Jan 16, 2013 — French-born guitarist Stephane Wrembel plays so-called "Gypsy jazz," a style pioneered by legendary guitarist and composer Django Reinhardt. Hear Wrembel and his band, recorded live in concert from New York City's Webster Hall.
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Guitarist Stephane Wrembel performs live at globalFEST 2013. (Ebru Yildiz for NPR)
Stephane Wrembel: globalFEST 2013
by Anastasia Tsioulcas
Jan 16, 2013 — French-born guitarist Stephane Wrembel plays so-called "Gypsy jazz," a style pioneered by legendary guitarist and composer Django Reinhardt. Hear Wrembel and his band, recorded live in concert from New York City's Webster Hall.Sweet and hot: That's the sound that French-born, Brooklyn-based guitarist Stephane Wrembel brought to his intimate early set in The Studio, globalFEST's smallest space. Wrembel specializes in jazz manouche, or so-called "Gypsy" jazz — and his set with his quartet showed off the sparkling, speedy fingerwork already familiar to fans of Woody Allen, who has used Wrembel's music in his films Vicky Cristina Barcelona and Midnight in Paris.
Set List
- "Voice From The Desert"
- "Momentum"
- "The Selfish Gene"
- "Tsunami"
- "Minuit Aux Batignolles"
- "Apocalypse"
- "Bistro Fada"
- "Voyager"
- "Train From Hell"
Credits
Producers: Mito Habe-Evans, Bob Boilen; Videographers: Gabriella Garcia-Pardo, Mito Habe-Evans; Audio Engineer: Kevin Wait; Video Editor: Denise DeBelius Assistant Producer: Denise DeBelius; Special Thanks to: Webster Hall, globalFEST 2013; Executive Producers: Anya Grundmann, Keith Jenkins.
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