Greetings Gypsy jazzers!
Sorry I'm a little late this month. It's been a little crazy around here lately. We moved and then I was flying around the country for the Django in June Festival and the Djangofest San Fransisco. I'm back now. The good news is that we have considerably more storage space now so I'll be stocking a lot more of everything!
Video Archive: I've put up two new free video clips. These include some very rare performances by Bireli Lagrene as a young boy.
See:
http://tinyurl.com/6chnb
CDs: New CD titles this month are:
Jimmy Rosenberg, Babik Reinhardt, and Romane - Hot Shots
Marcel Bianchi - The Exciting Guitar of Marcel Bianchi
Fapy Lafertin and Patrick Saussois - Django! A Tribute to Django Reinhardt, Live at the AB
Doudou Swing - Doudou a feu doux
Angelo Debarre and Ludovic Beier: Entre Amis
Ludovic Beier - New Montmarte
Stochelo Rosenberg and Mozes Rosenberg: Ready'n able
Bireli Lagrene and Didier Lockwood Tribute to Stephane Grappelli
Pearl Django and Patrick Saussois Chasing Shadows.
See:
http://tinyurl.com/d3jwy
Picks: Hand made Noble Picks now in stock. See:
http://tinyurl.com/af2av
Books:
Angelo Debarre, Samy Daussat & Denis Roux - Gypsy Guitar: The Secrets as Played by the Masters
Django Reinhardt - Undiscovered - Inedit
See:
http://tinyurl.com/czc5l
DVDs:
Stephane Grappelli, Martin Taylor, Diz Disley, David Grisman, Mike Marshall, and Darol Anger: Live in San Francisco July 7
Angelo Debarre and Tim Kliphuis Live at Djangofest Northwest
Boulou and Elios Ferre Live at Djangofest Northwest.
See:
http://tinyurl.com/dezym
Gibson Johnny Smith: Gorgeous 1985 Anniversary Edition Gibson Johnny Smith guitar for sale. Bought from, set up, and signed by Johnny Smith himself! For more details see:
http://tinyurl.com/7fjk7
Workshops: I'll be giving the following Gypsy Jazz workshops,
July 16th: Gypsy Picking Workshop and Gypsy Rhythm Workshop at Dusty Strings in Seattle. Call 206-634-1662 or <!-- e --><a href="mailto:musicshop@dustystrings.com">musicshop@dustystrings.com</a><!-- e --> to sign up.
August 20th: Unaccompanied Django Workshop at Dusty Strings in Seattle. Call 206-634-1662 or <!-- e --><a href="mailto:musicshop@dustystrings.com">musicshop@dustystrings.com</a><!-- e --> to sign up.
For updates or questions please visit my Gypsy Jazz Forum. See:
http://www.djangobooks.com/forum/
It was great meeting all of you at the festivals this month...
And a big thanks to Andrew Lawrence and Nick Lehr for putting on some fantastic festivals. Thanks for keeping the music alive!
-Michael