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Salute Jazz du France

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Page added Oct 11, 2012 Updated Oct 19, 2012

Following ABC Classic FM's 'Classic 100: The Music of France', we'll hear a wide range of tunes from Django to Erik Truffaz... on Jazztrack.

France has always been receptive to jazz. From the jazz age in the 20's when Josephine Baker caused such a stir on her visit the French have given great respect to musicians from outside their country as well as developing many fine musicians and ensembles themselves.

Hear a cross section from Martial Solal, Michel Petrucciani, Orchestre National de Jazz, Jean Luc Ponty plus some of the more contemporary musicians as well as Mingus, Miles and Bud on French soil.

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Salute Jazz du France

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Oct 14, 2012. 5:05pm - 7:00pm
Oct 17, 2012. 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Oct 17, 2012. 9:00pm - 11:00pm

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Jean "Django" Reinhardt (23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953) was a pioneering virtuoso jazz guitarist and composer. Reinhardt is often regarded as one of the greatest guitar players of all time and regarded as the first important European jazz musician who made major contributions to the development of the idiom. Reinhardt invented an entirely new style of jazz guitar technique (sometimes called...

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