Havana Swing and Lulo Reinhardt jamming in Lerwick, Shetland - Nuages
Havana Swing and Lulo Reinhardt jamming in Lerwick, Shetland - Nuages lulo-reinhardt-project.de havanaswing.com Friday 18th to Sunday 20th September 2009 The Shetland Guitar Festival is a celebration of guitar with concerts and educational events held around Shetland in September each year. Known locally as the "Peerie Willie" Guitar Festival, the event is dedicated to the memory of the late Willie Johnson, the highly regarded guitarist who pioneered the jazz influenced accompaniment style now prevalent in traditional Shetland music. Willie was heavily influenced by the jazz musicians he heard on the radio as a young man, particularly guitarist Django Reinhardt, and this years festival has a "Gypsy Jazz" theme as a tribute. As part of this year's festival, the first Shetland Classic Guitar Show will be held on Sunday 20th Septemeber featuring a range of guitars including vintage, historically significant, hand made and unusual instruments. CONCERTS Friday 18th September 7.30pm - Baltasound Hall, Unst. Havana Swing, Maggie Adamson & Brian Nicholson + local support Friday 18th September 7.30pm - Garrison Theatre, Lerwick. Lulo Reinhart, Itamar Erez, Brian Gore, Jonny Polson & Adam Sutherland Saturday 19th September 7.30pm - Bigton Hall, South Mainland. Lulo Reinhart, Itamar Erez, Norman Goudie & friends Saturday 19th September 7.30pm - Town Hall, Lerwick. Havana Swing, Maggie Adamson & Brian Nicholson Saturday 19th September 7.30pm - Busta House Hotel, Brae. Brian Gore with Erin Sandison & friends Sunday 20th September 12am to 6pm - Islesburgh Centre, Lerwick. Classic Guitar Show, guitar workshops (2-4pm), open stage (4-6pm) Bar facilities available at all concert venues Tickets are available for all events priced £12 (£10 concessions) from: High Level Music, 1 Gardie Court, Lerwick - 01595 692618 Shetland Box Office, Islesburgh Community Centre, Lerwick - 01595 745 555 (tickets can be bought by credit card over the phone and collected at the venue) VISITING ARTIST INFORMATION Lulo Reinhardt - Lulo is a highly respected German guitarist who plays a variety of Latin, Swing, Jazz, Samba and Salsa styles. Grandnephew of the late great Django Reinhardt, he is also a natural purveyor of "Gypsy Jazz". Itamar Erez - Itamar Erez is an Israeli born Canadian guitarist, pianist and composer with a breadth of expression from European classical to jazz, world music and beyond. Itamar has studied with some of the world's greatest guitarists including Manolo Sanlucar, Gerardo Núñez and Egberto Gismonti, and his music has been commissioned and performed by various soloists, ensembles and orchestras throughout Europe, the Middle East, United States and Canada. Brian Gore - Brian, a steel strung acoustic player from the US, uses alternate tunings to achieve deep drones and countermelodies in his contemporary compositions. Brian is a seasoned performer who first visited the Guitar Festival in 2008. Influenced primarily by folk, jazz and classical music, he is also an experienced teacher and writer of guitar tuition books. Havana Swing - Havana Swing are a quintet comprising three guitar, clarniet and double bass who specialise in "Gypsy Jazz" and he music of the Quintette du Hot Club de France, Django Reinhardt's famous band formed in the 1930s
