Pearl Django
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| Pearl Django at Jazz Alley in 2025. From left to right: David Lange, Michael Gray, Tim Lerch, Jim Char and Rick Leppanen Pearl Django at Jazz Alley in 2025. From left to right: David Lange, Michael Gray, Tim Lerch, Jim Char and Rick Leppanen | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Tacoma, Washington, U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Labels | Modern Hot Records |
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| Website | pearldjango |
Pearl Django is a jazz group established in 1994 in Tacoma, Washington by guitarists Neil Andersson and Dudley Hill[1] and bassist David "Pope" Firman. The group melds the music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli with American Swing. Initially a trio, they have changed and added members over the years and are now a quintet. Based in Seattle, they have played around the United States, as well as in France and Iceland.
The band has performed at the prestigious Festival Django Reinhardt in Samois-sur-Seine and at Juan de Fuca Festival.[2] They have played with Martin Taylor,[3] Bucky Pizzarelli,[4] and Gail Pettis, a two-time recipient of the Earshot Jazz 'Jazz Vocalist Of The Year' award.[5] The British virtuoso Taylor turns up on three tracks of their 2011 album Eleven. On their twelfth album, Time Flies, released in 2015, all tracks are their own compositions except for one classic bossa nova.[6]
Discography
[edit | edit source]| Released | Title | Label | Notes |
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| 1995 | Le Jazz Hot | Modern Hot Records | |
| 1997 | New Metropolitan Swing | Modern Hot Records | |
| 1999 | Mystery Pacific | Modern Hot Records | |
| 1999 | Souvenirs | Modern Hot Records | |
| 2000 | Avalon | Modern Hot Records | |
| 2002 | Under Paris Skies | Modern Hot Records | |
| 2003 | Swing 48 | Modern Hot Records | |
| 2005 | Chasing Shadows | Modern Hot Records | |
| 2007 | Modern Times | Modern Hot Records | |
| 2010 | Hotel New Yorker | Modern Hot Records | Compilation from 1995 to 1999 releases |
| 2010 | Système D | Modern Hot Records | |
| 2012 | Eleven | Modern Hot Records | |
| 2015 | Time Flies | Modern Hot Records | |
| 2017 | With Friends Like These | Modern Hot Records | All original compositions |
| 2019 | Pearl Django Live | Modern Hot Records | |
| 2020 | Simplicity | Modern Hot Records | All original compositions |
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Seattle Times: Dudley Hill, who started popular band Pearl Django, dies at 56 01/20/2005
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External links
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