DILLON — Pearl Django will perform in the Montana Western Lewis and Clark Room on Monday, Oct. 23 at 7:30 p.m.
The special evening of Hot Club style gypsy jazz music will include desserts and beverages.
Tickets are available at Bert’s CD’s for $15 with limited seating, call 683-9202.
Free tickets are available at the Student Senate office for Montana Western students.
The event is co-sponsored by the Southwest Montana Arts Council and the Associated Students of the University of Montana Western.
Celebrating more than 10 years in existence Pearl Django continues to be one of America’s most respected and busiest Hot Club style groups.
Their music reaches out across the divides of taste to a wide variety of audiences.
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The band’s fervent followers include Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli fans, guitar enthusiasts (and guitarists!), lovers of string music, including bluegrass devotees, who relish nimble, clean, intricate picking, “world music”, fans drawn to French and Gypsy accents, plus jazz buffs and aficionados of the new swing music.
Transcending simple categorization, Pearl Django packs in enthusiastic audiences at dancehalls and nightclubs, at folk music festivals and jazz festivals alike.
Voted favorite area jazz band 2003, by Seattle Weekly readers! “Pearl Django play(s) gypsy jazz…and they do it with such verve, skill and pleasure that they're pretty much irresistible to jazz and non-jazz listeners alike.” — Seattle Weekly
The focus of Pearl Django was, and is, to incorporate the music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli with American swing music.
They quickly expanded to a quintet, adding a violinist and a third guitarist. In 1999, along with the release of their third and fourth CDs, the group incorporated their own record label, Modern Hot Records. At about the same time, MHR signed a national distribution agreement with City Hall Records in San Rafael, California. The October 2000 release of Avalon put the group on the national map with seven weeks of Gavin top-forty airplay and sales of 11,000 copies. In May 2001, Pearl Django was featured on All Things Considered. In June 2002, Pearl Django performed at the prestigious Festival Django Reinhardt in Samois sur Seine, just outside of Paris, France.
Pearl Django has six CD's available including Swing 48 - 2003, Under Paris Skies - 2002, Avalon - 2000 (over 13,000 copies sold), Souvenirs - 1999, Mystery Pacific - 1999 and New Metropolitan Swing - 1997. They are coming to Dillon after performing at The Sun Valley Jazz jamboree on October 19 - 22. You can find out more about this exciting group on their website at www.pearldjango.com
“If Paris is the city of love, then Pearl Django's music is the flirtatious accompaniment.”
-6Moons.com (review of Under Paris Skies)
