my presentation on "Gypsy Jazz: why it rocks your socks off & you want to be groupies without even knowing it," to be given at the Ignite Portland 9 event (http://www.igniteportland.com, @igniteportland on twitter) on September 23rd, 2010, at the Bagdad Theater in Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.

1. Gypsy Jazz
Why it rocks your
socks off & you wanna
be groupies without
even knowing it
Faddah Steve Yuetsu Wolf (& Co.)
Ignite Portland 9 - September 23rd, 2010

2. Django Reinhardt Stephane Grappelli
1910 - 1953 1908 - 1997

3. Young Django
✤ Born on border
between Belgium &
France
✤ Baptized “Jean
Baptiste Reinhardt”
✤ Romani/Gypsy Name
“Django” is a verb: “I
Awaken.”
✤ The Guitar Buddha!
✤ Started Playing
“Bal-Musette” on
Banjo Guitar

4. Hot Jazz in
1920s Paris
Django’s “ach moune” or “frere,”
Louis Armstrong.
Tragedy! Fire in his Caravan at age
18. Spent 18 months in “hospital
for the poor,” Lariboisiere in the
North of Paris.

5. Django retrained
himself to play
with just two
fingers
Django allowing Edith Piaf to
examine his injured hand.

6. Birth of
Le Hot
Club de
France

7. We love it when some really Hot Jazz comes together...

8. The Type of Guitar
Django & his brother
Nin-Nin made famous
were Selmer Brand
Maccaferri’s.
Django’s guitar he gifted to Les Paul
“Petite Bouche” - Small hole
“Grande Bouche” - Large “D”-hole

9. Some Modern Gypsy Jazz Virtuosos
Dorado & Samson Schmitt
Trio Rosenberg Robin Nolan
Tchavalo Schmitt
Kruno Spisic
Jimmy Rosenberg John Jorgenson
Biréli Lagrène
Gonzalo Bergara
(with Quartet)

10. Some Great North American Hot Clubs
Billet Deux
Hot Club of San Francisco
Hot Club Sandwich
Pearl Django Van Django
Hot Club of Detroit
Ameranouche

11. Our Own Local Portland Hot Clubs
12th Avenue Hot Club
Kung Pao Chickens
Pete Krebs Trio
The Well Swung Gypsies
Swing Papillion
Djangophiles

12. Django has influenced countless musicians
Countless well-
known guitarists have
cited the influence of
Django and Gypsy Jazz
on their style.
Dizzy Gillespie with
Stephane & Django
Charlie Christian Chet Atkins
Les Paul with Django
Carlos Santana
Jerry Garcia George benson
??? WTF?!

13. For the readers: books on
Django & Gypsy Jazz
Django: The Life and Music Django Reinhardt and the
of a Gypsy Legend Illustrated History of
by Michael Dregni Gypsy Jazz
ISBN: 019516752x (HC) by Michael Dregni
0195304489 (PB) ISBN: 193310810x

14. Pretty
Swingin’, So
Far, Ain’t It? ! Am7! ! ! ! Dm7! ! !
5th
fret
! E7
For the guitarists in the 5th
fret
10th
fret
audience, here is the guitar
tab for “Minor Swing” for A Harmonic Minor Scale
you to play at home.
☞ 5th
fret

15. Some further reading on
Django & Gypsy Jazz
Django Reinhardt Gypsy Jazz: in search of
by Charles Delaunay Django Reinhardt and the
ISBN: 030680171x Soul of Gypsy Swing
(Other Editions: by Michael Dregni
0950622451, 095062246x) ISBN: 0195311922

16. Some useful Gypsy Jazz Links
Django books — lead supplier of play-
along books, guitar instruction books,
CDs & DVDs.
http://www.djangobooks.com
http://www.gypsyjazz.net/ — another top
purveyor of books, CDs, DVDs & musical
instruments.
Jouer avec “Nuages de Swing” — MP3
play-alongs & chord grilles for most
standards.
http://nuagesdeswing.free.fr/
More gypsy jazz grille charts —
http://www.guitarejazzmanouche.com/
Our local PDX Gypsy Jazz yahoo group —
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/
pdxdjazz/

17. Festival Django Reinhardt
Samois-sur-Seine, France
Original Gypsy Jazz Festival,
every year in June, south of
Paris at Samois-sur-Seine, where
Django lived. It features both
great shows & jams with the
artists after shows.
http://www.festivaldjangoreinhardt.com/

18. DjangoFest
A gathering in the u.s.
of some of the best
gypsy jazz players in the
world, in Laguna Beach,
Mill Valley & Whidbey
Island near Seattle
http://www.djangofest.com
Whidbey Island
Djangofest happens this
weekend, with Jams all
over the city of Langley!

19. Portland has its own
Gypsy Jazz Community
join the “PDXDJAZZ” yahoo group to find
out about local gigs & jams
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/pdxdjazz/

20. Latcho Drom!
(That’s Romani/Gypsy for “Safe Journey.”)
Faddah Steve Yuetsu Wolf:
@yuetsu on twitter
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/pdxdjazz
This Presentation:
http://www.slideshare.net/faddah/
Special Thanks — Pete Krebs: http://petekrebs.net/