Stochelo Rosenberg Gypsy Trio

ROSE ROOM

Mate Matisic (Hot Club Zagreb) & Stochelo Rosenberg

Due grandi virtuosi della chitarra !
ALL OF ME

Caravan Gypsy Swing Ensemble : Douce Ambiance

Caravan G.S.E. performs Django Reinhardt's Douce Ambiance at Madison Wisconsin's Overtoure Center

Post Mortem tribute to Django

Quintet of the Hot Club of France
Minor Swing

Stringology plays "Bric-a-brac" (Joseph Reinhardt)

Stringology in concert (Vinkovci, Croatia, August 1, 2006).
Roberto G. Colombo, guitar;
Alfredo Ferrario, clarinet;
Egidio Colombo, tenor guitar;
Aldo Zunino, bass.

Festival Camogli in Musica :Stringology

Appuntamento con il jazz al Festival Camogli in Musica
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Dallo scorso anno, il Gruppo Promozione Musicale Golfo Paradiso ha deciso di inserire nel calendario del Festival Camogli in Musica anche un appuntamento di Jazz, genere che ha tutto il diritto di esser considerato musica classica.
Protagonista di quest’anno, in calendario sabato 25 luglio,ore 21.15, al Cenobio dei Dogi, è il gruppo Stringology, composto da Roberto G. Colombo chitarra, Alfredo Ferrario clarinetto, Egidio Colombo chitarra tenore, Aldo Zunino contrabbasso. Il progetto Stringology nasce dall’idea di ripercorrere la storia del jazz classico attraverso l’interpretazione di brani composti dai chitarristi più significativi del periodo prebellico. Un chitarrista “is something more than just a robot plunking on a gadget to keep the rhythm going”, scrisse Charlie Christian su Down Beat del dicembre 1939. I musicisti evocati tramite quest’inusuale repertorio, infatti, non furono solo strumentisti (e la maggior parte solisti) di valore assoluto, ma anche sorprendenti compositori. Stringology intende dunque proporre una sorta di “riabilitazione” della chitarra, quale strumento pienamente compartecipe all’evoluzione del jazz e tuttavia spesso trascurato dalla critica specializzata. Il gruppo ha dato molti concerti in Italia e all’estero, partecipando a prestigiose manifestazioni internazionali come i festivals del jazz di Avigliana, di Rimini, i festivals di musica manouche di Torino, di Monteporzio Catone, di Acri, il festival di chitarra acustica di Sarzana, il festival di musica etnica di Pinerolo. Gli americani Wilber e Davern si sono più volte pubblicamente complimentati con i musicisti di Stringology, invitandoli a trasferirsi a New York per suonare stabilmente con loro: un complimento non da poco!Sabato sera Stringology proporrà musiche del grande chitarrista tzigano Django Reinhardt, del fratello Joseph Reinhardt, di Philip Catherine, e composizioni dello stesso Roberto Colombo, alcune delle quali in anteprima mondiale. Il pubblico potrà godere della musica e del suono di questa Band affiatatissima: un perfetto equilibrio in cui il contrabbasso e la chitarra tenore realizzano il grande tappeto ritmico sul quale i temi di chitarra e clarinetto possono poggiarsi con sicurezza e intensità, mentre le improvvisazioni scorrono disinvolte e generose: uno dei più brillanti e fantasiosi esempi di string jazz.Ricordiamo che il Festival Camogli in Musica, organizzato dal Gruppo Promozione Musicale Golfo Paradiso sotto la direzione artistica del M.° Luciano Lanfranchi con il contributo del Comune di Camogli e della Regione Liguria, prevede 14 concerti, fino al 6 settembre; il prossimo appuntamento sarà il 31 luglio, sempre al Cenobio dei Dogi, con il violinista Edoardo Zosi e la pianista Maria Clementi..L’ingresso per ii concerti al Cenobio è € 15 per gli interi e € 10 per i ridotti (Soci GPM e giovani).
Dopo ogni concerto sarà possibile cenare con musicisti ed organizzatori presso uno dei ristoranti che collaborano al Festival, a prezzo promozionale.
INFO: 0185771159 - 0185770703 - 338 6026821
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www.gpmusica.info

COSTEL NITESCU -viloniste jazz manouche

soirée à l'atelier de Charonne à PARIS 11e ou COSTEL NITESCU et ses acolytes nous ont fait passer une agréable soirée !!!! Merci et vive Django

Dorado Schmitt :Nuages

Nuages-
Copenhagen 2007-

Walter Clerici/chitarra
Dorado Schmitt/chitarra & violino
Popsy Basily/chitarra
Tucsy Basily/violino
Henrik Mathiassen/contrabbasso

Benny Goodman : Rose Room

Benny Goodman Sextet with Charlie Christian



Rose Room was one of the first studio tunes recorded 2 October 1939 by guitarist Charlie Christian after he joined the Benny Goodman Sextet. I love this and other Goodman small group tracks as they are a good introduction to jazz and swing. They are popular circa forties' era tunes, with members taking melodic solos that can be appreciated against the chord changes. These tracks initially helped me 'get' jazz, rather than being scared off by some of the less user friendly forms of it.

The story goes that Charlie Christian sat in unannounced with Goodman's group at a live performance at the Victor Hugo restaurant in Los Angeles on 16 August 1939, at the instigation of producer John Hammond, who had been hearing about Charlie's electric guitar work in Oklahoma City. (Apparently Goodman had not shown much interest in Charlie when he had auditioned briefly on acoustic guitar at a recording session earlier that day). According to Wikipedia, 'displeased at the surprise, Goodman called "Rose Room", a tune he assumed that Christian would be unfamiliar with. Unknown to Goodman, Charles had been reared on the tune, and he came in with his solo — which was to be the first of about twenty, all of them different, all unlike anything Goodman had heard before. That version of "Rose Room" lasted forty minutes; by its end, Christian was in the band. In the course of a few days, Christian went from making $2.50 a night to making $150 a week'.

Also worth noting are Benny's lovely clarinet playing and tone, Lionel Hampton's vibes, and the sextet's playing generally. I never thought I would get into this sort of music (preferring rock and pop) but this stuff is worth exploring. If you like this tune, check out Charlie's other recorded tracks with Benny Goodman, as well as some of his more extended soloing live at Minton's and Monroe's. (Regarding the latter, see my Charlie Christian videos for Stompin' at the Savoy and Swing to Bop as examples).

Sadly there is no film footage of this sextet, so I have put together a slide show using images of the actual members who played on the track. Note that at the beginning of the video, the last two Sextet names are smaller than the others. This was not intentional, but something that happened when converting to a Windows file.

Ray's Cafe Americain- "Emaline"

Ray Kamalay
Little-known swing from 1934, rendered in "Live" performance.

Chet Atkins

Chet Atkins & Stanley Jordan "Sweet Georgia Brown"

Django Reinhardt: il mito continua...

"Il jazz è americano, ma la musica non ha patria. E il jazz è musica. Noi suoniamo un tipo di jazz che è in stretti rapporti con la cultura europea, ma è sempre jazz. Perchè il jazz ha regole espressive da cui non si può derogare"




http://www.naxos.com/ensembleinfo/Hot_Club_of_France_Quintet/32660.htm

Paris Paname :Que reste-t-il de nos amours ?

Que reste-t-il de nos amours ?
Caricato da ParisPaname

Concert de Paris Paname chez Jules et Jim (La Rochelle, France) le 10 Juin 2005

http://www.parispaname.info/

Joe Pass-Nuages

Joe Pass-Nuages
Caricato da dugudu75

Django Reinhardt- I'll see you in my dreams

DJANGO - I'll see you in my dream
Caricato da musiqua

Nostalgia!

bossa dorado-Stochelo Rosenberg

Dorado Schmitt gypsy bossa style composition.
14 Genuary 2008 city Taranto/Italy
All the guitars are made by Leo eimers Luthier.
Stochelo Rosenberg play great, like ever!
Stochelo Rosenberg, Salvatore Russo, Franco Speciale, Umberto Calentini

Swing Gitan

Angelo Debarre et Florin Niculescu dans une version de Swing Gitan au festival "Jazz à Vienne"

Minor Swing - Django & Stéphane

Lino Patruno all stars

Royal Society Jazz Orchestra,

Don Neely and the ten piece Royal Society Jazz Orchestra, from San Francisco, are renowned for authentically capturing the exciting sound of Big Band Swing, Hot Syncopated Jazz, Blues, and music of the Cotton Club. Innovators such as Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Paul Whiteman, Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, Bix Biederbecke, and Louis Armstrong are among the RSJO's inspirations. Yet, you will discover immediately upon seeing them live or listening to their recordings, that the Royal Society Jazz Orchestra has an intriguing personality and style of its own.

Yes Sir That's my Baby Climax JB 1996

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Yes Sir That's my Baby Climax JB 1996

Climax Jazz Band in Japan 1996
Yes Sir, That's my Baby has been a vocal feature for our trombonist Len Gosling. He sets in on trombone and does one of his intense vocals.
After several solos pianist Randy Morris graps the banjo and joins our Jack Vincken for a couple chorusses

Fidgety Feet Dutch Swing College Band 1950

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Fidgety Feet Dutch Swing College Band 1950

Unfurtunately only a very short film clip of the Dutch Swing College Band in 1950. This is probably the band inspiring me most to start playing jazz myself.
As a 15 year old I went to dance lessons. On the final night of the course of danceschool Martin there was an evening in a large hall called Concordia in Bussum, Holland. The featured bands were the band of Malando for the tango and rumba dances and the Orchestra of the Dutch Swing College, as the band was then officially called. The sound of this clip reflects exactly how I remember this great band

Fidgety Feet Dutch Swing College Band 1950

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Fidgety Feet Dutch Swing College Band 1950

Unfurtunately only a very short film clip of the Dutch Swing College Band in 1950. This is probably the band inspiring me most to start playing jazz myself.
As a 15 year old I went to dance lessons. On the final night of the course of danceschool Martin there was an evening in a large hall called Concordia in Bussum, Holland. The featured bands were the band of Malando for the tango and rumba dances and the Orchestra of the Dutch Swing College, as the band was then officially called. The sound of this clip reflects exactly how I remember this great band

Rita Reys & The Dutch Swing College Band

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Europe's First Lady of Jazz Rita Reys & The Dutch Swing College Band performing After You've Gone, from the 1963 Philips album "Jazz Sir, That's Our Baby".

More info: www.ritareys.eu and www.myspace.com/ritareys

With many thanks to Dennis Luisterburg (The Netherlands) and George Wright (New York, USA)

Dutch Swing College Band - China Boy

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Dutch Swing College Band - China Boy

Burghausen (Germany), 17th March 2007

A popular saying goes: "There are two kinds of music, good music and bad music". For the true fan of good traditional jazz music the choice is simple, because there is only one Dutch Swing College Band. The Dutch Swing College Band started out as an amateur-college combo on liberation day (1945, may 5th) and through the years it has grown into a worldfamous jazz ensemble that has toured all five continents to much acclaim. The DSC played a prominent role during the post-war period. At the time many youngsters fell under the spell of the original Amerian music: jazz. The band, which has existed for more than sixty years, has given concerts all over the world and the sounds have been registered on practically all types of sound recordings since 1945. The band also appeared frequently on TV and in film productions. Through the years many big names in jazz music were backed by the DSC, from Sidney Bechet, Joe Venuti and Rita Reys to Teddy Wilson. The expression "The Haque School" was born out of the big influence of the DSC on the Dutch jazz scene. Deservedly many jazz fans consider the DSC almost as an institution. Fortunately, the Dutch Swing College Band has never presented itself as a show or glitter orchestra. The musicians have always succeeded in capturing the public's attention with their excellent jazz performances. Cheap show tricks were absolutely out of the question. In 1960, the DSC turned professional. Throughout the music's evolution and in spite of quite a number af personnel changes (and contary to many imitators) the DSC remained the showpiece of Dutch traditional jazz music. Bob Kaper heads the current line-up, in succession to Frans Vink Jr (1945-'46), Joop Schrier (1955-'60) and Peter Schilperoort (1946-'55 and 1960-'90). From the very beginning the most striking characteristic of the band has always been its unique and recognizable sound. In other words, no recordings of American virtuosos were ever copied: the DSC created their own interpretations, arrangements or compositions. An entirely personal approach. The current line-up of the highly experienced band has proved that the old name Dutch Swing College Band still guarantees professional performances of traditional jazz music of international standard!