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Luke Hendon With Special Guests, Tony Jarvis And Scott Tixier at Django At Cornelia Street Series at Cornelia Street Cafe
Courtesy of Luke Hendon | Posted on November 9, 2017
Where
Cornelia Street Cafe
Django At Cornelia Street Series
29 Cornelia Street
New York, NY
Map
212-989-9319
When
Sun, December 3, 2017
8:30 pm
At Door
Save the date
Musicians
About
Veteran guitarist, Luke Hendon will be the featured artist Sunday, December 3rd, 8PM, at Cornelia Street Café for the Django at Cornelia Street Series. This month Mr. Hendon has put together an all-star cast to perform his original music- a modern take on gypsy jazz, melding influences of the past and present. Luke Hendon has had success as a guitarist playing in a plethora of settings, but recently became obsessed with the French acoustic guitars used by Django Reinhardt and Gypsy jazz players. “It is the same style of guitar used by Django and his predecessors, who use a lot of vibrato, bends, tremolo, open strings, staccato and energetic runs that aren't heard as much in American jazz. That appeals to me, and I was fascinated by the excitement Django and the gypsies created....