ARTS FIFTH AVENUE......... drum…...dance…..act……sing…...strum……discover the art within you
1628 5th Avenue Ft Worth, TX 76104 Ph: 817-923-9500 Email: artsfifthavenue@aol.com
Django
Reinhardt: FW Festival '08
…3 Nights of Film,
Live Music & French Ambience
Friday, Saturday & Sunday - January 25, 26 &
27 , 2008
$15 per night/3-night ticket
$30. We accept cash or checks.
RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED - Call: 817-923-9500, or email: artsfifthavenue@aol.com
to reserve your admission.
NEW THIS YEAR: WORKSHOPS IN DJANGO STYLE GUITAR & GRAPELLI STYLE VIOLIN & GYPSEY CHORDS
SEE DETAILS BELOW
FRIDAY & SATURDAY: Doors open at 6:30 pm, film at 7. SUNDAY: Doors open at 5:30 pm, film at 6. Live Music following films each evening. Ticket includes a sampling of French cuisine - other concession available by donation. Arts Fifth Avenue is located at the corner of 5th Ave & W. Allen in the Fairmount Southside Historic District of Ft Worth.
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About Django...
On January 23, 1910 in Liverchies, Belgium - the Gypsy Jazz King was born:
Jean Baptiste "Django"(pronounced John-go and meaning "To
Awake") Reinhardt. Django grew up in a Manouche gypsy camp and started
playing guitar at age 10. Later, he moved on to an old-fashioned banjo-guitar
and began playing Paris dancehalls before the age of 13. In 1928, his
trailer caught fire and he was severely burned; two fingers on his left
hand were seared together. Despite all odds, he was able to play guitar
again as he invented a new chord technique to allow him to play with only
2 fingers. In 1930, painter Emile Savitry first introduced Django to Jazz
- upon hearing jazz "he took his head in his hands and began to sob".
Jazz and Django were meant for each other…the rest is history. An
important influence on the likes of contemporary guitarists such as Les
Paul, Charlie Christian, B.B. King, Jerry Garcia, and Chet Atkins, in
1971, Django was elected by critics for induction into the Down Beat Magazine
Hall of Fame. Les Paul called Django "the greatest guitar player
that ever lived." Reinhardt died May 16, 1953 of a massive brain
hemorrhage
FRIDAY/JANUARY 25
FILM: "Djangomania" Written, Produced & Directed
by Jamie Kastner/A Cave 7 Production 2005, in association with Bravo Canada,
the Government of Canada and the Canadian Cable Industry.
MUSIC BY:
THE WALKING CONTRADICTIONS (GYPSY POP)
THE TEXAS GYPSIES: Steve Curry/guitar, Erik Swanson/guitar, John Hewitt/bass, Mark Menikos/violin
SATURDAY/JANUARY 26
Celebrating the birthday of Stephane Grapelli (Jan. 26, 1908 - Dec. 1, 1997). Most Django fans also know the name Stephane Grapelli because of his collaboration with Reinhardt in the Quintet of the Hot Club de France. Like Django, Grapelli was self-taught early on but later was trained as a classical musician first at the Isadora Duncan School and later at the Paris Conservatory. However at age 19 everything changed when he heard his 1st jazz recording by Lois Armstrong - "I discovered jazz and my vocation and kissed Amadeus good-bye." Always a musical adventurer, Grapelli is featured on the title cut of Pink Floyd's classic album "Wish You Were Here" released in 1975. Unlike Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli lived a long life remaining active until shortly before his death in 1997. "Music keeps me going…it has given me everything."
WORKSHOPS IN GYPSY JAZZ: SATURDAY 1/26/08
2:00- 3:15 With Gypsy Moon: Ray & Linda SriroGypsy Jazz Waltzes "Chording & Techniques" $20/$15 student ID & Seniors
4:00 - 5:00pm WITH THE YO! GADJO KING - SLIM RICHEY Approach to Rhtym & Lean Guitar - Django Style $25
FILM: Stephane Grappelli: "A
Life in the Jazz Century": Universal Classics/128 min
MUSIC BY:
GYPSY MOON: Ray & Linda Sriro/guitar
and
YO! GADJO - Slim Richey/guitar, MeauxJeaux/bass,
Katie Holmes/violin & Django Porter/guitar
SUNDAY/JANUARY 27
WORKSHOP: 2 - 3:30PM HOW TO PLAY & PRACTICE THE DJANGO/GRAPELLI STYLE - with Kim Platko & Steve Story $25
WORKSHOP: 4 - 5:30 PM GYPSY CHORDS
FILM: "Swing Guitar: The Genius of Django Reinhardt":EFOR Films/46 minutes & "Meeting with Grapelli"
MUSIC BY: DEUX POUR LE RUE: Kim Platko
- guitare Steve Story - violin
