- country:USA
- region:New Orleans
- style(s):Jazz, Swing
- label:Lejazzetal
- type:Band
- gender:male
- instrumentation:instrumental, string, woodwind, guitar
- artist posted by:Lejazzetal
Line up
- Dave Kelbie (Guitar)
- Don Vappie (Guitar)
- Evan Christopher (Clarinet)
- Sebastien Girardot (Double Bass)
Links
SUNDAY TIMES jazz album of the year 2010
SUNDAY TIMES top 10 jazz albums of 2014
DAILY TELEGRAPH top 30 jazz albums of 2014
THE SCOTSMAN top 10 jazz albums of 2014
CTLIVE top 10 jazz albums of 2014
OFFBEAT MAGAZINE top 50 Louisiana Album Releases Of 2014
JAZZTIMES top 50 CDs of 2014
Annual Jazz Critics Poll 2014
European Gypsy swing with the music and rhythms of New
Orleans, the Caribbean and Brazil. Clarinettist, Evan
Christopher is possibly the world’s finest clarinetist. He
combines virtuosity and immaculate taste with a strong root in
New Orleans jazz. Elegant and impassioned, Evan's style is
steeped in the tradition of early jazz masters such as Sidney
Bechet, Jimmie Noone, and Barney Bigard. With guitarists
David Blenkhorn and Dave Kelbie, and bassist Sebastien
Girardot, he celebrates the music of the legendary Django
Reinhardt and enlivens swing-era classics with fresh
interpretations and virtuosic improvisation.
Their first CD, Django à la Créole was released to much worldwide acclaim.
The 2nd, ‘Finesse’ was the 2010 Sunday Times jazz album of the year!
"A forthright sound and a hungry energy" NEW YORK TIMES
"...is, in my estimation, not only the greatest jazz clarinetist alive, but one of the greatest of all time" AHMET ERTEGUN, FOUNDING CHAIRMAN OF ATLANTIC RECORDS
"Is there a more graceful band at work at the moment?" CLIVE DAVIS - SUNDAY TIMES
The Scotsman
20.04.2008 - Django A La Creole
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CDs invoking the memory of the great gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt and his recorded output are ten a penny, but this one has star quality in the shape of the charismatic and flamboyant American clarinettist Evan Christopher a favourite at recent Edinburgh and Nairn festivals. With an international, Reinhardt-style trio (Australian Dave Blenkhorn and Briton Dave Kelbie on guitars and Frenchman Sebastien Giradot on bass), Christopher serves up his exuberant and passionate interpretations of mainly Djangly numbers.
ALISON KERR
