{"id":166,"date":"2005-04-01T16:08:25","date_gmt":"2005-04-01T16:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/blog\/?p=166"},"modified":"2005-04-01T16:08:25","modified_gmt":"2005-04-01T16:08:25","slug":"tchan_tchou_live_montpellier_1989_la_gitane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/blog\/tchan_tchou_live_montpellier_1989_la_gitane\/","title":{"rendered":"Tchan Tchou Live (Montpellier 1989): <i>La Gitane<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paul &#8220;Tchan Tchou&#8221; Vidal is the most respected musician of the\n&#8220;Southern&#8221; school of Gypsy guitar playing. Unlike Django who was a\nManouche or Sinti Gypsy, Tchan Tchou was from the Gitane tribe which\nhas roots in Spain. Hence, his music had a strong flamenco influence.\nHe also absorbed other Mediterranean influences, most notably Corsican\nfolk music. <br>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"TchanTchouEP.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/archives\/TchanTchouEP.JPG\" width=\"300\" height=\"294\" border=\"0\" \/>\n<br>\n<p>Tchan Tchou&#8217;s jazz playing tended to be much simpler then the Parisian\nbased Manocuhe and Gitane Gypsies. His strong point was boleros,\nwaltzes and folk tunes such as <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Two\nGuitars<\/span> and <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Dark Eyes<\/span>.<br>\n<br>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/archives\/TchanTchouNomades.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"TchanTchouNomades.JPG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/archives\/TchanTchouNomades-thumb.JPG\" width=\"300\" height=\"282\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Tchan Tchou&#8217;s most famous composition is the waltz <span\nstyle=\"font-style: italic;\">La Gitane<\/span>. It is a stunning display\nof virtuosity that has become a &#8220;test&#8221; piece for all aspiring Gypsy\nguitarists. This live version was recorded in 1989. It has some\ninteresting variations not found in the more commonly heard 1960\nversion (see the CD: <a\nhref=\"https:\/\/shoppingcart.djangobooks.com\/Item\/gipsy_school\">Gipsy\nJazz School<\/a>).<br>\n<br>\nFrom the collection of Scot Wise.<br>\n<br>\nEnjoy!<br>\n<br>\n-Michael<br>\n<\/body>\n<\/html>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/archives\/tchan_tchou_la_gitane.mp3\">MP3: <i>La Gitane<\/i><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paul &#8220;Tchan Tchou&#8221; Vidal is the most respected musician of the &#8220;Southern&#8221; school of Gypsy guitar playing. Unlike Django who was a Manouche or Sinti Gypsy, Tchan Tchou was from the Gitane tribe which has roots in Spain. Hence, his music had a strong flamenco influence. He also absorbed other Mediterranean influences, most notably Corsican [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}