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Track listings

CD 1

1. Festival introduction (Sylvia - with apologies for the sound quality!) 3’45

Fleur de Paris

2. Menilmontant (C. Trenet) 4’20

3. Romance De Paris (L. Chauliac, C. Trenet) 3’20

4. Serenade Sans Espoir (H. Halifax, A. Hornez, M. Weersma) 3’48

5. La Vie En Rose (L. Gugliemi, E. Piaf) 4’50

Sebastien Giniaux, Ducato Piotrowski, Pete Kubryk-Townsend

6. Hungaria (D. Reinhardt) 3’37

7. Melodie Au Crepuscule (D. Reinhardt) 4’48

8. Clair De Lune (J. Kosma) 6’12

9. Montagne St Genevieve (D. Reinhardt) 2’37

Tcha Limberger Trio

10. O Letchto Kurko (S. Reinhardt) 5’26

11. Djinee Tu Kova Ziro (T. Winterstein) 5’10

12. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues (H. Arlen, T. Koehler) 4’35

13. Kei Kas Kan Miri Pirni (Traditional) 4’56

14. Dui Dui (Traditional) 1’37

15. Interview with Tcha Limberger 4’31

Tracks 1 to 9 recorded on Sunday 17th January 2010

Tracks 10 to 15 recorded on Tuesday 19th January 2010

CD2

Ritary Gaguenetti, Paulus Schäfer, Andy Aitchison, Ducato Piotrowski and Noah Schäfer

1. My Blue Heaven (W. Donaldson, W. Whiting) 5’38

2. Djangology (S. Grappelli, D. Reinhardt) 5’40

3. Manoir De Mes Rêves (D. Reinhardt) 9’19

4. Limehouse Blues (P. Braham) 3’48

Biel Ballester Trio

5. My Sweet (S. Grappelli, D. Reinhardt) 2’30

6. Midnight Blue (K. Burrell) 3’26

7. Avanti (B. Ballester) 3’45

8. Centuries Ago (B.Ballester) 3’46

Kussi Weiss Quintet

9. Them There Eyes (M. Pinkard, D. Tauber, W. Tracey) 5’00

10. Close To You (B. Bacharach, H. David) 4’14

11. All Of Me (G. Marks, S. Simons) 4’50

12. Close Your Eyes (B. Petkere) 5’04

13. Interview with Biel Ballester 3’28

Tracks 1 to 4 recorded on Wednesday 20th January 2010

Tracks 5 to 8 & 13 recorded on Thursday 21st January 2010

Tracks 9 to 12 recorded on Friday 22nd January 2010

CD3

1. Django’s birthday introduction (Sylvia) 2’20

Lollo Meier, Ritary Gaguenetti, Kussi Weiss, Hugo Richter, Andy Crowdy

2. Django’s Tiger (S. Grappelli, D. Reinhardt) 6’32

3. Swing 48 (D. Reinhardt) 9’09

4. Some Of These Days (S. Brooks) 7’50

5. Nuages (D. Reinhardt) 6’29

Lollo Meier, Ritary Gaguenetti, Feigeli Prisor, Wattie Rosenberg, Sani van Mullem

6. Daphne (D. Reinhardt) 5’37

7. I Love You (H. Archer, H. Thompson) 5’50

8. Last night introduction (Sylvia) 3’55

Stochelo Rosenberg, Lollo Meier, Ritary Gaguenetti, Wattie Rosenberg, Sani van Mullem

9. Belleville (D. Reinhardt) 7’54

Stochelo Rosenberg, Ritary Gaguenetti, Wattie Rosenberg, Sani van Mullem

10. Relaxing at Camarillo (C. Parker) 6’29

11. Coquette (J. Green, G. Kahn, C. Lombardo) 5’36

12. Festival 48 (D. Reinhardt) 4’43

13. Double Jeu (S. Rosenberg) 5’08

14. Interview with Stochelo Rosenberg 1’40

Tracks 1 to 5 recorded on Saturday 23rd January 2010

Tracks 6 and 7 recorded on Sunday 24th January 2010

Tracks 8 to 14 recorded on Monday 25th January 2010

Kussi Weiss Quintet:

The Quintet’s elegant arrangements not only add sizzle to the classical Gypsy swing repertoire, but also rejuvenate non-Gypsy songs. They have all played together since childhood and it shows! Combining their unique styles with Latin American and Spanish accents, the musicians honour Django Reinhardt with original arrangements of his music. Sadly Kussi’s regular bass player, Dietmar Osterburg, could not attend and David Miles stood inThe Quintet’s elegant arrangements not only add sizzle to the classical Gypsy swing repertoire, but also rejuvenate non-Gypsy songs. They have all played together since childhood and it shows! Combining their unique styles with Latin American and Spanish accents, the musicians honour Django Reinhardt with original arrangements of his music. Sadly Kussi’s regular bass player, Dietmar Osterburg, could not attend and David Miles stood in.

Tcha Limberger Trio: This remarkable trio delivers a powerful melange of traditional Gypsy music with instrumentals and haunting vocals. Their songs of love, loss, longing and other triumphs and disasters of the heart cast a spell that, once heard, can never be forgotten. Tcha’s songs, sung in Romanes, are difficult to translate and as Tcha himself explained, the essence of the Gypsy songs that he performs is not really in their meaning or lyrics, but in the way they make the singer sing. Sadly Tcha’s father, Vivi Limberger could not make the festival due to ill health (Dave Kelbie stood in at the last minute and did a sterling job). We all missed Vivi and wish him well and hope to see him here soon.

SPONSORS/SUPPORTERS: Many thanks to all the contributors and supporters who recognised the cultural value of the festival and helped to make it happen, many assisting their countrymen to attend the festival. This commemorative CD pack was only made possible by Jeremy O’Sullivan of the European Commission Representation in the UK who supported and contributed to the production of the CDs and recognised the festival’s contribution to promoting the culture of the Romani people, Europe’s oldest minority and still one of its most marginalised. Without their help these CDs would not exist. Thanks also to workshop venue providers: The Royal Dance Academy (Battersea), Institute Francaise (London), Thomas School (Battersea) and Jazz Cafe Posk (Hammersmith). We are unable to name all the people here who helped in so many ways but we thank them all, they are all remembered and highly valued. Brian Potts (USA), Mark & Rose Wojcik (UK) & Martin Christie - Music Garden (UK) all loyal fans and supporters of the festival and Gypsy Swing.

THANK YOU to all the heroes who played their part and made this happen: The festival and these recordings are offered as a labour of love to Gypsy music and Gypsy musicians. We are honoured to have this opportunity of bringing their music to the attention of the wider public, and in so doing make a small contribution to ensure that their community and its culture are given the recognition they deserve. We are grateful to them all for sharing their music with us, and for all the good times. Opre Romale! Respect and thanks to the thirty-four musicians who accepted our invitation and gathered here from across Europe and allowed their music to be recorded. They truly made the festival the success it deserved; without them there would not have been one. Gratitude and heartfelt thanks to everyone who made this dream happen and worked so hard to make Django Reinhardt’s 100th birthday festival and commemorative CDs a reality - you all have a place in our hearts. Sylvia Rushbrooke Festival creator/ producer, owner of Le QuecumBar festival venue CD design and Director of Le Q Records. Monika Kroll and Kevin Smith of Le Q Records who contributed time and energy for free and assisted in numerous ways in making this event the success it was and helped with everything else that made this product what it is. Dylan Fowler: Stiwdio Felin Fach, Abergavenny - www.taithrecords.co.uk A talented and empathetic professional live recording engineer, Dylan also mixed and mastered the whole shebang with enthusiastic helpers Monika Kroll and Kevin Smith of Le Q Records. Thanks also to Ducato Piotrowski, a prince amongst men; one of the UK’s finest rhythm guitarists, QuecumBar Allstar and festival attendee. His finely tuned ears were invaluable and helped us capture that je ne sais quoi. Philip Volkers: energetic, talented top photographer who with the help of more than a few Margaritas had the stamina and enthusiasm to attend all nine nights and capture magic moments, which he generously donated. www.philipvolkers.com Christoph Steger: who filmed the whole festival and interviewed musicians, an opportunity too good to miss. Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist gegen Spambots geschützt! JavaScript muss aktiviert werden, damit sie angezeigt werden kann. Simon Weir: The Classical Recording Company, who understood the soul of what we do and fulfilled the CD project on time, with grace and charm. www.classicalrecording.com Jimmy-Elie Maury: headed up the utterly brilliant Le QuecumBar’s A-team of regular international staff at the festival: Olivia, Joe, Scottie, Pooja, Martha, Jehanne, Isabela and Jarick all who worked tirelessly making the show go on, night after night, making every night special for each and every person, and of course loving the music - perks of the job! They can be heard on the CDs, honking the horn with gusto - fame at last!