Paul -Pazzo-Mehling, leader of the Hot Club of San Francisco and named the "Godfather of gypsy jazz in America" by PBS is teaching a baccalaureate class at the Jazz School in Berkeley for serious study of gypsy jazz guitar technique:
MUS208
Gypsy Jazz Guitar Style and Technique
2 units, 2 hours lecture/lab
Analysis and practical application of the stylistic
and technical aspects of gypsy jazz guitar style
from Django Reinhardt to the present.
Prerequisites: an acoustic guitar (played
with a pick).
(August 26-Dec 16 )