Manouche Clubs

PAUL VERNON CHESTER

Manouche Maestro

UK Manouche Jazz Swing Clubs - Groups

Where like minded Manoucheries can congregate and exchange ideas.

Club Django
An interview and recording from Cookham FM featuring Malcolm Greenhalgh (Aka Monty), Rhythm, John Kitchen Lead, and Ben Rothman Violin passed to Jazz Eddie from the Club indicates a fair degree of expertise as performers. Ben got hooked on the Hot Club as a Teenager and John has elevated from the blues to manouche swing.
The Club was inspired by Ian Cruickshank's 'Django's Legacy' Film
01628 488941
Club Django meets on the first Tuesday of each month, 7.45pm - £5 for both entry and tuition
Marlow Community Centre,
Liston Hall,
Chapel Street,
Marlow,
Bucks
SL7 1DD
Club Django email
Objectives of Club Django

To meet other players of Gypsy Jazz on a regular basis, to play the music of 'The Hot Club of France.'
To further our understanding and playing of the Gypsy Jazz genre.
To play gigs at local community/charity functions as a 'Club Django' on a no-fee charity basis.
To accept paying gigs, as and when available.
To invite the best professional players for 'Masterclass' evenings.
8-12 Members meet regularly for exchanges of ideas.

The first Masterclass was in February 2006 was with Dave Kelbie, who plays rhythm for Lollo Mier, Angelo Debarre, John Etheridge, Fapy Lafetane and the great Birelli Legrane.

(The Gypsy's all start out playing rhythm and so students should concentrate on this aspect.)
More Classes are planned throughout the year.

www.clubdjango-pz.co.uk
Hello Paul - we have met on several occasions and had a jam at Lechlade-on-Thames. I run Club Django-PZ in Penzance Cornwall - I managed to get funding to put on two workshops in Penzance which were well attended and greeted with wonderful enthusiasm. - Doug Linaker

Birmingham
Where: La Bastille, 220 Corporation Street, Birmingham B4 6QB SW11 3HX, UK [map]
When: Every Monday, starting at 7:00 pm Contact: Gary Williams, pinkgary@hotmail.com

Djangoism Sheffield

Glasgow : The Ivory Hotel
Gypsy Jazz Jam Session

Where:	The Ivory Hotel, 2-4 Camphill Ave, Glasgow, Scotland, G41 3AY, UK [map]
When:	Every Tuesday, starting at 7:00 pm
Contact:	Alan from the Hot Club Of Glasgow, info@hotclubofglasgow.com

Black Cat Swing Club

Le Quecumbar & Brasserie. 42-44 Battersea High Street, London SW11. Tel: 020 7787 2227 Fax: 020 7787 2225.[contact: Sylvia Rushbrooke. 1930's French wine bar/music bar, specialise in Django Reinhardt style Parisian swing and gypsy jazz hot club as well as other acoustic nostalgic jazz acts. Open mon-thu 7-11 fr&sat 6-11 sun 12.30-5.00. Bistro menu, and good world wines, intimate Parisian chic interior with summer tropical garden and pavement seating. Patron Angelo Debarre the world famous French gypsy swing guitarist. Many famous guitar names play here and they support and promote new and established talent

Bell Street Café, 17 Bell Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 8AR. Tel:01747-850022

The Cafe holds a Gypsy Jazz/Manouche session every Thursday.

A superb venue in Shaftesbury, North Dorset offering cafe style food and drinks during the day and Restaurant fare and live music on Friday & Saturday evenings. We have Gipsy Jazz groups on a regular basis at the the cafe. We are committed to keeping Gypsy Jazz on our gig list (every Friday & Saturday). The Cafe holds a Gypsy Jazz/Manouche session every Thursday with resident musicians. Come and play or just have a drink and listen. To get a flavour of the place visit the website and http://myspace.com/bellstreetcafeshaftesbury

For latest gig list and further details go to the Bell Street Cafe website or Email Ben

The Brunswick,1 Holland Road Hove.(Brighton) brunswickpub.co.uk
every third Sunday of each month.

Lunch time 15:00. I'll be playing one set of 45 minutes, waltzes, Matelo ferret... Django... and afterwards anyone can joint to us to play.
Come on down and join the fun.

Contact Yayo for details

http://www.myspace.com/clubchatnoir
Club Chat Noir is organised by Nuala and Mark from Pan Promotions and hosted by The Hot Club of Belleville and DJ Mike the Mic. The sound is engineered by Mat Benzie and the club is hosted at The Hanbury Club in Brighton, Kemptown.

http://www.myspace.com/swingdevilleuk

The Black Cat Gypsy Jazz Club in Northampton
When: 8pm, Last Thursday in every month
Where: The Black Cat Jazz Bar, Sheep Street, Northampton Free Entry
The Black Cat Gypsy Jazz Club is the only pure Django night in Northamptonshire and surrounding areas.
Monthly guests include Andy Mackenzie with Chris Hayward, John Wheatcroft, John Etheridge, Gary Potter, Paul Vernon Chester and the Hot Club of Cambridge.
For more information contact Will Ballard, Chris Marriott or check www.hotclubofcambridge.co.uk.

Beaufort Jazz
Briars Hall Country House Hotel Briars Lane Lathom,nr Ormskirk Lancs L40 5TH The Hotel is on the A5209,off the A59 www.briarshallhotel.co.uk www.beaufortjazz.com or contact Paul (phone 01704 840954

Fingers and Thumbs Acoustic Guitar Society
For lovers of acoustic guitar music
Grange Hall, Radcliffe-on-Trent
http://www.fingers-and-thumbs.org/index.htm

Regular gypsy jazz sessions are held near Brighton and Hove (Club Chat Noir at the Hanbury Club.

International Hot Clubs

Internalional List

Hot Club of Norway

www.gypsyjazz.de

Useful site for those on tour of Europe or the World in Search of Manouche Jam Sessions

Here is an overview of all gypsy jazz jam sessions that this site knows of. If yours is missing then contact them and send them your info or Chord Charts

On this site are some chord charts of popular session tunes for study purpose. There is also a Bb-version for horn or reed players. You can also find 'play-alongs' here.

Hot Club of Belgrade

http://www.djangobirdland.com/