Evan Christopher’s Django A La Creole

One of the musical highlights of the festival thus far has been Evan Christopher's Django A La Creole gig in Set Theatre on Wednesday night. From the get go, Christopher made it clear that they weren't going to be a Django Reinhardt cover band but rather would be infusing the great jazz guitarists tunes with their own New Orlean's flavour. And even at that they managed to throw in a few Jelly Roll Morton tunes for good measure. A Reinhardt cover band they were most definitely not. They paid tribute to the work of the great man but it succeeded in being completely different. And anyway, they all had more fingers than Django Reinhardt. The two hour plus show certainly went down a treat on the night with plenty of foot stomping and quadromania in the air. There was a real party vibe in the air for the whole night, you could well have been in a hip Parisian bistro in the 1930's if you closed your eyes. It was a great gig and only further underlined the enduring appeal of Reinhardt's extensive back catalogue. Check out the video for a flavour of proceedings.  - J

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