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Mick Shoulders Swing Manouche and special guest Daniel John Martin
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Tuesday 9th February 8.00pm (Doors 7.30pm)
Tuesday Live at The Cafe
with Mick Shoulder's Swing Manouche and special guest Daniel John Martin.
£6.00 (£5.00 in advance from the Cafe 0191 2229882
A return visit for Mick Shoulders new band Swing Manouche, this time hosting a star guest, the French violinist, vocalist and host of the famous Paris jazz club Aux Petits Joueurs, Daniel John Martin. A unique and charismatic performer and one of the most talented and sought after violinists of his generation, Daniel has played with such world Gypsy guitar greats as Angelo DeBarre, Romane, and Noe Reinhardt.
Swing Manouche are a hard swinging gypsy jazz outfit taking their name from the French translation for gypsy swing. Recreating Parisian jazz manouche of the 1930/40s, sometimes light hearted and whimsical and sometimes aching with melancholy.
Expect gypsy jazz standards, classic Django Reinhardt tunes and authentic originals by the musicians themselves.
Daniel John Martin (violin) ; Mick Shoulder and Giles Strong (guitars) ; Paul Edis (clarinet); Neil Harland (double bass).
