Biography
Our main influence is our namesake...the great Belgian/French Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt.
Django Reinhardt has astounded and thrilled numerous generations of guitar players and jazz lovers with his amazing command of the guitar. Together with Stephane Grappeli they formed the famous “Hot club of France” in 1934 , and based on the Gypsy jazz guitar stylings of Django , a whole new style of Jazz was developed….called Le jazz hot .
This music has an infectious driving rhythm and incorporates most of the standard pop and jazz tunes of the 20's ,30’s ,40’s , and 50’s as well as modern day compositions.
The Djangophiles , in keeping with the tradition of the music use only acoustic instruments ,and use sound reinforcement only when absolutely necessary.The result is a comfortable listening level that is NEVER too loud or intrusive. And we have the ability to set up in limited space .
Instrumentation
DAVID STASSENS................Solo Guitar
PETE LAMPE.................Doublebass
BOB HOLO...........Rhythm Guitar
EDDIE PARENTE..................Violin,Viola
The Djangophiles perform as a revolving
ensemble ...... Duo to quintet.
OUR NEW CD IS AVAILABLE;
Live at Lola's
$15.00 (shipping included)
CONTACT ME BY SONICBIDS OR EMAIL
FOR YOUR COPY
FOR BOOKING AND/OR INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Stassens at:
dstassens@comcast.net
(503)292-3413
or
(503) 807-1269
FOR ADDITIONAL MP3 MUSIC AND UPDATES CHECKOUT:
http://www.myspace.com/djangophiles
http://www.reverbnation.com/thedjangophiles
http://swingtimepdx.com/bands/djangophiles
Discography
Audio CD
Recorded Live on March 8th , 2008
The Djangophiles........Live at Lola's
CONTACT ME FOR A COPY.
$15.00 (POST PAID)