Django Reinhardt News

Here is the middle of the road in holiday music. There is a little bit of something for everyone here: the contemporary caroling of Sylvia Bennett, the smart jazz of Eddie Allen, and the Django Reinhardt guitar tang of The Hot Club of San Francisco.

George Cole and Vive Le Jazz perform at St. Joseph's Cultural Center Saturday. George Cole has just returned from playing with Keely Smith at the Rrazz Room in San Francisco.

Album Review: A Hot Club Christmas : Elegant and entertaining Given his untimely death in 1953, there are many great jazz standards that Sinti jazz pioneer Django Reinhardt never had the chance to cover.

Given his untimely death in 1953, there are many great jazz standards that Sinti jazz pioneer Django Reinhardt never had the chance to cover.

Rightly or wrongly, Columbus has been called a "Cowtown." Last night, it truly was when the Hot Club of Cowtown played two red-hot sets at a CityMusic concert in the Fawcett Center Auditorium.

Members: Dave Cahill , Ryan Decker , Nathan Powell Web site: thealmightyterribles.com, myspace.com/thealmightyterribles Influences: The Terribles draw from a range of influences, from early '90s alternative rock and grunge bands Soundgarden and Pearl Jam to guitar virtuosos Stevie Ray Vaughan and Django Reinhardt.

A lot of guitar players talk about Django Reinhardt as a major influence. The Belgianborn Reinhardt was a gypsy musician - he combined fastmoving swing with distinctly European forms of percussive rhythms, quicksilver chordal patterns and, most importantly, a rippling violin as a duet partner for his guitar.

I took note of the revival of "Gypsy jazz" sounds when I reviewed CDs by the Hot Clubs of Detroit and San Francisco in this column last year.

Back when San Francisco guitarist Brian Gore founded International Guitar Night in 1995, he never dreamed it would become so successful, or so truly international.

IF GYPSY Jazz of the Reinhardt/Grapelli kind is your scene, then you should snap up a ticket for Rythme Futur at the Under Ground Theatre on November 20 .

Luc Fortin and Richard LA©veillA©, along with accordionist Marin Nasturica and double bass player Michel Donato, will be performing together for the very first time at Salle Pauline-Julien on Saturday, November 14th at 8:00 pm.

Fifth Street Farms in Berkeley is hosting an evening Saturday, November 7th, for the Gonzalo Bergara Quartet.

North Americaa s longest running mobile guitar festival celebrates its 10th year.

With Leo Rondeau. 9 p.m., Nov. 11. Caf Nine, 250 State St. $5. 203-789-8281, cafenine.com . Start with a western swing trio from Austin, Texas, featuring female vocals, fiddle and upright bass.

A sold-out crowd packed Blues on Grand on Oct. 25 for a concert, dinner and auction to benefit the Central Iowa Blues Society.

A night of Transylvanian Gypsy music comes to Theatr Mwldan in the form of Tcha Limbergera s Kalotaszeg Trio on Monday, November 9. This trio deliver bursts of soaring musical tragedy and czardas madness, played with breathtaking passion and astonishing virtuosity in true Hungarian Gypsy Band style.

The musical brew has ingredients from across the world: Parisian waltz, Latin salsa, American jazz and songs sung on the routes of Gypsy caravans.

Curt has been a performing guitarist/recording artist for the past 30 years and a private music instructor for the last 20 years.

The final installment of this series features two of the most badass stories of them all.

Dreyfus Jazz celebrates the 100th Birthday of one of the most influential guitarists--Django Reinhardt--with an expansive series of new albums by today's jazz guitar masters.