8pm. Lisa Lui quartet (Two acoustic guitars violin and upright bass)
9pm Franglais (Voice, archtop guitar, acoustic guitar, upright bass)
10pm Sami Arefin Trio (Two acoustic guitars and upright bass)
A holiday celebration inspired by the music of Django Reinhardt featuring 3 top bands in the style of Gypsy jazz playing holiday songs and classic tunes. Experience a modern interpretation of this classic swinging style in an evening affair to be remembered.
Franglais:
Relentlessly creative, yet seriously old guard, Franglais is one of the best and most interesting Gypsy jazz bands in the United States. Founded in 2004 after a trip to the Django Reinhardt Jazz festival in Samois-Sur-Seine, France. Performing at that very festival 10 later!, Franglais sounds like jazz in the Sinti camps yet creative and beautiful solos from the front line make their music distinctly American.
Lisa Lui:
Lisa Liu is a guitarist based in Brooklyn, NY. She plays gypsy jazz, folk, rock, and solo guitar. Liu is an Artist Ambassador for Santa Cruz Guitar Company, Sadowsky Guitars, and Krivo Pickups. Liu has been published in Acoustic Guitar Magazine and has performed and taught alongside Mimi Fox, Martin Taylor and John Knowles CGP. She is a Teaching Artist at TrueFire and Django and June, and has also been an Artist In Residence at The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.
Sami Arefin Trio:
bio coming soon
