Gitano (Seaside Swing, day 1 of 4)
Thu, 26 Sept
|Clevedon
Kicking off our weekend of Gypsy Jazz, Gitano are a gypsy jazz trio, comprising Charlie Rose on violin and keyboard, Graham Nicholls on guitar and Damian Pope on guitar and vocals.
Time & Location
26 Sept 2024, 20:30 – 23:00
Clevedon, 17 Old Church Rd, Clevedon BS21 6LU, UK
Guests
About the event
Seaside Swing - A Gypsy Jazz Extravaganza. To open for our weekend of Gypsy Jazz, we have Gitano:
Gitano were formed from a partership of Damian Pope and Graham Nicholls, originally jamming together as an acoustic duo. In around 1998 Damian was co running an acoustic club in Clevedon, a weekly performance session to help get players used to performing publicly, as well as gigging musicians road testing new material. During one of these Graham attended and played, and following this they discovered that they had a shared love of Gypsy Jazz music. Next they bought Gypsy Jazz style guitars and put together the start of a set, weaving in a few songs and jazz standards. Graham had been gigging with Charlie Rose, and from there Gitano was born.
Immerse yourself in Django Reinhardt's intoxicating sounds for the final Manouche fling of the summer. 4 days of superb 1930s style Parisian Jazz with evening concerts and all day jamming at the venue in separate spots. Outside too if the weather is kind, and it's all totally free!
Bring your instrument, join in with the jams, have a beer, watch, listen, play along, it's up to you. Then each evening a different gypsy jazz band will perform, the lineup:
Thursday evening - Gitano (Bristol)
Friday evening - La Vie en Rose (Exeter)
Saturday evening - Hot Flamingo (Yorkshire)
Sunday Evening - Clare Mactaggart Quartet (Bristol)
And of course daily hot hot hot jams from noon onwards, open to all!
We'll look to run Gypsy Jazz instrument workshops on Saturday morning if demand is there, please message to register your interest. These will incur a charge.
The Riff Corner is conveniently located right in the middle of this small seaside town near Bristol. There are campsites very near to the venue as well as air bnbs and hotels within reach for non locals.
Come along and enjoy some late summer Django joy!
Futher details about the rest of the weekend can be found here: https://www.theriffcorner.co.uk/event-details/seaside-swing-a-gypsy-jazz-extravaganza