The Django Festival Allstars celebrate the guitar legend with performances of his most popular works as well as original music by the band, inspired by Ellington, Armstrong, and partner Stephane Grappelli. The evening also celebrates a symbolic ‘passing of the family torch’ from Dorado to sons Samson and Amati, known as the gypsy family Dorado Schmitt & Sons. The musicians will be joined by special guest, internationally-known vocalist Melody Gardot. Ludovic Beier is the accordionist with the group. The concert takes place on May 1, 2018 at 8:PM
Performers include:
Dorado Schmitt, Lead Guitar and Violin
Samson Schmitt, Lead and Rhythm Guitar
Amati Schmitt, Lead and Rhythm Guitar
Ludovic Beier, Accordion and Accordina
Pierre Blanchard, Violin
DouDou Cuillerier, Scat Vocal and Rhythm Guitar
Antonio Licusati, Bass
Francko Mehrstein, Rhythm Guitar
Gino Roman, Bass
Special Guests:
Melody Gardot, Vocalist
Ken Peplowski, Clarinet
Veronica Swift, Vocalist
Excerpts from Ludovic Beier website: Born in 1978, Ludovic Beier learned the accordion from his father and benefited from being part of a musical family. He was brought up in the French tradition of the instrument and developed his jazz accordion skills. He has a spirited, adventurous style which strays into all kinds of byways.He performs on the French and European scene with some of the top players of the Django/Swing Jazz style including Angelo Debarre, Dorado Schmitt, Florin Niculescu.
Along with his virtuoso playing, Ludovic composes and arranges, and has his own band, Ludovic Beier Quartet, to perform his “cool and latin” French jazz. He has an impressive technique and also a great dose of lyricism with a band that keeps him at full stretch.
Besides performing in Europe at top festivals and clubs, he appeared in the States with the Django Reinhardt Project, performing at Birdland (NYC) with guests such as Paquito D’Rivera, at Lincoln Center with Joe Lovano, at Yoshis (CA) with David Sanchez, and last summer at the Montreal International Jazz Festival with Angelo Debarre and James Carter where he brought the house down. He also had the honor to perform at Carnegie Hall with Toots Thielemans among a prestigious line up including Herbie Hancock, Ivan Lins and Eliane Elias.
For May 1 tickets contact the Carnegie Hall Box Office: 212-247-7800
For booking the Django Festival Allstars and for additional info, contact: patmusic2@gmail.com
