Django Reinhardt All-Stars Featuring Dorado Schmitt at Kuumbwa Jazz Center

Dorado Schmitt returns! Considered the finest purveyor of the Django Reinhardt gypsy jazz tradition, Schmitt learned his craft in the same Roma tradition that nurtured the great Reinhardt. Aside from venturing into rock music during his teen years, the virtuosic guitarist/violinist has been a loyal acolyte of the Reinhardt legacy of hard-charging swing rhythms, matched with the melodic and harmonic sophistication common to the jazz era of the ’30s and ’40s. Far from being stuck in the past, Schmitt and his All-Stars are living proof that Reinhardt’s innovations are still relevant for contemporary audiences...

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Dorado Schmitt returns! Considered the finest purveyor of the Django Reinhardt gypsy jazz tradition, Schmitt learned his craft in the same Roma tradition that nurtured the great Reinhardt. Aside from venturing into rock music during his teen years, the virtuosic guitarist/violinist has been a loyal acolyte of the Reinhardt legacy of hard-charging swing rhythms, matched with the melodic and harmonic sophistication common to the jazz era of the ’30s and ’40s. Far from being stuck in the past, Schmitt and his All-Stars are living proof that Reinhardt’s innovations are still relevant for contemporary audiences. The band consists of Ludovic Beier – accordion, Pierre Blanchard – violin, Xavier Nikq – bass, and Franco Mehrstein – rhythm guitar.

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