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Django Reinhardt All-Stars Ft. Dorado Shmitt at Kuumbwa Jazz Center

Courtesy of Bennett Jackson | Posted on October 22, 2014

Where

Kuumbwa Jazz Center
320-2 Cedar Street
Santa Cruz, CA
Map
831-427-2227

When

Mon, November 17, 2014
7:00 pm

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Musicians

About

$30/Adv $35/Door

No Comp Tix

Sponsored by Drew Miller, Digital Benefits Advisors – Santa Cruz

Doors and dinner beginning at 6:00 PM

“Gypsy jazz at its finest…” – International Review of Music

Guitarist/violinist Dorado Schmitt is the finest contemporary purveyor of Django Reinhardt’s gypsy-jazz tradition. Schmitt acquired his musical skills while growing up amongst the Roma culture of France. Aside from a detour into rock music during his teen years, Schmitt has been a loyal acolyte of the Reinhardt musical legacy, characterized by the hard-charging swing rhythms of classic jazz, matched with streamlined melodies and sophisticated harmonies. Their latest album, 2012’s Live at Birdland, exemplifies how gypsy jazz has grown fresh in present times and displays Schmitt’s total mastery of the style....

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