The Triplets of Grubville takes you back to 1936, when Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli were creating a string quintet version of American swing.
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We are a string swing trio, playing music inspired by Django Reinhardt and songs of 1920’s-40’s era.
Hot Swing
Influenced by the music of Django Reinhardt & the Quintette du Hot Club de France, we bring swinging rhythm and hot solos to the classic songs of…… Read more “Hot Swing”
Django Reinhardt
This man redefined how the guitar is played, and expanded the vocabulary of jazz music well into the bebop era and beyond. The list of those he…… Read more “Django Reinhardt”
The night Django’s great nephew asked me to play an encore at his concert.
In this photo, taken March 14th, 2012 at Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois I was doing a soundcheck with Lulo Reinhardt (great nephew of Django Reinhardt). Minutes earlier I…… Read more “The night Django’s great nephew asked me to play an encore at his concert.”