Trio Nouveau
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DjangoFest NW 2010
A production of Whidbey Island Center for the Arts
Sept. 22-26
"Songs for a Culture of Peace," gypsy music, a musical puppet show and Earth Gym shenanigans.
SingPeace! Earth Pilgrimage for Peace and Global Harmony gypsy wagon joins the Djangofest, gathering musicians and singer/songweavers for a truly amazing world community gathering.
Nymbol's Secret Garden, a fanciful puppet and costume crafting shop welcomes SingPeace! to the heart of Langley. Look for the wagon on the grass next to Langley City Hall, across from the post office.
Performing at WICA:
"Songs for a Culture of Peace," gypsy music, a musical puppet show and Earth Gym shenanigans.
SingPeace! Earth Pilgrimage for Peace and Global Harmony gypsy wagon joins the Djangofest, gathering musicians and singer/songweavers for a truly amazing world community gathering.
Nymbol's Secret Garden, a fanciful puppet and costume crafting shop welcomes SingPeace! to the heart of Langley. Look for the wagon on the grass next to Langley City Hall, across from the post office.
Performing at WICA:
Angelo Debarre Quartet with Ludovic Beier
The manouche musician Angelo Debarre
started playing the guitar within his family at eight. After early
professional beginnings, he swapped strings for drums. In 1984, he returned to its favorite instrument and creates his first “Angelo Jazz Quintet”. Since 1985, he has been a regular of the famous Parisian cabaret "La Roue Fleurie" (now closed) and takes part in many tours in manouche jazz and Gipsy styles. He feels quite comfortable in both repertories, and before long he has played alongside Pedro Ivanovitch,
Arbat, Raya, Serge Camps, Bratsch as of Boyan Zulfikarpasic, Xavier Desandre-Navarre, Florin Nicolescu or Moréno, Bireli Lagrene, Jimmy Rosenberg, Romane…
Indisputably a member of the growing family of Django's
heirs, Angelo developed a solid personality. His style, fueled by a staggering technique, is constantly enriching with musical encounters, in the finest Gipsy tradition Angelo's music and personality conquered our Canadian cousins: they bought the rights to Caprice – which may be eventually marketed the way it deserves; are cooking up a new CD recorded on the spot with accompanist Matcho Winterstein; and have been providing him with numerous venues since the Summer of 2000... more.
A jazz musician at heart since his early childhood in Auvers-sur-Oise, Ludovic Beier is a fan of the West Coast sound. As a child, he discovered his idols (Chick Corea, George Duke, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, George Benson…) who influenced him during the years of its musical education. He started to compose very young, studding his albums with some of his own themes, from ballads to be-bop…
During a concert in Washington in November 2002, a journalist presented Ludovic Beier in these terms: "Since the arrival of
Ludovic Beier's accordion on the musical scene in France, we can proudly say that this instrument is not dead and, on the contrary, enjoys a certain revival. Ludovic Beier belongs to the eager cognoscenti who are always out to try out new sounds and techniques. Not only does he compose, write and arrange, but he also is at basis of the revival of accordion: jazz, West Coast music are new directions taken by this instrument, but always rooted in the French heritage, in his skillful hands."... more.
Paulus Schäfer with Tim Kliphuis
Paulus Schäfer (born 1978) is one of the most talented Gypsy Jazz guitarists from The Netherlands today. Born into a Dutch Sinti (Gypsy) community he learned to play the guitar at a very
early age. Besides listening to fellow Sinti and records of his idol Django Reinhardt, it were Wasso Grünholz - a legend of his own within the community - and his nephew Stochelo Rosenberg from whom he learned the most. After a short period of time, in which Paulus briefly took over the lead guitar of Jimmy Rosenberg in the Gipsy Kids, he formed his own group and recorded his debut album “Into the Light” in 2002,
followed by many concerts and numerous – headlining - invitations to jazz festivals: Sziget Festival Budapest (H), Khamoro Prague (CZ), IGGF Gossington (UK), Django Reinhardt Festival Samois-sur-Seine (FR), Gipsy Festival Anger (FR), International Gipsyfestival (NL), Amersfoort Jazz
(NL), Haarlem Jazz (NL), Folkwoods Festival (NL) to name a few.
Being a musician in high demand, Paulus is often to be found on stage with other musicians, like The Rosenberg Trio, Tim Kliphuis, Prisor Jazz Band, Andreas Öberg, Jimmy Rosenberg and can be found on many albums. He also recorded two more albums with his own group in 2006, ‘Desert Fire’
and ‘Live at the NWE Vorst’ with the Paulus Schäfer Gipsy Band and The Tilburg Big Band. Paulus has a particular sound, easy recognised, and although all Paulus’ albums are true to a distinctive Gipsy Jazz/Swing sound, Paulus is always looking for a new modern sound. Not only to broaden his own horizons, but also a more representative Gipsy Jazz sound for the 21st century. New releases are already scheduled for 2010.
Discography:
“Into The Light” (2002, w/ Paulus Schäfer Gipsy Band) “Desert Fire” (2006, w/ Paulus Schäfer Gipsy Band) “Live at the NWE
Vorst (2006, w/ Paulus Schäfer Gipsy Band and Tilburg Big Band)
Dutchman Tim Kliphuis is one of the top jazz fiddlers in the world, and has been dubbed Stéphane Grappelli's successor. After his long-standing collaboration with gypsy guitar legend Fapy Lafertin, he worked with Angelo Debarre, Stochelo Rosenberg, RIchard Galliano and many others.
A soloist in his own right since 2004, Tim now has a reputation which transcends the Gypsy Jazz scene. His trademark mix of
Jazz, Classical, Folk and World music has taken him all over the world.
An acclaimed tutor in Grappelli's Jazz Violin style, Tim has released best-selling tuition book "Stéphane Grappelli Gypsy
Jazz Violin" with Mel Bay and 2 Hot Jazz Violin DVDs with HyperHip Media... more.
John Jorgenson Quintet
John Jorgenson Quintet - bio coming soon
Howard Alden with Bucky Pizzarelli and Bria Skonberg
Howard Alden - bio coming soon
John Paul Bucky Pizzarelli is an American Jazz
guitarist and banjoist, and the father of jazz guitarist John
Pizzarelli. Pizzarelli has also worked for NBC as a staffman for Dick Cavett (1971) and also ABC with Bobby Rosengarden in (1952). The list of musicians Pizzarelli has collaborated with over his career includes Les Paul, Stephane Grappelli, and Benny Goodman. Pizzarelli acknowledges Django Reinhardt, Freddie Green, and George Van Eps for their influences on his style and mode of play... more.
At age 26, jazz trumpeter and vocalist Bria Skonberg
has been performing on stage for over 20 years. Originally from Chilliwack, BC, she now resides in Vancouver where she has completed a Degree in Jazz Performance from Capilano University. Since getting into jazz ten years ago Bria has been featured as a bandleader and guest artist all over North America, Europe, China and Japan playing alongside
such greats as Warren and Allan Vache, Bucky Pizzarelli and Howard Alden. In July of 2009 she was one of four performers selected for an International Young Artists’ Showcase at the Jazz a Juan Festival in Antibes, France. She has been the recipient of the CBC Jazz Award of Merit (2006), and the Kobe Jazz Street Friendship Award given at the Breda Jazz Festival in Holland in 2007. Early in 2008 Bria was a guest on Riverwalk Jazz with the Jim Cullum Jazz Band representing the “Next Generation of Jazz”. In Vancouver she leads and manages Bria’s Hot Five and The Big Bang Jazz Band,
and performs as a soloist and vocalist with Canadian icon Dal Richards and his Orchestra both live and on his last two albums. She is a co-founder of the groundbreaking all female jazz group, Mighty Aphrodite, comprised of members from the US and Canada. In 2009 Bria released her first solo album Fresh that features original songs and arrangements of jazz and mainstream standards. She is an active advocate for young musicians, working as a teacher/alumni at the Sacramento Jazz Camp and Camp Heebie Jeebies in Port Angeles, as well as programming, narrating and performing
educational school shows for students ranging from Kindergarten to College. Intent on giving back, she is also active on the Board of Directors for the annual Chilliwack Jazz Festival... more.
Hot Club of Detroit
More than seven decades after the innovations of the Quintette du Hot Club de France, featuring guitar virtuoso Django Reinhardt, combos called Hot Clubs carry on the gypsy jazz sound around the globe -- in Tokyo, San Francisco, Seattle, Sweden, Norway, Austria, and many other locales. None, however, offers a fresher take on the tradition than does the Hot Club of Detroit, led by fast-fingered Reinhardt disciple Evan Perri. Unlike the instrumentation of original Paris-based quintet, comprising Reinhardt, violinist Stephane Grappelli, two rhythm guitarists, and a bassist, the current Hot Club of Detroit is made of guitarist Perri, accordionist Julien Labro, soprano and tenor saxophonist Carl Cafagna, rhythm guitarist Paul Brady and bassist Andrew Kratzat. The fibrous accordion tones of Labro, a native of Marseilles, France, links the Detroit quintet to the French musette style from which gypsy jazz
partially sprung, while Cafagna’s robust saxophone work introduces bop and post-bop elements to gypsy jazz... more.
Pearl Django
Entering their sixteenth year of performing Pearl Django continues to be one of America’s most respected and busiest Hot Club style groups. Though still strongly influenced by the music of Django Reinhardt, Pearl Django’s repertoire now includes many original compositions. Their music reaches out across the divides of taste to a wide variety of audiences. The band's fervent followers include Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli fans, guitar enthusiasts (and guitarists!), lovers of string music, including bluegrass devotees, who
relish nimble, clean, intricate picking, "world music" fans drawn to French and Gypsy accents, plus jazz buffs and aficionados of the new swing music. Transcending simple categorization, Pearl Django packs in enthusiastic audiences at dancehalls and nightclubs, at folk music festivals and jazz festivals alike... more.
Troy Chapman, Guitar; Ryan Hoffman, Guitar; David Lange, Accordion; Michael Gray, Violin; Rick Leppanen, Bass
Robin Nolan Trio
Robin Nolan Trio - bio coming soon
Gonzalo Bergara Quartet
Gonzalo Bergara Quartet - bio coming soon
Kruno with Ludovic Beier
Kruno - bio coming soon
Alfonso Ponticelli and Swing Gitan
Alfonso Ponticelli and Swin Gitan - bio coming soon
Caravan - Marc Atkinson Trio with Daniel Lapp
Marc Atkinson Trio - bio coming soon
Van Django
Van Django is an acoustic string ensemble made up of four of Canada's most talented and eclectic musicians; violinist Cameron Wilson, guitarist Budge Schachte, guitarist/cellist Finn Manniche and bassist Brent Gubbels. Van Django's music is punchy, driving and rhythmically inventive,
combining a wealth of musical influences while maintaining their roots in the gypsy jazz made famous by the 1930's Quintet of the Hot Club of France. Since the group’s formation in 1998, they have toured extensively in Canada as well as international forays to the USA and Europe. The group has had repeat performances at Djangofest Northwest
(DFNW) where in 2008 they shared a double bill concert with the John Jorgenson Quintet and in 2009 they opened for the legendary gypsy jazz guitarist Romane and his group. They look forward to a return visit this year (2010) to DFNW for a double bill concert with the Mark Atkinson trio. Van Django is slated for their second European tour in early September of this year (2010)... more.
Hot Club Sandwich
Hot Club Sandwich - bio coming soon
Billet-Deux
Billet-Deux - bio coming soon
Douce Ambience
Douce Ambience - bio coming soon
Doug Martin Avatar Ensemble with Annie Staninec
Doug Martin Avatar Ensemble - bio coming soon
Nick Lehr Quartet featuring David Seriff
Nick Lehr - bio coming soon
The Festival Staff.
Nicholas Lehr, Artistic Director; Stacie Burgua, Executive Director; Deana Duncan, Production Director; Jason Dittmer, Director of Marketing; Tyler Raymond, Technical Director; Jeanette Eveland, Volunteer Coordinator; Ann Deacon, Facilities Manager; Dorothy Ferguson, Shirley McClure, Karen McInerney, Linda O'Brochta, House Managers
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