Track Listing

1. Swing gitan
2. What is this thing called love?
3. New york in november
4. Minor swing
5. Nuages
6. I can't give you anything but love
7. Melodie au erepuseule
8. China boy
9. Stompin' at decca
10. Montagne sainte genevieve
11. Lady be good
12. Pretext - with Babik Reinhardt (bonus track)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #59934 in Music
• Released on: 2006-03-28
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Dimensions: .24 pounds

Customer Reviews

Dorado Schmitt Swings!
A delightful disc for the casual jazz fan as well as the connoisseur. Gypsy swing never sounded so good. I heard the Schmitt band in, of all places, Bozeman, Montana last year: one of the tightest, rhythmically pure outfits to ever transfix an audience. And the verve comes through on this recording, made at New York City concerts in 2000 and 2002. If you appreciate driving rhythm guitar, inspired lead guitar, brilliant accordian and luminous gypsy violin, buy this CD.

Ten Stars - This will knock your socks off
I kept hearing bits of this recording on a French jazz station but could never quite catch who the artist was. Thank God for Amazon, because here it is. If you love this type of Django-Jazz, you will be blown away. Musician friends of ours have sat in our living room listening to this CD in complete awe; the energy, musicianship, and sheer joy of playing comes through on this CD in a way that I've yet to experience. I can't say enough about it. These are superb musicians - it just doesn't get any better than this.

GYPSY SWING
I HEARD A COUPLE OF CUTS FROM THIS CD ON THE RADIO LAST WEEK AND HAD TO GO RIGHT OUT AND GET A COPY FOR MYSELF. IF YOU LIKE HOT JAZZ, GYPSY SWING, OR THE MUSIC OF DJANGO REINHARDT, THEN THIS CD IS A MUST HAVE FOR YOU AS WELL. WONDERFUL GUITARS AND ACCOMPANIMENT, GREAT AND TRULY TALENTED MUSICIANS REALLY DO JUSTICE TO DJANGO'S MUSIC, WHICH IS TIMELESS AND JUST AS FRESH TODAY AS WHEN THESE SONGS WERE ORIGINALLY RECRODED BY DJANGO REINHARDT. RECORDED LIVE AT NYC'S BIRDLAND, GREAT MODERN INERPRETATIONS.