Join Freight & Salvage in celebrating the life and music of Django Reinhardt with four days of shows and workshops. Festival Artistic Director Paul Mehling and The Freight’s Artistic Director Peter Williams have assembled an all-star, international lineup of musicians. All shows take place at Freight & Salvage in the Littlefield Room, our state of the art listening room
Django Reinhardt (January 23, 1910 – May 16, 1953) was a Manouche (French Roma) child-prodigy who became a master musician at a very early age, possibly the first guitar virtuoso in jazz. Mostly known for his guitar virtuosity, he is also regarded as the originator of the musical genre Jazz Manouche, where the guitar is front and center (in contrast to most other kinds of jazz of his time where brass instruments were usually playing the melodies and solos). Reinhardt created the Hot Club de France Quintet, with a format still used in the genre with all acoustic stringed instruments.
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SHOWS
Django A Gogo
featuring Stephane Wrembel, Simba Baumgartner, and Aurore Voilqué
THURSDAY, JANUARY 18 • DOORS: 6:00 PM | SHOW: 7:00 PM
Pasquale Grasso Quartet
Lulu Swing
The Hot Club of San Francisco
Come early and jam with the Bay Area’s own Djangatos in our lobby from 5:45pm-6:55pm
FRIDAY, JANUARY 19 • DOORS: 6:00 PM | SHOW: 7:00 PM
Olli Soikkeli
Tatiana Eva-Marie & Avalon Jazz Band
The Hot Club of San Francisco
Come early and jam with the Bay Area’s own Djangatos in our lobby from 5:45pm-6:55pm