet's accompanist is Gérard Cardi, a Corsican guitarist who played with him starting in 1959 at the infamous boîte du nuit Au Son des Guitares just off the Vieux Port in Marseilles. Cardi told me they performed every night for sixteen years at Au Son des Guitares---even given time off for good behavior on Christmas and their visits to the Romany pilgrimage at Les Saintes-Maries, that's still at least 5,000 nightly shows! If you're interested in more on Bousquet and Gypsy jazz, check out my biography DJANGO: THE LIFE & MUSIC OF A GYPSY LEGEND and DJANGO REINHARDT & THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF GYPSY JAZZ, both available via http://www.amazon.com/.
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Gypsies from throughout Europe travel each May 24-25 to the town of Les Saintes-Maries-de-
Gypsies from throughout Europe travel each May 24-25 to the town of Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer in the Camargue region of France on a religious pilgrimage to honor their Saint Sarah in prayer and music. Here, at the end of the road in France, this gathering has become a crossroads of Romany music, inspiring and pollinating other types of Gypsy music from flamenco to Django Reinhardt's Gypsy Jazz, traditional Hungarian and Balkan brass to the Gipsy Kings' Rhumba. in 1943-44, Django even tried to compose an organ mass to be played for the ceremony. He never finished it, but today, his melodies such as "Nuages" have become hymns for the Romany evangelical church, complete with prayer lyrics. My children (ages 7 and 13) filmed the events during our family vacation—except for the knifefight, which I filmed by chance (my children were in bed, happily). I was shooting the church at night when the fight broke out; you won't actually see the blades, but the footage was shot amidst the panic as the crowd ran in fear. The fight was a crime of passion: a spurred Romany lover decided to slice his beloved. He tried to get her earlier in the day, then returned at night, leaving her with blood running down her arm and her clan vowing revenge. Next year, Disneyland instead. Ha! There's live shots here of music and dancing in the streets, including the jazz manouche band Raspoutine and the Tziganes group Urs Karpatz, complete with cymbalom. Added music comes from 1910s Romany violinist Georges Boulanger, Thierry Robin, and Django's great-grandson, Dallas Baumgartner. If you're interested in more on Django and Gypsy jazz, check out my biography DJANGO: THE LIFE & MUSIC OF A GYPSY LEGEND and DJANGO REINHARDT & THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF GYPSY JAZZ, both available via http://www.amazon.com/.
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Most Gypsy jazz fans just look to Europe for the great players, but you've simply got to h
Most Gypsy jazz fans just look to Europe for the great players, but you've simply got to hear American Gypsy guitarist Danny Fender play! I borrowed this video from singer Johnny Ugly (hope you don't mind, Johnny!) to share it with more Gypsy jazz enthusiasts. Danny's influenced by guitarists like The Ventures, Buddy Merrill of The Lawrence Welk Show fame, Chet Atkins, and American Gypsy guitar heroes John Adamono and Johnny Guitar---both of whom in turn were huge Django fans. Johnny Ugly is the announcer here (and a fine singer in his own right). Danny's accompanied by George Fat Jones, himself an excellent lead and rhythm guitarman. Danny might not be playing Gypsy jazz here, but his recent album kicks off with a hot version of Django's "Minor Swing" and his repertoire runs a wider range than just Django's songbook. If you're interested in more on Django and Gypsy jazz, check out my biography DJANGO: THE LIFE & MUSIC OF A GYPSY LEGEND and DJANGO REINHARDT & THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF GYPSY JAZZ, both available via http://www.amazon.com/.
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Here's a cool clip of French Gypsy rapper Syntax jamming with Ninine Garcia out in front o
Here's a cool clip of French Gypsy rapper Syntax jamming with Ninine Garcia out in front of their caravanes in an encampment, playing a tune from Syntax's upcoming new CD. If you're interested in more on Django and Gypsy jazz, check out my biography DJANGO: THE LIFE & MUSIC OF A GYPSY LEGEND and DJANGO REINHARDT & THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF GYPSY JAZZ, both available via http://www.amazon.com/.
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Here's a fine jam on "All Of Me" in the garden of Romane's home in Samois-sur-Seine, a cli
Here's a fine jam on "All Of Me" in the garden of Romane's home in Samois-sur-Seine, a clip from the great documentary film, "La Ballade de Schnuckenack Reinhardt." I'm afraid I don't now who the second solo guitarist is---any help? If you're interested in more on Django and Gypsy jazz, check out my biography DJANGO: THE LIFE & MUSIC OF A GYPSY LEGEND and DJANGO REINHARDT & THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF GYPSY JAZZ, both available via http://www.amazon.com/.
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