Evan Christopher's Django a la Creole at The Concorde

DJANGO A LA CREOLE

In late August, 2005, the flooding after the wake of Hurricane Katrina left world class jazz clarinettist Evan Christopher and thousands of others without homes in New Orleans. With little more than his clarinet and a suitcase full of clothes, Christopher chose Paris for his exile where he formed his band Django a la Creole in 2007, inspired by the legendary guitarist Django Reinhardt's collaborations with New Orleans clarinettists in the 1930's.

Evan Christopher and his international band spice up the Hot Club sound pioneered by Djhango Reinhardt with blues, rhythms of Cuba, Brazil and the Caribbean and collective improvisation to create a glorious evening of New Orleans Jazz. ...

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DJANGO A LA CREOLE

In late August, 2005, the flooding after the wake of Hurricane Katrina left world class jazz clarinettist Evan Christopher and thousands of others without homes in New Orleans. With little more than his clarinet and a suitcase full of clothes, Christopher chose Paris for his exile where he formed his band Django a la Creole in 2007, inspired by the legendary guitarist Django Reinhardt's collaborations with New Orleans clarinettists in the 1930's.

Evan Christopher and his international band spice up the Hot Club sound pioneered by Djhango Reinhardt with blues, rhythms of Cuba, Brazil and the Caribbean and collective improvisation to create a glorious evening of New Orleans Jazz.

Django a la Créole has toured all over the US, UK, EU and the Far East, and their album Finesse won the 2010 Sunday Times Jazz Album of the Year.

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