Jazz Partout !
Jazz Manouche dans la plus belle tradition de
Django Reinhardt et ses héritiers
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LinksMost sites listed here contain very good link collections about music, artists/bands, instruments, records etc., so I have kept this page brief on purpose. Just a few essential sites to get you started in search of Gypsy jazz related material. djangobooks.comThis webstore is run by guitarist and fellow ethnomusicologist Michael Horowitz and Pearl Django guitarist Greg Ruby. Michael has made extensive field research in the Netherlands taking lessons from the Sinti guitarists in the Gypsy camps, and he has converted his findings into easily comprehensible systematic methods to aid those of us, who are after that authentic powerful acoustic guitar sound. This site has a very good active forum with expert moderators, a wonderful video archive, online lessons and much more. In English. Django Swing Page
Django Station
DjangologyThis started out as self-reflective weblog: Jon Thor Williams from Oregon kept a public diary of his personal quest in gaining competence in the Gypsy jazz guitar field. Current webmaster-Jacks – Fields and Brown – have navigated the focus of this site to be Gypsy jazz news and reviews. In English Manoucheries
About DjangoMore technically oriented site about Django and Gypsy jazz. News, biography, discography, playing tips, forum, links, etc. AND an impressive collection of videos, where you can admire for example the playing of young Raphaël Faÿs (1977), Biréli Lagrène (1980) or Jimmy Rosenberg (1993). Plus you can download neat desktop wallpapers or WinAMP skins. In French. Hot Club NewsNews and events in Germany, record and print reviews, a large picture gallery and an online shop. In German. Hot Club of CopenhagenSite maintained by Danish enthusiasts of the style. There is quite a lot of content, of which I find the info and pictures on local happenings (concerts, jams, musicians) the most interesting. Sections in English, French and Dutch, but most complete and up-to-date in Danish. Paul Hostetter's Selmer TutorialIt's not a flat-top nor an arch-top, but is it a Selmer or is it a Maccaferri? What is behind the easily recognizable sound? A superb set of articles about the famous luthier-guitarist Mario Maccaferri, his inventions and Selmer guitars after him. In English. Eimers GuitarsI'm confessin' that I have two tremendous Eimers guitars, but that's not the only reason for this link. Here you find lots of outstanding pictures and background information on building, repairing and amplifying a guitar, plus some notions on the philosophy behind guitar-making. In English. Thomas Ludvig's Photos of Gypsy Swing FestivalsHere you have some marvellous pictures of performers, jam sessions and surroundings in various festivals over time. You can almost feel the atmosphere of these gatherings of enthusiasts. Live Gypsy JazzRecords, videos/DVDs, printed word, on-line forums - all indispensable, but the very essence of this music lies in music making, i.e. live playing. Thus, I have here some suggestions about notable venues for live Gypsy jazz. Django Reinhardt Festival in Samois-sur-SeineThe official homepage of the most esteemed jazz Manouche festival. In French and English. La Chope Des PucesThis is the legendary bar near the flea markets at Porte de Clignancourt, Paris, where you can hear live jazz Manouche on weekends, played by masters like Ninine Garcia. The bar is very small, so the atmosphere is bound to be quite dense but friendly. In French. Le QuecumBarParis is not anymore the only city, where one can hear Gypsy jazz regularly. Le QuecumBar in London offers live music almost every day, from Hot Club swing of the 1930s to the standards of the 1940s and 1950s. The gig list contains featured artists as well as jam sessions; so don't forget to take your instrument with you. In English. Finnish SectionThere are no regular venues for Gypsy jazz in Finland, and there have been very few active players and bands concentrating to the style of Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and Jo Privat. Recently the ambiance seems to have been opening up slowly. At least the foundations for playing this music seem to be getting better, since there are now two excellent Finnish luthiers, who build very good Selmer/Maccaferri copies. Lottonen GuitarsJuha Lottonen (Helsinki, Finland) is the man I trust all maintenance and repairwork of my guitars. His arch-top jazz guitars are among the very best I've ever laid my hands on and his Selmer/Maccaferri guitars are equally outstanding: surprisingly light in weight, excellent playability and extremely loud and well balanced tone. In English. AJL-Guitars
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All things around Django and jazz manouche: articles and reviews, events (mainly in UK), discussion forum, playing tips and guitars with a long list about active luthiers. From the online shop you can order records, books, accessories and other interesting stuff. In English.
An invaluable source of information about musicians, CDs, DVDs, publications, equipment, calendar events, news, reviews and much, much more, mostly from France. An excellent successor to the legendary L'Echo Des Cuilleres, that closed its pages in the Spring 2004. In French.
A lively discussion forum, an introduction to playing Gypsy jazz on guitar, an overview on Manouche language, chord changes to the essential repertoire, calendar events, links and much more. In French.
Ari-Jukka Luomaranta (Kokkola, Finland) represents proudly Western-Finnish stubbornness in the best sense of the word. Despite the fact that there are
virtually no guitarists playing Gypsy jazz in a thousand mile distance in any direction from
Kokkola, he has continued to focus on building Selmer-type guitars for
several years. And those who have witnessed the fiery jam sessions by his stand
in the Django Reinhardt Festival in Samois can tell that these guitars are magnificent, so it
doesn't come as a surprise that Ari-Jukka is the chosen builder for 