http://gypsyjazzblog.com Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 14 Aug 2011 21:14:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In this lesson I show you some great and simple ways of making regular chords sound Spanish, giving Gypsy Jazz a Flamenco flavor. If you just raise your pinky a fret on a regular bar chord then you instantly give a flavor of Spain. Try it on Dorado Schmidt's “Bossa Dorado” ... http://gypsyjazzblog.com/making-a-chord-sound-spanish/ When I was in Sydney Australia this week I had the fantastic opportunity to go flying with my buddy Ian Cooper (amazing musician) who took me up in the skies above that beautiful city. Couldn’t help thinking of Django’s ‘Nuages’ as we climbed into the heavens and that in turn ... http://gypsyjazzblog.com/flying-high-above-sydney/ Here's a couple more tunes from our set at DjangoFest NW. Enjoy, and please post a comment below! Cheers. http://gypsyjazzblog.com/more-djangofest-2010-sinatra-and-swing-gitane/ Djangofest Northwest celebrated it's 10th anniversary this year and also the 100th of Django Reinhardt making it THE place to be for Gypsy Jazz in North America in 2010. My trio was fresh with Chris Sartisohn on rhythm and Michael Papillo (Papy) on bass and we played a set on ... http://gypsyjazzblog.com/djangofest-nw-2010-for-those-about-to-rock/ Join us for the online party at Cafe Rosenberg in Reykjavik, Iceland Saturday night, June 19, 6PM East Coast time (2010). We've got a great show planned with some awesome local guests and cool surprises. These online shows always turn into a cool party. So sign up for a www.ustream.tv account ... http://gypsyjazzblog.com/join-us-online-live-in-reykjavik-robin-nolan-trio-june-19-10/ Last Saturday night was a special night as my "other" brother Brendan joined the Robin Nolan Trio to lend an extra hand (literally) to our show. I was playing a concert at the Stamford Guitar Festival with my brother Kevin on rhythm guitar and Brendan happened to be in the neighborhood. To ... http://gypsyjazzblog.com/with-my-two-brothers/ [FLOWPLAYER=http://robin-blog.s3.amazonaws.com/Robin-Nolan-Scofield-Stern-Style-Fusion-Lick.flv,560,420] Some of my favorite guitarists ever are Jazz fusion players like John Scofield and Mike Stern and the lick I show you here is inspired by their way of playing. It's my own lick but reeks of Jazz fusion. I think it's healthy to bring licks and ideas from other ... http://gypsyjazzblog.com/scofield-stern-style-fusion-lick/ [FLOWPLAYER=http://robin-blog.s3.amazonaws.com/Robin-Nolan-Trio-Live-Denmark-090123.flv,560,420] We had a great time celebrating Django Reinhardt's 100th birthday in Denmark Saturday night. Lot's of great musicians, cool people, and amazing hospitality. What was really cool was having 297 friends from all over the world tune in to watch the show live on the internet. It's been a ... http://gypsyjazzblog.com/happy-birthday-django-live-from-denmark/ It's Django Reinhardt's birthday tomorrow (Saturday) as he was born 100 years ago to the day and we are going to celebrate in style up in Assens Denmark, where they have a Django festival to commemorate the occasion. I’ll be playing there with my trio and the good news ... http://gypsyjazzblog.com/django-reinhardts-100th-birthday-invitation/ Hi Fellow Musicians, Guitarists, and Django Lovers I would like to convey in this New Years message firstly my thanks to all of you out there who have made this global community of ours such a wonderful one in sharing our love and appreciation of Gypsy Jazz and our ... http://gypsyjazzblog.com/lets-make-2010-one-louder/