vrijdag 31 december 2010

My grandmother wishes you a Swinging 2011!!!

A marvelous story my grandmother often tells me about Django Reinhardt:

As a young girl during world war II she used to live in Toulouse in the South of France. One night she and her sister in law broke the curfew the occupying Germans had ordered. Pretending to be officer's wives they snook in to an auditorium where Django was performing for the German military forces.
Here eyes still sparkle every time she talks about the wonderful music Django played that night!

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zondag 26 december 2010

Documentary

Het Thomas Baggerman Trio - "Minor Swing" by D.Reinhardt from Alexander Koning on Vimeo.


So I thought I'd post a little sneak preview from my new project in wich I combine my passion about Gypsy Jazz with my love for documentary filmmaking. In this clip my guitar teacher Thomas Baggerman and his Trio (who are some of the main characters in the film) play theire version of Django's "Minor Swing".

www.thomasbaggermantrio.com


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