NIEUWS: “Documentaire ‘Le Weekend’ op DocumentaireNet.nl”
Een bescheiden mijlpaal is dat zonder eigen inmenging de documentaire over het Thomas Baggerman Trio die ik eerder vorig jaar maakte geplaatst is op de zeer goed bezochte documentaire site DocumentaireNet.nl . Mooi is ook dat ze verwijzen naar de film “De vader, de zoon en het talent.” van Jeroen Berkvens, deze film heeft namelijk [...]
KORTE DOCUMENTAIRE: “Le Weekend” over Gypsy Jazz *Camera/Regie/Productie/Montage*
Korte documentaire van 12 minuten over Thomas Baggerman en zijn Gypsy Jazz Trio. De film laat de ambitie zien van de jonge muzikanten terwijl ze werken aan hun debuut CD “Le Weekend”. Ook verteld het een verhaal van passie en broederliefde op de heilige gronden van Samois sur Seine onder de rook van Parijs waar [...]
NIEUWS: Thomas Baggerman Trio "Le Weekend"
ORDER THE NEW CD “LE WEEKEND” BY FOLLOWING THIS LINK!Proudly presenting a short preview on the debut album by Dutch upcoming Gypsy Jazz talent Thomas Baggerman and his trio (my guitar teacher)! The album “Le Weekend” will be released September 2011 and is a subtle mix of Swing, Bossa, Traditional and Ballads. The catchy title [...]
GYPSY JAZZ: “Nuages” Django Reinhardt *Gitaar*
Gypsy Jazz needs more musicians and less soldiers. (Adrien Moignard) A little update on my going along my Gypsy Jazz quest; I enrolled in two wonderfull online Gypsy Jazz courses: http://www.gypsyjazzacademy.com/ and http://www.rosenbergacademy.com/ Both of them help me make loads of progress due to the clear interfaces and wonderfull interaction with teachers like: Fapy Lafertin, [...]
GYPSY JAZZ: “My grandmother wishes you a Swinging 2011!” *Camera/Montage*
A marvelous story my grandmother often tells me about Django Reinhardt: As a young girl during world war II she used to live in Toulouse in the South of France. One night she and her sister in law broke the curfew the occupying Germans had ordered. Pretending to be officer’s wives they snook in to [...]
GYPSY JAZZ: “Latcho Niglo” *Gitaar*
Six months now since I first started playing guitar. Here I practice on a little traditional tune called “Latcho Niglo” from Samy Daussat’s book: “Swing Manouche pour super debutant”. It will be the last chorus like piece for a while since I now really understand the importance of good basic technique and rhythm playing, so [...]
GYPSY JAZZ: “It started with a kiss….” Introduction
A brief introduction; When and were my profound passion for Roma and their culture first started is still obscure to me. Vaguely I remenber the magical attraction to the logo printed on the “Gitanes” cigarrete pack the old man down our road used to smoke while sipping on his four o’clock Pastis. But my first [...]