We’re thrilled to announce that, not only will Django’s Tiger be performing at the Cambridge Jazz Festival for the third year running, but we are in the official programme, supporting international superstar Robin Nolan!
Robin Nolan trio.
See here for the CJF Programme page relating to this special gig – the first time a gypsy jazz act has been booked to headline an event at CJF.
And here’s Bei Mir Bist Du Shein. Before this gig I had known this as Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen, and supposed it to be German in origin. Someone who knew better pointed out that the original song was Yiddish. I’ve also seen it entitled Bei Mir Bistu Shein.
Well then. The cutting room pixies have been busy on the footage from the Saffron Hall gig in March. They have come up with this version of Sheik of Araby. This might not be the final cut, but I think it’s got the spirit! This in the run up to the Robin Nolan Trio concert at Cambridge Jazz Festival on Saturday 25 November (get your tickets in folks, time is running short!)
Video editing credit: Fabian Bonner
Well this happened all the way back in March, but is only now gracing the cutting room. Here is an early cut of “All of Me” thanks to the funky ministrations of Mr Fabian Bonner.
Oh, and last minute plugs for this: https://www.cambridgejazzfestival.info/robin-nolan-trio and this: https://www.facebook.com/cambridgedjangofest/. 5 days to go!
Video editing credit: Fabian Bonner
In the run up to the Robin Nolan Trio concert at Cambridge Jazz Festival (get your tickets in folks, time is running short!) here’s a further clip from my interview with Robin, talking about his residential workshop program.
Countdown to Cambridge Jazz Festival! Damian & Louis visited Julian Clover at Cambridge 105 for an interview and session to promote the upcoming concert with Robin Nolan Trio on 25 November
Listen to the recording of the session here
Countdown to Cambridge Jazz Festival gig! Here’s a preview in the form of a clip from a recent concert at Saffron Hall.
Django’s Tiger recently had the good fortune to cross over with Robin Nolan in Amsterdam and took the opportunity to chat to him about how the recent developments in his repertoire have been going down with audiences, and what he will be bringing to the 2017 Cambridge Jazz Festival performance on 25 November.
I started by asking him how audiences have been reacting to his new material:
We moved on to the role of original material on the current setlist:
The conversation turned to what it is special about the Amsterdam Gypsy Jazz scene:
And how was this year’s Django Reinhardt festival in Fontainebleau?
And his first ever visit?
The formation of his first GJ band Trio de Samois:
And what it’s like to get your first Gypsy Jazz guitar:
More coming soon! Watch this space!
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