"RUE LEVINSON"
by Danielle Bennignus
www.bennignus.com
DAN LEVINSON
NOVEMBER-DECEMBER PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
www.danlevinson.com
LEVINSON'S
QUICKLIST™
New
York, NY
Clifton, NJ
Morristown, NJ
Barcelona, Spain
Agen, France
Montpellier, France
Bordeaux, France
Toulouse, France
Aarau, Switzerland
Bethlehem, PA
Munich, Germany
Berlin, Germany
Potsdam, Germany
Palermo, Italy
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2
8:00
- 11:00 p.m.
Vince Giordano's Nighthawks
Sofia's at the Edison Hotel
Cache Room (downstairs)
221
West 46th Street (between Broadway and 8th
Avenue)
New
York, NY
Reservations: (212) 719-5799
http://www.myspace.com/VinceGiordanotheNighthawks
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4
7:00
- 10:00 p.m.
Jazz
DeLuxe
featuring Simon Wettenhall, John Gill, Brian
Nalepka and Kevin Dorn
National Underground
159
East Houston St.
New
York, NY
(212) 475-0611
www.thenationalunderground.com
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7
7:00
- 10:00 p.m.
Vince Giordano's Nighthawks
featuring
Jordan Sandke, Scott Black, Matt Musselman, Dan
Levinson,
Ken
Salvo, Sue Fischer, and Vince Giordano
Join the Morris County Historical Society
and the Metropolitan Vintage Dance & Social Club
for the 90th Anniversary of the end of WWI
ARMISTICE BALL
Community Recreation Center in the American
Legion
1232
Main Ave.
Clifton, New Jersey
Period Dance Workshop from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Vintage 1910s-'20s formal clothing or military
uniform requested (no jeans)
Tickets/Info: (973) 267-3465 or
acornhall@juno.com
www.armisticeball.com
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9
8:00
- 11:00 p.m.
Vince Giordano's Nighthawks
Sofia's at the Edison Hotel
Cache Room (downstairs)
221
West 46th Street (between Broadway and 8th
Avenue)
New
York, NY
Reservations: (212) 719-5799
http://www.myspace.com/VinceGiordanotheNighthawks
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HUBERT ROSTAING AND DJANGO REINHARDT
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16
The New Jersey debut of
Fête Manouche
featuring
Dan Levinson, clarinet
Tom Landman, guitar
Ted Gottsegan, guitar
Cassidy Holden, bass
and Molly Ryan, vocals
Jazz manouche
- literally "gypsy jazz" - is the name given to
a kind of music born in France in the early
1930s. But for the huge mass of devoted
performers and followers throughout the world
today, it's more than a kind of music - it's a
way of life; it's a religion. The Lord and
Master of jazz manouche was Django
Reinhardt, a gypsy born in Belgium in 1910. He
began playing guitar when he was very young, but
at the age of eighteen, his left hand was
severely burned when his caravan caught on
fire. His third and fourth fingers were
deformed and virtually useless. When he finally
began performing again, he emerged a better
guitar player than he was before the accident.
The violinist Itzhak Perlman once said, "You
know, sometimes it is the artist's task to find
out how much music you can still make with what
you have left."
In 1934 Django
began a series of recordings with a group called
the Quintet of the Hot Club of France. These
recordings have become the foundation for a
massive legacy of Django aficionados throughout
the world. I was bitten by the Django bug
while living in Paris in the early 1990s, and
since then have been searching for opportunities
to play jazz manouche. In 2004 I met
guitarist Tom Landman, who introduced me to
other members of the gypsy jazz community, and
Fête Manouche was born. Since then, we have
been making Django's music accessible to the New
York audience. Our performance at the Bickford
Theatre will mark our first New Jersey
appearance.
8:00 p.m.
The Bickford Theatre at the Morris Museum
Morristown, NJ
Tickets: (973) 971-3706
Info:
www.morrismuseum.org/static/bickford/jazz.html
Contact: Bruce Gast (908) 755-5037
tekhouse@aol.com
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THE DOC SCANLON TRIO
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19
Time TBA
The Doc Scanlon Trio
Hotel Casa Fuster
Passeig de Gràcia 132
08008 Barcelona, Spain
(34)
93 255 30 00
www.hotelcasafuster.com
http://myspace.com/docscanlontrio
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Doc-Scanlon-Trio/45565059721
THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER 26
Time
TBA
The Doc Scanlon Trio
Restaurant Côté Sud
36, Cours Gambetta
47000 Agen, France
(33) 5 53 96 16 67
cotesud@dbmail.com
http://www.restau-cotesud.com
http://myspace.com/docscanlontrio
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Doc-Scanlon-Trio/45565059721
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27
Time TBA
The Doc Scanlon Trio
Apollo
Jazz Café
129, Avenue de Palavas
34000 Montpellier, France
(33) 4 67 64 64 66
http://myspace.com/docscanlontrio
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Doc-Scanlon-Trio/45565059721
SATURDAY,
NOVEMBER 28
Time TBA
The Doc Scanlon Trio
Salle La
Chartreuse
184,
Avenue Maréchal de Lattre Tassigny Bordeaux
Caudéran
Bordeaux, France
Reservations/Info:
(33) 6 15 75 77 76 / (33) 6 19 16 44 96 or
swingtime@free.fr
www.swingtime.fr
www.myspace.com/swingtimebordeaux
http://myspace.com/docscanlontrio
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Doc-Scanlon-Trio/45565059721
SUNDAY,
NOVEMBER 29
Time
TBA
The Doc Scanlon Trio
Restaurant le 5
5, Allées de Tourny
33000 Bordeaux, France
(33) 5
57 87 36 50
contact@le-cinq.fr
www.le-cinq.fr
http://www.le-cinq.fr/le5_bordeaux_en.html
http://myspace.com/docscanlontrio
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Doc-Scanlon-Trio/45565059721
TUESDAY,
DECEMBER 1
WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER 2
THURSDAY,
DECEMBER 3
FRIDAY,
DECEMBER 4
8:30 - 11:00 p.m.
The Doc Scanlon Trio
Rest'Ô
Jazz Restaurant
8, Rue
Amélie
Info:
(33) 0 6749 759 78
Toulouse, France
www.restojazz.com
http://myspace.com/docscanlontrio
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Doc-Scanlon-Trio/45565059721
SATURDAY,
DECEMBER 5
Time TBA
The Doc Scanlon Trio
Frenchie Balboa Festival Dance Party
Studio Hop!
18, Impass St.
Roch
Toulouse, France
33 0 6749 759 78
http://bernard.cavasa.free.fr/stages/index.php?stage=6
http://myspace.com/docscanlontrio
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Doc-Scanlon-Trio/45565059721
THURSDAY,
DECEMBER 10
8:00 p.m.
RETO RENFER'S
TRANS-ATLANTIC SWING CONNECTION:
Strictly Goodman
featuring
Olivier Lancelot (piano), Volker Fry
(vibes), Reto Renfer (drums), and
Viola Manigk (vocals)
Aarau, Switzerland
SUNDAY,
DECEMBER 13
6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
with
Drew Nugent, piano
The Historic Hotel Bethlehem
437 Main St.
Bethlehem, PA
18018
(610) 625-5000
http://www.hotelbethlehem.com
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=127947070
MONDAY, DECEMBER 14
8:00
- 11:00 p.m.
Vince Giordano's Nighthawks
Sofia's at the Edison Hotel
Cache Room (downstairs)
221
West 46th Street (between Broadway and 8th
Avenue)
New
York, NY
Reservations: (212) 719-5799
http://www.myspace.com/VinceGiordanotheNighthawks
MONDAY, DECEMBER 21
8:00
- 11:00 p.m.
Vince Giordano's Nighthawks
Sofia's at the Edison Hotel
Cache Room (downstairs)
221
West 46th Street (between Broadway and 8th
Avenue)
New
York, NY
Reservations: (212) 719-5799
http://www.myspace.com/VinceGiordanotheNighthawks
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26
6:00
p.m.
In the
Mood: The Life and Music of Glenn Miller
with
Andrej Hermlin's Swing Dance Orchestra
Residenz Herkulessaal
Munich, Germany
Info: Andre Hermlin (49) 30-917-1509
sdoahermlin@aol.com
www.swingdanceorchestra.de
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27
6:00
p.m.
In the
Mood: The Life and Music of Glenn Miller
with
Andrej Hermlin's Swing Dance Orchestra
Residenz Herkulessaal
Munich, Germany
Info: Andre Hermlin (49) 30-917-1509
sdoahermlin@aol.com
www.swingdanceorchestra.de
MONDAY, DECEMBER 28
3:30
p.m.
The
Kings of Swing
with
Andrej Hermlin's Swing Dance Orchestra
Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt
Berlin, Germany
Info: Andre Hermlin (49) 30-917-1509
sdoahermlin@aol.com
www.swingdanceorchestra.de
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29
8:00
p.m.
The
Kings of Swing
with
Andrej Hermlin's Swing Dance Orchestra
Nicolaisaal
Potsdam, Germany
Info: Andre Hermlin (49) 30-917-1509
sdoahermlin@aol.com
www.swingdanceorchestra.de
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31
Silvesterball (New Year's Eve Ball)
Andrej Hermlin's Swing Dance Orchestra
Teatro Massimo
Palermo, Italy
Info: Andre Hermlin (49) 30-917-1509
sdoahermlin@aol.com
www.swingdanceorchestra.de
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NEW RELEASES
DAN LEVINSON'S TRANS-ATLANTIC SAXTETTE
Invokes the Six Brown Brothers
The Six Brown
Brothers were a saxophone-playing vaudeville
troupe during the teens and twenties, who
enjoyed phenomenal popularity and helped to
launch the saxophone craze that swept across
America beginning around 1915. As the first
saxophone ensemble to make records, they spawned
dozens of imitators and inspired a generation of
young musicians to take up the instrument.
Ghosts of the
Saxophone
brings together an
all-star aggregation of reedmen from both sides
of the Atlantic: Paul Lindemeyer, Vince Giordano
and I from the American side; world-renowned
jazz legend Bob Wilber and two of his protégés,
Nik Payton and Alex Mendham, from the British
side (although Mr. Wilber is actually a
transplanted American).
With informative
liner notes by Bruce Vermazen, the undisputed
authority on the Six Brown Brothers and author
of That Moaning Saxophone: The Six Brown
Brothers and the Dawning of a Musical Craze,
Ghosts of the Saxophone is a
delightfully entertaining voyage into the world
of ragtime saxophone, a vital yet largely
unexplored chapter in the instrument's
evolution.
These 22
saxophonic melodramas will transport you back to
a glorious moment in time when six ghostly
figures, their silvery horns gleaming, tripped
the light fantastic into the star-studded
firmament, before vanishing along with their era
into the Sea of Oblivion.
PERSONNEL
Bob Wilber alto
and soprano saxophones
Alex Mendham alto
saxophone
Paul Lindemeyer tenor
saxophone
Nik Payton tenor
saxophone
Dan Levinson
baritone, tenor, alto, and soprano saxophones
Vince Giordano bass
saxophone
TRACKS
Comedy Tom
Egyptland
If Winter Comes
Shivaree
Fatima
Tom Brown's
Saxophone Waltz
Smiles and
Chuckles
Passion
Dance (La Danza Appassionata)
American Patrol
Kismet
My Fox Trot Girl
Bull Frog Blues
Russian Rag
The Concourse
March
Saxophone Sam
Dance of the Paper
Dolls
Darktown
Strutters' Ball
The Ghost of the
Saxophone
Saxophone Sobs
Chicken Walk
That Moaning
Saxophone Rag
Peter Gink
DAN LEVINSON AND HIS SWING WING
At the Codfish Ball
PERSONNEL
Dan Levinson
clarinet / tenor, C-melody and soprano
saxophones / vocals
Randy Reinhart
trumpet
Jim Fryer trombone
Mark Shane
piano
Matt Munisteri guitar
Mike Weatherly
bass
Kevin Dorn drums
Molly Ryan vocals (eight tracks)
TRACKS
At the Codfish
Ball
A Garden in the
Rain
Old Man Moon
Hot Club Stomp
The Wraggle Taggle
Gypsies, O!
Promenade aux Champs-Elysées
Last
Night (Sehnsucht)
Arabian Rhapsody
I Didn't Know
About You
Keep Smiling at
Trouble (Trouble's a Bubble)
The Milkman's
Matinee
Oh Peter (You're
So Nice)
Mis'ry and the
Blues
Dr. Heckle and Mr.
Jibe
Ten Cents a Dance
Copenhagen
A Brown Bird
Singing
The Lorelei
Audio samples of
"Ghosts of the Saxophone," "At the Codfish Ball"
and other CDs are available at
www.danlevinson.com.
Send $16.00 plus
$3.00 for domestic shipping, $4.00 to Canada,
and $6.00 overseas to:
Loup-garous
Productions
27 Washington
Square North, Suite 4D
New York, NY
10011
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enclose a note indicating which CD(s) you'd like
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