As the proven antithesis to rigor mortis we are swinging in the podcast delightedly to 'Douce Ambiance' rendered so immaculately from The Aviary in their take on Django Reinhardt's 1943 number - Tobie Medland doing the Stéphane Grappelli lines to a tee with his confrères on Apparitions - Future Fable Records - guitarists Bim Williams, Sol Grimshaw and bassist Marcus Penrose. The rendition takes us back to hearing Grappelli himself in the Operetka - now the Roma - on Nowogrodzka in Warsaw where fine vessel of the music in periodical form Jazz Forum used to be based nestled high upstairs.
More reading on the same theme:
- Yvonne Bauer's inspired documentary about Tcha Limberger
- Harry Diplock and Jeremie Coullon live in Two For The Road at Ronnie Scott's
Sadly Le QuecumBar, London's only gypsy jazz nightly spot, closed down earlier this year
Tobie Medland, photo: press.
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