DJANGO FESTIVAL ALLSTARS (DORADO SCHMITT, SAMSON SCHMITT, LUDOVIC BEIER, PIERRE BLANCHARD,...)

Distinctions :

Django Reinhardt a offert au monde un répertoire dont l’empreinte résonne sur tous les continents.
Coeur vibrant du jazz-manouche outre-Atlantique, le festival Django Reinhardt de New York se déroule chaque année au Birdland, mythique salle de jazz située à Manhattan.
Considéré le « Best Jazz show in town! » par le Wall Street Journal, l’événement compte parmi ses fans Leonardo di Caprio ou encore George Benson.
C’est grâce à l’impulsion de Pat Philips et Ettore Stratta producteurs historiques et passionnés du festival que ce disque voit le jour.
Enregistré live à New York par Jack Globenfelt et en studio à Paris, il rassemble les ambassadeurs incontournables du genre : Dorado et Samson Schmitt, Ludovic Beier, Doudou Cuillerier, Francko Mehrstein, Pierre Blanchard,… et invite Anat Cohen, la saxophoniste israélienne.
Regards croisés entre Nouveau Monde et Vieux Continent, cet album savoureux s’inscrit autant dans la pure tradition du jazz manouche, que dans son actualité à l’heure de la mon dialisation.
Augustin BONDOUX & Patrick FRÉMEAUX

Django Reinhardt gave the world a repertoire whose musical imprint found echoes on every continent.
And every year in New York, the legendary jazz club in Manhattan known as Birdland is the venue for the Django Reinhardt Festival, the beating heart of Gypsy Jazz across the ocean.
Considered by the Wall Street Journal as “The best jazz show in town!” the event draws fans like Leonardo di Caprio or George Benson, and now, thanks to Pat Philips and Ettore Stratta, the Festival’s historic enthusiast-producers, we have this record…
Recorded live in New York by Jack Globenfelt, and in studio in Paris, this album features the genre’s unavoidable ambassadors—Dorado and Samson Schmitt, Ludovic Beier, Doudou Cuillerier, Francko Mehrstein, Pierre Blanchard et al—with Israeli saxophonist Anat Cohen as guest artist.
Exchanging looks between the New and Old Worlds, this tasty album preserves the pure gypsy-jazz tradition in a contemporary context; this is global music.
Augustin BONDOUX & Patrick FRÉMEAUX

Press release

Three's a Crowd Records based in Irvington NY has licensed the recording Django Festival Allstars-live at Birdland & more to Paris based company
Fremaux & Associates for worldwide distribution. Distribution for Europe and Japan commenced in February and US and Canada is scheduled for April 1st.
The Django Allstars will be touring in June and November in support of the recording. Two weeks each month will be at Birdland in New York and five night are scheduled in June for the SF Jazz collective. This is the 16th annual tour of the Allstars including a closing concert at the Newport Jazz Festival last August.
The recording and tours are produced by Pat Phillips & Ettore Stratta and Jack Globenfelt was the Executive Producer of the recording.

DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE : LUDOVIC BEIER & PIERRE BLANCHARD

PRODUCTION FESTIVAL BIRDLAND : PAT PHILIPS & ETTORE STRATTA 

DORADO SCHMITT : LEAD GUITAR & VIOLIN • SAMSON SCHMITT : LEAD & RHYTHM GUITAR • LUDOVIC BEIER : ACCORDION & ACCORDINA • PIERRE BLANCHARD : VIOLIN • FRANCKO MEHRSTEIN & DOUDOU CUILLERIER : RHYTHM GUITAR • AMATI SCHMITT & BRONSON SCHMITT : LEAD GUITAR • XAVIER NIKQ : BASS • JISOO OK : CELLO • ANAT COHEN : SOPRANO SAX

SWING GITAN • FOR PIERRE • BALKANIC DANCE • NUAGES • VALSE EN EXIL • EL DORADO • MANOIR DE MES RÊVES • OUT OF NOWHERE • CAMPING CAR • SONG FOR ETTORE • BRONSON’S SONG • PAT’S WALTZ • THEM THEIR EYES  • MELISSA • BOSSA DORADO.