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Dorado Schmitt & The Django Festival Allstars ft. Ludovic Beier & Pierre Blanchard with Special Guest Amati Schmitt at Regattabar
Courtesy of Molly Collins | Posted on September 23, 2015
Where
Regattabar
One Bennett Street
Cambridge, MA
Map
617-395-7757
When
Sat, November 14, 2015
7:30 pm
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Musicians
Dorado Schmitt
guitarAbout
The Django Reinhardt NY Festival was launched in 2000 and was the first-ever festival of its kind in America and established a home at the legendary club, Birdland, in New York City. 2015 will mark its 16th anniversary, and it's going strong.
The Festival celebrates the music of legendary gypsy guitarist Django Reinahrdt who teamed with famed jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli in the 30's and 40's to create the Quintet of the Hot club de France which went on to become one of the most important jazz partnerships in history, causing a sensation!
This 'hot-swing' form of jazz has its roots in American popular music and in the reverence for Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and othe great American jazz figures. ...