EVAN CHRISTOPHER:DJANGO A LA CREOLE

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"DJANGO A LA CREOLE" - THE PASSION OF PARIS AND THE HEAT OF NEW ORLEANS!

Evan Christopher has been hailed by the legendary founder of Atlantic Records, Ahmet Ertegun, as "not only the greatest jazz clarinetist alive, but one of the greatest of all time". However his ambitious project "Django a la Creole", merging the tunes of the late great gypsy maestro Django Reinhardt with the sultry rhythms and musical exuberance of New Orleans, was born out of hardship. Christopher was one of over 4000 musicians displaced from the "Crescent City" by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. Pitching up in Paris, thousands of miles away from the bands he starred in, he sought fresh inspiration. Enlisting the help of some of Europe's leading gypsy swing musicians and inspired by the pre-war collaborations of Reinhardt with American jazz greats of the era, he created an album that has been critically acclaimed on both sides of the Atlantic.
His short summer tour of the UK stops by the Sheffield Central Library Theatre on Thursday, 7th August. Christopher will be accompanied by an all star band of Dave Blenkhorn (guitar), Sebastian Girardot (double bass) and Dave Kelbie (rhythm guitar).

"Christopher's rush of ideas and ardent lyricism brought fresh urgency" HOWARD REICH, CHICAGO TRIBUNE

"A clarinetist with a growing reputation in New Orleans and beyond" JON PARELES, NEW YORK TIMES

"Evan illustrates the versatility, adaptability, and flexibility that has always been a hallmark of the Creole approach to the clarinet, while also rendering a personal style that is uniformly ardent, tender, and joyous" BRUCE BOYD RAEBURN - CURATOR OF THE HOGAN JAZZ ARCHIVES, NEW ORLEANS

"[Evan] is, in my estimation, not only the greatest jazz clarinetist alive, but one of the greatest of all time" AHMET ERTEGUN, FOUNDING CHAIRMAN OF ATLANTIC RECORDS

"A forthright sound and a hungry energy" NEW YORK TIMES


WHEN: Thursday 7th August 2008

WHERE: Sheffield Central Library Theatre, Tudor Square, Sheffield S1 1XZ

DOORS: 7pm

SHOWTIME: 7.30pm

TICKETS: £10/£8

AVAILABLE FROM: "Jack's Records" and "The Bohemian" Sheffield and online from www.wegottickets.com

INFORMATION: Andy Whitehouse 07835 966810