the forecast for
Toronto music lovers!
Having delighted Sunday strollers with their impromptu musical performances on the boardwalk, Club Django Toronto, the culprit behind this recent heat wave, is taking its finger snapping, foot tapping music indoors!
"Well, we take requests but you can be pretty sure that's one song you won't hear us play..." patiently explains André "Pappy" Séguinot, founding member of the band, "...you see, Club Django Toronto plays Gypsy Swing, a particular style of jazz created in the 1930s when Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stéphane Grappelli got together and formed the Quintet of the Hot Club de France."
have since emulated the music of these wonderful musicians and Club Django, now in its second year of existence, brings the contagious sound of Gypsy Swing to Toronto audiences!
"Where do
you guys
play???"
...asks an enthusiastic audience member during one of Club Django Toronto's concerts. "Here!" replies rhythm guitarist Tony Oldland, to the general laughter of the audience. In reality, "here" has included venues such as the Toronto Du Maurier Jazz festival, the Art Gallery of Ontario and Aylmer's Jazz Festival. There was also the tentative "booking" by Toronto's police for allegedly busking without a permit, but that's another story...
"Hey! I know that song!"
"But of course you do Monsieur!!!" replies André (whose charming French accent will have you run for your cell phone and book a one way ticket
to Paris!)."... you know, continues
At the Guild
Inn.
From left
to right:
André,
John, Abbey,
Jonathan,
Tony & Fabrice
"You lucky blighters..."
Steve Royall, British authority
on Gypsy Swing, writes about
Club Django: "...a great resource
for you lucky blighters in Toronto!" but don't take his word for it, find out
for yourself!
From "Garden
Parties" to "Black
Tie affairs",
Club Django Toronto will
turn your event
into a Special Event!
So find out
more by calling André at (416) 699-6342 or send him an e-mail
at andre@clubdjangotoronto.com