django reinhardt festival
this from gracey tune at arts fifth avenue:
ARTS FIFTH AVENUE
1628 5th AVENUE
FORT WORTH, TX 76104
Ph (817) 923-9500
www.artsfifthavenue.com
“FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE”
DJANGO REINHARDT: FW FESTIVAL ‘07 – LIVE AT ARTS FIFTH AVENUE
ARTS FIFTH AVENUE presents: DJANGO REINHARDT: FW FESTIVAL ‘07
…3 Nights of Film, Live Music & French Ambience honoring The Life of Legendary Gypsy Jazz Guitarist: DJANGO REINHARDT (b.1910-d.1953)
DJANGO REINHARDT (1910 – 1953)
On January 23, 1910 in Liverchies, Belgium – the Gypsy Jazz King was born: Jean Baptiste “Django” Reinhardt. He grew up in a Manouche Gypsy. Django (pronounced John-go and meaning “To Awake”) first took up violin and started playing guitar at age 10. Later, he moved on to an old-fashioned banjo-guitar and began playing Paris dancehalls before the age of 13. In 1928, his trailer caught fire and he was severely burned; two fingers on his left hand were seared together. Despite all odds, he was able to play guitar again as he invented a new chord technique to allow him to play with only 2 fingers. In 1930, painter Emile Savitry first introduced Django to Jazz – upon hearing jazz “he took his head in his hands and began to sob”. Jazz and Django were meant for each other…the rest is history. An important influence on the likes of contemporary guitarists such as Les Paul, Charlie Christian, B.B. King, Jerry Garcia, and Chet Atkins, in 1971, Django was elected by critics for induction into the Down Beat Magazine Hall of Fame. Les Paul called Django “the greatest guitar player that ever lived.”
FRIDAY/JANUARY 26, 2007
Celebrating the birthday of Stephane Grapelli (Jan. 26, 1908-Dec. 1, 1997). Most Django fans also know the name Stephane Grapelli because of his collaboration with Reinhardt in the Quintet of the Hot Club de France. Like Django, Grapelli was self-taught early on but later was trained as a classical musician first at the Isadora Duncan School and later at the Paris Conservatory. However at age 19 everything changed when he heard his 1st jazz recording by Lois Armstrong – “I discovered jazz and my vocation and kissed Amadeus good-bye.” Always a musical adventurer, Grapelli is featured on the title cut of Pink Floyd’s classic album “Wish You Were Here” released in 1975. Unlike Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli lived a long life remaining active until shortly before his death in 1997. “Music keeps me going…it has given me everything.”
FILM: Stephane Grappelli: “A Life in the Jazz Century”: Universal Classics/128 min.
MUSIC BY: Mark Menikos/violin, Tom Reynolds/guitar, Paul Unger/bass, Andy Cristani/clarinet
SATURDAY/JANUARY 27, 2007
FILM: “Swing Guitar: The Genius of Django Reinhardt”:EFOR Films/46 minutes. Includes footage of Reinhardt playing, rare photos, documents…even some of Reinhardt’s paintings. Also includes “Le Jazz Hot” filmed in 1938 and the only known existing film of the Quintet on the Hot Club de France and MORE!
MUSIC BY: Gypsy Moon: Ray & Linda Sriro/guitar
and
YO! GADJO – Slim Richey/guitar, MeauxJeaux/bass, Ross Holmes/violin & Django Porter/guitar
SUNDAY/JANUARY 28, 2007
FILM: “Djangomania” Aired on the Sundance Independent Film Channel. Written, Produced & Directed by Jamie Kastner/A Cave 7 Production 2005, produced in association with Bravo Canada, the Government of Canada and the Canadian Cable Industry.
MUSIC BY: Kim Platko – guitar (solo set)
and
The Texas Gypsies: Steve Curry/guitar, Erik Swanson/guitar, John Hewitt/bass, Mark Menikos/violin and Kim Platko/guitar
FRIDAY & SATURDAY: Doors Open at 6:30 pm. Films shown at 7:00 with Live Music following.
SUNDAY: Doors Open at 5:30 pm. Film shown at 6:00 pm with music following.
$15 per night/3-night ticket $30 – CASH or CHECK – RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED
Concessions available by donation. For additional information or to make reservations, please call 817.923.9500 or email: artsfifthavenue@aol.com.
ARTS FIFTH AVENUE, an eclectic (nonprofit) neighborhood arts center located at the corner of 5th Avenue and W. Allen in the Fairmount Southside Historic District of Fort Worth, is the home of MONDO DRUMMERS and both are 501c3 nonprofit corporations. Partial funding by the Texas Commission on the Arts, the Arts Council of FW & Tarrant County, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
ARTS FIFTH AVENUE
1628 5th AVENUE
FORT WORTH, TX 76104
Ph (817) 923-9500
www.artsfifthavenue.com
“FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE”
DJANGO REINHARDT: FW FESTIVAL ‘07 – LIVE AT ARTS FIFTH AVENUE
ARTS FIFTH AVENUE presents: DJANGO REINHARDT: FW FESTIVAL ‘07
…3 Nights of Film, Live Music & French Ambience honoring The Life of Legendary Gypsy Jazz Guitarist: DJANGO REINHARDT (b.1910-d.1953)
DJANGO REINHARDT (1910 – 1953)
On January 23, 1910 in Liverchies, Belgium – the Gypsy Jazz King was born: Jean Baptiste “Django” Reinhardt. He grew up in a Manouche Gypsy. Django (pronounced John-go and meaning “To Awake”) first took up violin and started playing guitar at age 10. Later, he moved on to an old-fashioned banjo-guitar and began playing Paris dancehalls before the age of 13. In 1928, his trailer caught fire and he was severely burned; two fingers on his left hand were seared together. Despite all odds, he was able to play guitar again as he invented a new chord technique to allow him to play with only 2 fingers. In 1930, painter Emile Savitry first introduced Django to Jazz – upon hearing jazz “he took his head in his hands and began to sob”. Jazz and Django were meant for each other…the rest is history. An important influence on the likes of contemporary guitarists such as Les Paul, Charlie Christian, B.B. King, Jerry Garcia, and Chet Atkins, in 1971, Django was elected by critics for induction into the Down Beat Magazine Hall of Fame. Les Paul called Django “the greatest guitar player that ever lived.”
FRIDAY/JANUARY 26, 2007
Celebrating the birthday of Stephane Grapelli (Jan. 26, 1908-Dec. 1, 1997). Most Django fans also know the name Stephane Grapelli because of his collaboration with Reinhardt in the Quintet of the Hot Club de France. Like Django, Grapelli was self-taught early on but later was trained as a classical musician first at the Isadora Duncan School and later at the Paris Conservatory. However at age 19 everything changed when he heard his 1st jazz recording by Lois Armstrong – “I discovered jazz and my vocation and kissed Amadeus good-bye.” Always a musical adventurer, Grapelli is featured on the title cut of Pink Floyd’s classic album “Wish You Were Here” released in 1975. Unlike Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli lived a long life remaining active until shortly before his death in 1997. “Music keeps me going…it has given me everything.”
FILM: Stephane Grappelli: “A Life in the Jazz Century”: Universal Classics/128 min.
MUSIC BY: Mark Menikos/violin, Tom Reynolds/guitar, Paul Unger/bass, Andy Cristani/clarinet
SATURDAY/JANUARY 27, 2007
FILM: “Swing Guitar: The Genius of Django Reinhardt”:EFOR Films/46 minutes. Includes footage of Reinhardt playing, rare photos, documents…even some of Reinhardt’s paintings. Also includes “Le Jazz Hot” filmed in 1938 and the only known existing film of the Quintet on the Hot Club de France and MORE!
MUSIC BY: Gypsy Moon: Ray & Linda Sriro/guitar
and
YO! GADJO – Slim Richey/guitar, MeauxJeaux/bass, Ross Holmes/violin & Django Porter/guitar
SUNDAY/JANUARY 28, 2007
FILM: “Djangomania” Aired on the Sundance Independent Film Channel. Written, Produced & Directed by Jamie Kastner/A Cave 7 Production 2005, produced in association with Bravo Canada, the Government of Canada and the Canadian Cable Industry.
MUSIC BY: Kim Platko – guitar (solo set)
and
The Texas Gypsies: Steve Curry/guitar, Erik Swanson/guitar, John Hewitt/bass, Mark Menikos/violin and Kim Platko/guitar
FRIDAY & SATURDAY: Doors Open at 6:30 pm. Films shown at 7:00 with Live Music following.
SUNDAY: Doors Open at 5:30 pm. Film shown at 6:00 pm with music following.
$15 per night/3-night ticket $30 – CASH or CHECK – RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED
Concessions available by donation. For additional information or to make reservations, please call 817.923.9500 or email: artsfifthavenue@aol.com.
ARTS FIFTH AVENUE, an eclectic (nonprofit) neighborhood arts center located at the corner of 5th Avenue and W. Allen in the Fairmount Southside Historic District of Fort Worth, is the home of MONDO DRUMMERS and both are 501c3 nonprofit corporations. Partial funding by the Texas Commission on the Arts, the Arts Council of FW & Tarrant County, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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