"Django in June" (instrumental)
6 of 7 - Tangled Roots Project

This is the sixth track of my Tangled Roots project.

I grew up both in Belgium and the US, and my dad loved and listened to all kinds of music. He introduced me to the music of Django Reinhardt, and the Hot Club of France. I have always had a great interest in and affection for Gypsy Jazz, or Jazz Manouche as it's called in French. It is an incredible hybrid of Roma, European, and American influences.

"Django in June" is New England's premier occasion to celebrate, study and just plain enjoy the musical tradition associated with this music. There is Django Camp, which gives musicians the opportunity to immerse themselves for 5 days under the tutelage of world-class artists from both sides of the Atlantic, on the campus of Smith College in Northampton, MA. Locals and many visitors attend a grand finale of weekend concerts at the historic Academy of Music in downtown Northampton, MA. We go every year, and have seen and met (Tim Kliphuis in particular!) some of the Gypsy Jazz RealTracks contributors who are featured in BiaB.

I can't really play this music at any level of proficiency, but I can write changes, so I put together this song and arrangement in BiaB (with the most post-edits in Logic Pro X of any track in this series) as a tribute!

Guitar: 1201: Guitar, Acoustic, Soloist GypsyJazzFastGonzalo Sw 220 (Gonzalo Bergara)
Guitar: 1203: Guitar, Acoustic, Soloist GypsyJazzFastJohn Sw 220 (John Jorgenson)
Guitar: 1198: Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm GypsyJazzFastGonzalo Sw 220 (Gonzalo Bergara)
Guitar: 2404: Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm GypsyFolk Sw 190 (Quinn Bachand)
Violin: 1196: Fiddle, Soloist GypsyJazzFast Sw 220 (Tim Kliphuis)
Bass: 400: Bass, Acoustic, Jazz Ray Sw 160 (Jodi Proznick)
Drums: JazzBrushes#1 (Craig Scott)
Composition & Arrangement: MW Gilbert

https://soundcloud.com/mwgilbert/tangled-roots-ep-06-django-in-june

Background of the Tangled Roots Project - please see:
http://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=306755#Post306755

Please look for the other tracks in this series (under the posts section of my profile info). One last one to come after this.

As always, thanks so much for listening!

- MWG

http://www.mwgilbert.com