Happy New Year Gypsy jazzers!!!

Thanks to all of you who have supported DjangoBooks over the past three years!. Sales of strings, picks, CDs, Videos,  eLessons, eBooks, Schertler products, and of course, books, have helped to pay the rent and keep me focused on documenting the music of Django Reinhardt as best I can. None of this would have been possible without your support…so thanks again!

Here’s what’s new this month at DjangoBooks.com:


Video Archive:  I’ve put up five new free video clips. These include some very rare performances by The Rosenberg Trio and Bireli Lagrene. See: Video Archive

CDs: New CD titles this month are:

Raphael Fays – Swing Guitar

Romane – French Guitar

Marcel Loeffler – Source Manouche

Django Reinhardt – In Solitaire – Complete Recordings for Solo Guitar

Django Reinhardt – Genius of Improvisation (2 CD Set)

Les Pommes de ma douche with Tchavolo Schmitt – Y va tomber des cordes

Dorado Schmitt, Samson Schmitt, Angelo Debarre, Ludovic Beier, Babik Reinhardt and more – Django Reinhardt NY Festival: Swing Gitan – Live at Birdland 2002

Tony Fallone – Accordeon mon ami

Boulou Ferre with the Paris All Stars – The 13 Year Old Jazz Sensation From France (Special Import)

Bireli Lagrene and Jacky Terrasson – A Paris..

Les yeux noir – Tchorba

Les yeux noir – Live

Various Artists – Paris Musette Vol.2: Swing et Manouche

Django Reinhardt – Solos, Duets, Trios, and Quartets 3CDs

Rosenberg Trio – Noches Calientes

Boulou Ferre and Noah Howard – Live in Paris

See: CDs

Books: 

Andreas Öberg and Michael Horowitz – Gypsy Fire

Angelo Debarre, Samy Daussat & Denis Roux – Gypsy Guitar: The Secrets as Played by the Masters Vol.2

Romane – La guitare manouche: Les themes et playbacks

Maurizo Franco – Django Reinhardt: dalla chitarra gitana al jazz

See: Books


DVDs: 


Dorado Schmitt – Django Reinhardt NY Festival: Live at Birdland 2004

Tchavolo Schmitt (Directed by Tony Gatlif) – Swing DVD (Zone 2) In French

New DVD: Romane – La Guitare Jazz Manouche DVD

The Super Guitar Trio – Al Di Meola, Larry Coryell & Bireli Lagrene and Friends In Concert DVD (Zone 1)

See: DVDs

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: Gibson Johnny Smith

Workshops:

To celebrate the release of his new book Gypsy Fire, Swedish Gypsy jazz virtuoso Andreas Öberg will be making a special visit to Seattle. Don’t miss his workshop and concert in Seattle on January 12th (Details below).

Workshop
Dusty Strings
Andreas Oberg: Gypsy Fire Workshop  – 3pm
3406 Fremont Ave. N
Seattle WA 98103
To sign up contact: 206-634-1662 or musicshop@dustystrings.com

More…

Thursday, January 12th

Come celebrate the release of Swedish Gypsy jazz virtuoso Andreas Öberg’s new book Gypsy Fire.
Andreas will display his jaw dropping guitar technique at his only Seattle appearance. Not to be missed!
Jam session will follow after the show!

The Latona Pub
6423 Latona Ave NE
Seattle, WA
206-525-2238
9:00pm, no cover

For updates or questions please visit my Gypsy Jazz Forum. See: http://www.djangobooks.com/forum/

Keep playing!


-Michael