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Django Reinhardt All-Stars Ft. Dorado Shmitt at Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Courtesy of Bennett Jackson | Posted on October 22, 2014
Where
Kuumbwa Jazz Center
320-2 Cedar Street
Santa Cruz, CA
Map
831-427-2227
When
Mon, November 17, 2014
7:00 pm
Save the date
Musicians
Dorado Schmitt
guitarAbout
$30/Adv $35/Door
No Comp Tix
Sponsored by Drew Miller, Digital Benefits Advisors – Santa Cruz
Doors and dinner beginning at 6:00 PM
“Gypsy jazz at its finest…” – International Review of Music
Guitarist/violinist Dorado Schmitt is the finest contemporary purveyor of Django Reinhardt’s gypsy-jazz tradition. Schmitt acquired his musical skills while growing up amongst the Roma culture of France. Aside from a detour into rock music during his teen years, Schmitt has been a loyal acolyte of the Reinhardt musical legacy, characterized by the hard-charging swing rhythms of classic jazz, matched with streamlined melodies and sophisticated harmonies. Their latest album, 2012’s Live at Birdland, exemplifies how gypsy jazz has grown fresh in present times and displays Schmitt’s total mastery of the style....