Gypsy JazzWhy it rocks your

socks off & you wanna be groupies without

even knowing it

Faddah Steve Yuetsu Wolf (& Co.)Ignite Portland 9 - September 23rd, 2010

1910 - 1953 1908 - 1997

Stephane GrappelliDjango Reinhardt

Young Django✤ Born on border

between Belgium & France

✤ Baptized “Jean Baptiste Reinhardt”

✤ Romani/Gypsy Name “Django” is a verb: “I

Awaken.”

✤ The Guitar Buddha!

✤ Started Playing “Bal-Musette” on

Banjo Guitar

Hot Jazz in 1920s Paris

Tragedy! Fire in his Caravan at age 18. Spent 18 months in “hospital for the poor,” Lariboisiere in the

North of Paris.

Django’s “ach moune” or “frere,”Louis Armstrong.

Django retrained himself to play with just two

fingers

Django allowing Edith Piaf to examine his injured hand.

Birth of Le Hot

Club de France

We love it when some really Hot Jazz comes together...

The Type of Guitar Django & his brother Nin-Nin made famous were Selmer Brand

Maccaferri’s.

Django’s guitar he gifted to Les Paul

“Petite Bouche” - Small hole“Grande Bouche” - Large “D”-hole

Some Modern Gypsy Jazz Virtuosos

Trio RosenbergTchavalo Schmitt

Dorado & Samson Schmitt

Biréli Lagrène

Robin Nolan

Jimmy RosenbergGonzalo Bergara

(with Quartet)

John Jorgenson

Kruno Spisic

Some Great North American Hot Clubs

Hot Club of San Francisco

Hot Club of Detroit

Hot Club Sandwich

Ameranouche

Billet Deux

Van DjangoPearl Django

Our Own Local Portland Hot Clubs

Swing Papillion

Kung Pao Chickens

Djangophiles

12th Avenue Hot Club

The Well Swung Gypsies

Pete Krebs Trio

Django has influenced countless musicians

Charlie Christian

George benson

Les Paul with Django

??? WTF?!Carlos Santana

Jerry Garcia

Chet Atkins

Dizzy Gillespie with Stephane & Django

Countless well-known guitarists have cited the influence of Django and Gypsy Jazz

on their style.

For the readers: books on Django & Gypsy Jazz

Django: The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legendby Michael Dregni

ISBN: 019516752x (HC)0195304489 (PB)

Django Reinhardt and the Illustrated History of

Gypsy Jazzby Michael DregniISBN: 193310810x

! Am7! ! ! ! Dm7! ! ! ! E7

5th fret

10th fret

5thfret

A Harmonic Minor Scale

5th fret

Pretty Swingin’, So Far, Ain’t It?For the guitarists in the

audience, here is the guitar tab for “Minor Swing” for

you to play at home.

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Some further reading on Django & Gypsy Jazz

Django Reinhardtby Charles Delaunay

ISBN: 030680171x(Other Editions:

0950622451, 095062246x)

Gypsy Jazz: in search of Django Reinhardt and the

Soul of Gypsy Swingby Michael DregniISBN: 0195311922

Some useful Gypsy Jazz LinksDjango books — lead supplier of play-along books, guitar instruction books, CDs & DVDs.http://www.djangobooks.com

http://www.gypsyjazz.net/ — another top purveyor of books, CDs, DVDs & musical instruments.

Jouer avec “Nuages de Swing” — MP3 play-alongs & chord grilles for most standards. http://nuagesdeswing.free.fr/

More gypsy jazz grille charts —http://www.guitarejazzmanouche.com/

Our local PDX Gypsy Jazz yahoo group —http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/pdxdjazz/

Festival Django Reinhardt

Original Gypsy Jazz Festival, every year in June, south of

Paris at Samois-sur-Seine, where Django lived. It features both great shows & jams with the

artists after shows.http://www.festivaldjangoreinhardt.com/

Samois-sur-Seine, France

DjangoFest A gathering in the u.s.

of some of the best gypsy jazz players in the world, in Laguna Beach, Mill Valley & Whidbey

Island near Seattle

http://www.djangofest.com

Whidbey Island Djangofest happens this weekend, with Jams all

over the city of Langley!

Portland has its ownGypsy Jazz Community

join the “PDXDJAZZ” yahoo group to find out about local gigs & jams

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/pdxdjazz/

Latcho Drom!

(That’s Romani/Gypsy for “Safe Journey.”)

Faddah Steve Yuetsu Wolf:@yuetsu on twitter

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/pdxdjazzThis Presentation:

http://www.slideshare.net/faddah/

Special Thanks — Pete Krebs: http://petekrebs.net/