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The Road to Django

Friday, Jan. 24, 2025
8:00pm to 10:30pm

The Yardbird Suite
Tickets are under $50
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Jan.
24


The Road to Django celebrates the music of Django Reinhardt, the founder of what we know of as "hotclub jazz" and the music of the Roma.

Since the Romany people originated in India, the show follows the Roma trail from India to Spain and explores the music along the way. This show draws on a talented pool of musicians, each of whom provide their unique musicality and energy to make and shape this original and exciting show. The Road to Django was put together after Cam Neufeld attended the Django festival in Samois, France in 2010 that celebrated Django’s 100th birthday. That same year Cam traveled to India to explore the roots of Django’s music, continuing through the Balkans, Spain and France studying and composing music. Since then, Cam has made many more trips to India, Turkey and the Balkans playing and researching the music of the Roma. Many of the compositions in this show were written while traveling. Following the Roma trail from India through Persia, Turkey, the Balkans, and Spain, ending with the gypsy jazz of Django Reinhardt, this show will take you on a musical journey through exotic lands to the swing era of the Quintet of the Hotclub of France!

 

Band members Cam Neufeld, violin
Lisi Sommer, vocals
Billie Zizi, guitar and vocals
Roya Yazdahnmehr, vocals and dance
Steven Gevenich, guitar
Don Ross, clarinet
Caleb Hunt, bari-sax /violin
Jason Kodie, accordion
Keith Rempel, sousaphone / bass
Bramwell Park, percussion
Ahmed Al Auqaily, darbuka
Daniel Stadniki, drums

Guest musicians
Tamara Dorn, viola
Daniel Gervais, violin

Tickets will also be available at the door if not previously sold out online.

The Yardbird Suite

11 Tommy Banks Way
Edmonton, AB, T6E 2M2


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