[Dixielandjazz] Gypsy Jazz Monterey

[billsharp]

Twas the Monterey Jazz Bash By The Bay which last year added a gypsy 
jazz group to their lineup of bands, and they took the crowds by storm.
The group was the Gonzolo Bergera Quartet.

In lieu of  the traditional violin player taking the leads, they used a 
phenomenal clarinet/sax player who was a complete master of his 
instrument.  After their first session, word quickly spread as to the 
amazing and lively music they were playing and every venus afterwards 
was packed, SRO.  Every performance resulted in a rousing standing 
ovation, with call-back.

Gonzolo himself is an amazing gypsy jazz guitar virtuoso, whom I I 
would easily label as a genius on his instrument.  Hopefully you will 
being seeing more of him on the traditional jazz circuit.  Though the 
gypsy jazz groups do not have the dixieland instrumentation we expect 
to see and hear at OKOM festivals, they definitely provide the energy 
we love, while keeping alive  many of the standards we know and enjoy - 
- -Shine, Marie, Exactly Like You, Bei Mir Bist Du Shoen, and dozens 
more.  Because of this, I believe that gypsy jazz is a force to be 
reckoned with in OKOM.

Bill (betcha -can't sign-your-name- with-a- key-signature)  #

The Future - - it's where you're spending the rest of your life.