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REGULAR PERFOMERS AT LE QUECUMBAR
BENOIT VIELLEFON & HIS ORCHESTRA 1920-40’s French swing, musette, Latin
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CHARLES ALEXANDER AND ANDY ROBINSON: Fantastic jazz from these QuecumBar regulars.
CLUB TABOU: Gypsy swing ensemble and shameless promoters of the Django sound.
MAZAIKA: Violin/accordian ensemble, featuring QuecumBar regulars Sarah Harrison and Igor Outkine
METRO SWING: Gypsy swing guitar duo with vocals.
ANDREA QUINTARELLI: Unique fusion of jazz and Middle-Eastern melodies.
RYTHME FUTUR: “Adrenaline fuelled Romany jazz” from this trio featuring regular bass player George Trebar.
PETE ‘TIGER’ SHEPPARD: Fast and furious Django style guitar. Pete is a resident artist, playing on the first Saturday of each month.
HEATHER SIMMONS: 1920s and 1930s jazz from this wonderful chanteuse.
TERZA RIMA: Two guitars and multi-percussion, playing covers and original compositions with a wide range of influence.
VIPER’S DREAM: Two guitars and double bass with varied influences.
YOKA: Dutch singer, jazz blues and cabaret. See Yoka at Le Q with The Land Girls.
AM KETENES: Gypsy band playing Django Reinhardt acoustic music alongside Gypsy songs in Romanes (Gypsy language).
FIESTA FLAMENCA: Fantastic flamenco rhythms and style.
TIM KLIPHUIS: Grappelli-style jazz violin from the Netherlands.
REVE BOHEME: Modern jazz in the Django manner from Denmark.
TOLGA TRIO: Italian trio bringing a fresh and contemporary approach to the Django style.
ALEXANDRE CAVALIERE: Gypsy jazz violin.
TITI DEMETER: Authentic Gypsy jazz guitarist.
CHRISTIAN GARRICK: Jazz violin, QuecumBar entertainer and quartet leader.
HULLABALOO: European swing band.
JAZZ PARTOUT: Gypsy swing from Finland, with good biographical pages.
THE KREMLINAIRES: “World leaders in Soviet Swing and Bolshevik Boogie”. A site to be visited.
BIRELI LAGRENE: Virtuoso Gypsy jazz guitarist.
MANOUCHE: Gypsy jazz trio based in south-west England.
DANIEL JOHN MARTIN : Jazz violinist & singer
MINOR SWING: The Gypsy sound.
MIKE PIGGOTT: Very well-received hot club violinist.
MODJANGO: Father and son Gypsy swing due from the Wirral, Merseyside.
NUAGES DE SWING: Jazz band in the tradition of the Quintette du Hot Club de France.
RODOLPHE RAFFALLI: French swing guitarist.
RAISA: “Dutch Gypsy jazz trio”.
DORADO SCHMITT: Gypsy jazz guitarist.
SINTI SWING QUARTET: Classic and contemporary Gypsy jazz, featuring French Gypsy guitarists Sébastien and Youri Felix, American jazz violinist John Intrator, and French bass player Bernard Chalon.
SWING GITAN: Gypsy jazz band.
BILLY THOMPSON: Jazz violin and violin improvisation.
JAZZ RESOURCES
DJANGO REINHARDT SWING PAGE: All you need to know about swing in one site.
THE GYPSY JAZZ CHORD BOOK: Full chord listings for Django masterpieces.
JAZZ SERVICES: A one-stop shop for everything jazz.
JAZZ BREAK: French jazz fanzine.
GYPSY JAZZ GUITAR: Website for the Gypsy jazz community.
JAZZWISE: Online jazz publication with extras.
GADJO DROM: Information about Gypsy jazz/manouche in Europe. (This link gives English translation of the original French site. Click here to see it in French).
HOT CLUB NEWS: German Hot Club resource site (with English option).
THE GUITAR GUY: Chords and lyrics for many songs.
DJANGO REINHARDT INTERNATIONAL: A collection of Django resources.
JAZZ PARTOUT: Gypsy swing from Finland, with good biographical pages.
HOT CLUB COPENHAGEN: Home page of the Danish Django Reinhardt Society.
HOT CLUB LINKS: Dutch site offering links to Hot Club and related sites worldwide.
DJANGO STATION: French website about Django’s music and the Gypsy swing world.
HOT CLUB RECORDS: Dedicated hot club record label, distributed in many countries.
JAZZ HOT: French jazz magazine.
HOT CLUB DE FRANCE HOLLAND FOUNDATION: Dutch Hot Club foundation.
CLUB-DJANGO: A monthly club (based in Cornwall) for acoustic musicians interested in Gypsy swing and the music of Django Reinhardt.
STICHTING HOT CLUB DE FRANCE: Dutch website dedicated to the music of Django Reinhardt.
GIGS AND GOING OUT
JAZZ IN LONDON: Online version of the dedicated listings magazine.
ALLGIGS.CO.UK: Gigs, venues, bands… the lot.
UP MY STREET: Find out what’s going on in your area. Entertainment, services and information.
WEB JAZZ GUIDE: Search for jazz gigs and venues.
MY WANDSWORTH: Everything you need to know about the local area.
VIEW LONDON: Guide to going out in the capital.
BEAUFORT JAZZ: Monthly open-mic jazz session in Ormskirk, Lancashire, UK
INTERESTING THINGS & CURIOSITIES
GODEFROY MARUEJOUL: Handcrafted guitars in London by a Frenchman, popular with Gypsy players such as Lollo Meier
FESTIVAL DE JAZZ DJANGO REINHARDT: A Mecca for Django fans the world over.
JOHN LE VOI GYPSY JAZZ GUITARS: Handcrafted guitars.
L’ESPRIT MANOUCHE: Gypsy jazz festival to be held July 2004.
INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FOUNDATION: To take place July August 2004
THE GUITAR GUY: Chords and lyrics for many songs.
GERRIT VAN BERGEIJK: Handcrafted guitars from Holland.
INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FOUNDATION: Charitable organisation dedicated to the promotion and education of the guitar.
STRINGBUSTERS: Sponsors of our Tuesday night Gypsy jazz jam session.
ROYAL GYPSY JAZZ GUITARS: Handcrafted Gypsy jazz guitars on the south coast of England.
TRAD MUSIC: The fastest-growing traditional music community on the internet.
FIDDLING AROUND: Everything about violins, lovingly created and maintained by versatile violinist Chris Haigh.
HOT CLUB RECORDS: Dedicated hot club record label, distributed in many countries.
HANK’S GUITAR SHOP: New and used acoustic guitars including Selmer. London, UK.
RADIO HEYNOW: Internet radio station, broadcasting in the English and Polish languages.
AJL GUITARS: Finnish purveyor of guitar accessories.
HONG FANG ZI: French restaurant in Shanghai. Jazz manouche every Thursday.
GUITAR CDS: Created to help musicians reach a wider market and enable guitarists to sell their CDs worldwide, and to offer a one-stop shop for fans of all genres of guitar music.
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