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GYPSY SWING LIVE AT
HOME OF
LE QUECUMBAR ALLSTARS & LE Q RECORDS
RECORDING LIVE MOMENTS OF MUSICAL
MAGIC
"Le
Quecumbar live in
Gary
Potter with the power-packed perfect rhythm section Kevin Nolan (of The Robin
Nolan
Trio) Ducato Piotrowski (of Le QuecumBar
Allstar) on rhythm guitars & Andy Crowdy
(often
playing with Angelo DeBarre & Lollo Meier) on double
bass.
“Stars
Of Gypsy Swing” Le QuecumBar Patrons LEQ0105
- Release June 2008
Featuring Le Q Patrons: Angelo DeBarre (French Gypsy), Dave Kelbie
(
&
The George Washingmachine Quartet (
(
(
PREVIEW
OF PRESTIGE PERFORMANCE CONCERTS & SPECIAL EVENTS JUNE JULY AUGUST
2008
FOLLOWED
BY A FULL DAILY GIG LIST
Where
applicable, tickets at www.wegottickets.com or www.quecumbar.co.uk .
Workshops £30 from www.quecumbar.co.uk
THE DUSA
ORCHESTRA
Swinging soulful Gypsy-Balkan music from southeast Europe, a
Balkan bash from
Their
countless world concerts are musical journeys full of rhythm, passion, sweat and
melody.
WEDNESDAY 4TH
JUNE £12
Tickets: www.wegottickets.com and www.quecumbar.co.uk or £15 on
the door
"Extreme, virtuoso metamorphosis of global Gypsy
splendour"
DUNAJSKA
KAPELYE £10
SUNDAY 8th JUNE
2008
Dunajska Kapelye (audience favourite) Time Out's critics'choice
serve up a veritable feast of
traditional Django/Grappelli Hot Club/Gypsy Jazz with Balkan
&Gypsy tunes from around the
globe,
unforgettable!
Tickets
at www.wegottickets.com or
www.quecumbar.co.uk
£12 on
the door open at 6pm
The
sounds of FRONTIER FLAMENCO with SIMON EL RUBIO & FLAMENCOVINO
SUNDAY 15TH
JUNE £12
Sizzling evening of flamenco, Latino, bolero &
rumba. A modern instrumental group with
compelling rhythms, interwoven through
flamenco guitar, dance, bass guitar, voice &
percussion....
Tickets: www.wegottickets.com or www.quecumbar.co.uk £15 on the
door
The
great
ANGELO DEBARRE
QUARTET
ONE NIGHT ONLY
- THURSDAY 19TH JUNE £15
Patron
Angelo a sell out on all past concerts at Le Q returns with Christian Garrick on
violin,
fellow patron Dave Kelbie on driving
rhythm guitar and Andy Crowdy on dynamic double
bass.
Angelo
stuns his audiences worldwide burning a trail of jaw dropping audiences! He has
been
playing gypsy swing guitar since the age
of eight, with a unique style of improvisation &
arrangements, leaving his audiences aghast & always wanting
more - catch him now - a legend
in the
making.
We
advise booking as early as possible. For tour dates
www.lejazzetal.com
Doors
open 6.00 pm. All tables allocated on arrival diners get preferential
tables.
Tickets
in advance at www.wegottickets.com or our online shop www.quecumbar.co.uk
'ABSINTHE NIGHT’ with Flamenco Group CARAMBITA
ONE OF
THE RARE FULLY COHESIVE FLAMENCO GROUPS IN
CARAMBITA PRESENT FLAMENCO OF THE HIGHEST LEVEL
SUNDAY 22ND
JUNE £8
Tickets
from www.wegottickets.com or www.quecumbar.co.uk £10 on the
door
CLOSED MONDAY
JUNE 23 – MONDAY 30 JUNE INC
CABARET CAFÉ
STYLE - SWING YOUR THING
with
the show stopping!
JOE CONNELL
SWING TRIO
From
Swing to Stevie with style and pizzaz!
SUNDAY 6TH JULY
£8 COVER CHARGE
Joe is
the X factor, the big power voice from down under, he's swung around the world
from
Grease
to the 12 Tenors and more. For his debut show performance at Le QuecumBar
he
will be
joined by the magic fingers and sparkling wit of Ian Thomas, Welsh piano ace and
acoustic double bass. Together they will raise the roof with
songs you will swing to and show stopping
favourites.
A VOICE THAT
WILL BLOW YOU AWAY! BOOK A TABLE - DON’T MISS HIM
doors
open at 6pm
Romantic Tango
Argentino
World
Bandoneon master FROM ARGENTINA
CARLOS QUILICE
FRIDAY 11th
& SAT 26th JULY FREE
before 8pm £5 after
Arranger, composer and conductor of “Los Tauras” from
Playing
hot steamy authentic tango argentino as a soloist with the bandoneon.
Performs tangos from Carlos Gardel to Astor Piazzolla plus his own
compositions, giving an
intimate, passionate atmosphere for the sound of this magic
instrument. Book early!
More
about Carlos on www.taurastango.com.ar
Doors
open at 6pm - food served until 10.00pm
SUMAYA
FLAMENCO
A NIGHT
OF SONG, DANCE AND FLAMENCO FIRE
SUNDAY
13TH JULY £12
Advance
Tickets www.wegottickets.com or our online shop www.quecumbar.co.uk £14 on
the door
DINNER
CONCERT CABARET STYLE
THE LOLLO MEIER
QUARTET
MEMORIES OF DJANGO REINHARDT
MONDAY 14th
July £15
Perfectly replicating the sounds of Django Reinhardt, chic
Parisian café society & 1930s Gypsy
Swing
performing a rare and special pleasure for the senses. Lead by the
graceful & melodious
Dutch
Gypsy swing guitar master:
LOLLO MEIER
Andy
Crowdy on bass and Dave Kelbie on rhythm guitar, Andy Aitchison on violin give
you a
night
of Gypsy Swing sensations
www.lejazzetal.com
ALWAYS
SOLD OUT! BOOK EARLY Concert
tickets from www.quecumbar.co.uk
www.wegottickets.com
DUNAJSKA
KAPELYE
"Extreme, virtuoso Balkan Gypsy
Jazz..."
THURSDAY 17th
JULY 2008 £10
Dunajska Kapelye have a phenomenal range and can move you to tears
with sweeping gypsy
ballads
or have you on your feet with raucous thumping jazz.
Unforgettable!
Polish
Piotr
Balkan music and classical. His playing
is deep and emotive and has been described as
"grabbing you by the heart" Founder member Viktor Obsust
(bass) a graduate of
State
Conservatoire, plays with many Jazz
and Eastern European groups. He has played
around
(guitar) a regular on the Gypsy Jazz circuit regularly plays with
such luminaries as Ian
Cruickshank & Chris Haigh, familiar to many at Le Quecumbar
playing virtuoso Django-style
guitar.
Dunajska Kapelye recently voted TimeOut's critics'choice. Together they
serve up a
veritable feast of traditional Balkan & Gypsy
Tunes/Jazz.
Tickets
from www.wegottickets.com or www.QuecumBar.co.uk
£12 on
the door, open at 6pm food until 10pm
DINNER
CONCERT CABARET STYLE
AURORE QUARTET
£10
DIRECT
FROM
SUNDAY/MONDAY
20th/21st JULY
Aurore
Quartet should be refunded by the social security. This young group of
jazz
manouche act like powerful anti depressant. Two guitars and a
double bass who swing
together for two years around the violin of Aurore Voilqué. Plus
the songs of Edith Piaf, Henri
purified sounds, packed with rhythms and diversification. They don't forget the Master Django Rheinardt,
with
their own interpretations and their compositions which "evolutionises"
harmony. Their music touches where it's sensitive: the soul
and heart.
www.aurorequartet.com or the myspace www.myspace.com/aurorequartet
open at
6pm, food available until 10pm all tables allocated on arrival, diners get
preferential seating.
Tickets
from www.quecumbar.co.uk www.wegottickets.com £12 on the
door
CARLOS
QUILICI
Tango
Argentino Workshop with
SATURDAY 26th
JULY £30 12-5pm,
World
Bandoneon master of “Los Tauras” from
A RARE
CHANCE TO LEARN THIS STYLE FROM A MASTER
For
musicians/music students who play harmonic instruments (bandoneon, accordion,
piano,
guitar)
or melodic instruments (strings, wind). Covering the technical elements of
tango,
rhythmic patterns for accompaniments, rhythmic aspect, marcatto,
sincopa, polirritmia,
harmonic aspect, piano patterns, bass lines. Different types of
melodies: Rhythmical or
cantabile. Transformations, accents and articulations, ornaments,
variations and phrasing
More
about Carlos on www.taurastango.com.ar
Tickets
at www.quecumbar.co.uk
Romantic Tango Argentino. World Bandoneon master FROM
ARGENTINA
CARLOS QUILICI
FREE
before 8pm £5 after
SATURDAY 26th
JULY
Arranger, composer and conductor of “Los Tauras” from
authentic tango argentino as a soloist
with the bandoneon. Performs tangos from Carlos
Gardel
to Astor Piazzolla plus his own compositions, giving a intimate, passionate
atmosphere
for the
sound of this magic instrument. Book early !
More
about Carlos on www.taurastango.com.ar
Doors
open at 6pm - food served until 10pm
FLAMING
FLAMENCO
Ricardo
Garcia's Grupo Flamenco
STEAMY
SPANISH DANCE, MUSIC AND SONG
SUNDAY 27th
JULY £10
www.flamencoflow.com
From
the Albert Hall to
Gypsy Flamenco music - soul rending song and heart
stopping dance. Experience the authentic
heat and spirit of Andalucía, the heart
of true Flamenco! "Blistering guitar playing...uplifting
dance!
inspired… hypnotic… pure magic. Ricardo Garcia's Grupo Flamenco, specialising in
the
traditional music of Andalucía:
Sevillanas, Alegrias, Bulerias, Granainas. Ricardo Garcia
from
Andalucía, flamenco guitarist. Percussion
& voice Alberto Perez & dance Anna Martras de
Doors
open at 6.00pm tickets at www.wegottickets.com
Advance
tickets www.wegottickets.com or our online shop www.quecumbar.co.uk
£13 ON
THE DOOR
DINNER
CONCERT CABARET STYLE DIRECT FROM
FRANGY DELPORTE
TRIO
French
Hot Club Manouche Gypsies
SUN/MON 3rd
& 4th AUGUST £10
A new
generation of Gypsy Swing players. Three friends plus, their talent and
authenticity is
jaw
dropping, from the streets of
of the
Manouche Gypsies that follows in jangos footsteps! See and hear music live
and kicking.
Separately they have all played with the
famous, such as Angelo Debarre, Patrick Saussois,
Tchavolo Schmitt,
by
Frangy.
This
red hot trio will swing you into the real Hot Club sound of Paris. They can
be found at
many
festivals around Europe including (
Stephan
Darot "Pichto" double bass, playing traditional Hot Club style the Django way,
plus
own
compositions. DON’T MISS THIS
ONE!
www.frangydelporte.com
www.myspace.com/frangydelportefr
£13 on
door. Open at 6pm, food until 8pm all tables allocated on arrival, diners
get preferential seating.
Tickets
from www.quecumbar.co.uk www.wegottickets.com
Evan
Christopher DJANGO A LA CREOLE Quartet
headed
up by one of the worlds best Clarinettists - Evan Christopher
FRIDAY 8th
AUGUST £15
Christopher whilst living in
musical
culture of
masterclasses. He also formed his own groups, the Jazz
Traditions Project and Django à
la Créole. For Django à la Créole, the
idea was simple enough: Spice up the Hot Club texture
pioneered by Django Reinhardt by emphasizing hallmarks of New
Orleans Jazz including blues,
rhythms
of the monde Créole, and collective improvisation. The quartet released
the recent
"Django
à la Créole" CD in
Quarter
Festival. Elegant and impassioned, New Orleans-based clarinettist Evan
Christopher's
style
is steeped in the tradition exemplified by early jazz masters such as Sidney
Bechet, Jimmie
Noon
and Barney Bigard. Together with
and
bassist Sebastien Girardot, the quartet celebrates the music of the legendary
Django
Reinhardt and enlivens swing-era classics with fresh
interpretations and virtuosic
improvisations.This concert will be a fine blend of Hot Club and
Creole just what it says on
the
box! not to be missed. We advise booking as early as
possible.
For
tour dates www.lejazzetal.com
Doors
open at 6pm. All tables allocated on arrival diners get preferential
tables.
Tickets
in advance at www.wegottickets.com or our online shop
www.quecumbar.co.uk
Gypsy
Swing… Original, yet virtuosic…
Classic
yet quirky…Don’t miss
ESPRIT
MANOUCHE
www.myspace.com/triomanouche
SUNDAY 10th
AUGUST £7
Esprit
Manouche is: Simon Harris guitar and vocals, Frank Moon guitar, Colin
Somervell
Double Bass, Esprit Manouche are a world
class gypsy swing trio. They have performed with
Tchavolo Schmitt, Angelo Debarre and Dave Kelbie. The trio has not
merely tried to copy
Reinhardts style and repertoire. They also write their own
material and weave their own
varied
stylistic influences in to this most excellent musical tapestry that is 'Esprit
Manouche!'
Arrive
early... they’ll be hangin from the rafters! Doors open at 6pm, food will be
available
until
8pm all tables allocated on arrival, diners get preferential tables.
Advance
tickets www.wegottickets.com or our online shop www.quecumbar.co.uk £10 on the
door
"Extreme, virtuoso Balkan Gypsy
Jazz..."
DUNAJSKA
KAPELYE £10
Dunajska Kapelye have a phenomenal range and can move you to tears
with sweeping gypsy
ballads
or have you on your feet with raucous thumping jazz.
Unforgettable!
SUNDAY 17TH
AUGUST 2008
Polish
Piotr
and
classical. His playing is deep and emotive and has been described as "grabbing
you by the
heart" Founder member Viktor Obsust (bass) a graduate of
Bratislava State Conservatoire,
plays
with many Jazz and Eastern European
groups. He has played around
specialising in Balkan music, jazz & improvisation. Jez Cook
(guitar) a regular on
the
Gypsy Jazz circuit regularly plays with such luminaries as Ian Cruickshank &
Chris Haigh,
familiar to many at Le Quecumbar playing virtuoso Django-style
guitar. Dunajska Kapelye
recently voted TimeOut's critics'choice. Together they serve
up a veritable feast of traditional
Balkan
& Gypsy Tunes/Jazz.
www.myspace.com/dunajska.kapelye
Tickets
www.wegottickets.com or www.QuecumBar.co.uk £12 on door, open at 6pm food until
10pm
John Wheatcroft
and Andy Mackenzie Gypsy Swing workshop
Sunday 24th
August £30
The
workshop runs from 11am-4pm
Equally
well known as educators, both John Wheatcroft and Andy Mackenzie will be holding
a
joint
masterclass during the day before the performance covering both soloing and
rhythm
techniques. Topics to be covered include: The difference between
Gypsy Swing/Jazz and
conventional Jazz phrasing, Playing over the changes, dynamics and
expression, building
vocabulary, establishing your voice, creating effective rhythm
parts and chord-soloing techniques.
Tickets
www.quecumbar.co.uk
John Wheatcroft
Acoustic Quintet
Sunday 24th
August £12
The
first performance at Le Quecumbar in Battersea for newly formed John Wheatcroft
Acoustic Quintet. John’s incredible versatility as a player is
well known throughout the guitar
world
but tonight he launches his new project inspired directly by the style he loves
the most,
the
music of Django Reinhardt and his contemporaries. With a set that includes both
original
compositions and fascinating re-arrangements of popular standards,
John takes the Django
style
right up to date with his seamless integration of modern influences, techniques
and
compositional devices, producing a sound that is rooted in the
traditions of the genre, but
vital,
forward thinking and highly original. With a line-up featuring John’s old rhythm
partner
from
John Jorgenson’s Quintet, the amazing Andy Mackenzie, along with Jim Clark on
second
rhythm
guitar, Paul Elliott on percussion and Alan Mian on upright bass, this promises
to be an
event
not to be missed!
“John
is an incredible guitarist with an astonishing technique” - Gary
Potter
“Lefty
John Wheatcroft is growing into one of the better players in
Advance
tickets www.wegottickets.com or our online shop www.quecumbar.co.uk £15 on
the door
CHIC PARISIAN 30's SOCIETY SOIRÉE - CAFE CABARET WITH
THE ENCHANTING
FLEUR DE
led by
mesmerising chanteuse LO POLIDORO with evocative EDITH PIAF style vocals and
charm
SUNDAY 31st AUGUST
2008 £10
“Be
transported to a more elegant era, a unique atmosphere that provides an
irresistible
combination of live music, great food and hospitality in a setting
as alluring as a coquette’s
boudoir.”
A
sparkling night of authentic Parisian swinging society cafe music with the chic
Fleur de Paris,
London-based quartet specializing in the old French café &
music-hall styles of pre & post war
chanson
& musette. This rich and evocative strand of twentieth century music is
brought to
life by
the
beautiful and charming voice of chanteuse Lo Polidoro,
accompanied by the accordion and
piano
of Christian Dupont, the violin of Kirsten Hammond and the guitar of Martin
Brown.
Well-loved favourites and lesser-known gems from such names as: Charles Trenet,
Yves
Montand, Andre Claveau & Edith Piaf are interspersed with
musette waltzes and swing tunes,
dating from the 1890s to the 1950s. Et
que vive la chanson francaise!
http://www.fleurdeparis.co.uk
All
musicians have performed for a wide range of audiences throughout
settings as diverse as the BBC, Glastonbury Festival, Wimbledon
Tennis Championships,
Open at
6pm food will be available until 10 all tables allocated on arrival, diners get
preferential seating.
Doors
open at 6pm tickets at www.wegottickets.com or our online shop
www.quecumbar.co.uk
£12 ON
THE DOOR
"Extreme, virtuoso metamorphosis of global Gypsy
splendour"
DUNAJSKA
KAPELYE £10
Dunajska Kapelye audience favourite, Time Out's critics' choice
serve up a veritable feast of
traditional Django/Grappelli Hot Club and Gypsy Jazz with Balkan
and Gypsy tunes from
around
the globe, unforgettable!
SUNDAY 7th
SEPTEMBER 2008
Yes,
those wild Balkan and Eastern European Gypsies have infiltrated the west and
although
established as the "....extreme, virtuoso, Balkan Gypsy jazz..."
(Time Out) tonight they will play
the
music of their French Gypsy brothers. “They can move you to tears with
sweeping Gypsy
ballads
or have you on your feet with raucous thumping jazz” (Time Out). Polish
Piotr
has played violin since the age of 6 his
playing is deep and emotive and "grabs you by the
heart"
Yugoslav Viktor Obsust (bass) of the Bratislava State Conservatoire, apart from
lecturing in the
improvisation. Jez Cook (guitar) familiar to many at Le Quecumbar
playing virtuoso Django-
style
guitar regularly plays with Ian Cruickshank and Chris
Haigh.
www.myspace.com/dunajska.kapelye
£12 on
the door open at 6pm. Tickets at www.wegottickets.com or
www.quecumbar.co.uk
JUNE FULL GIG
LIST
Tue 3rd June
TUESDAYS FREE SIZZLING GYPSY SWING
JAM
Jam
session led by rockin George Trebar on bass, a QuecumBar Allstar. You saw
Johnny Depp in Chocolate play Minor Swing, Django style. See and hear it
live in our intimate 1930s Parisian cabaret brasserie. Chill out with a
bottle of quaffable wine and simple food always a great night full of musical
surprises, transporting you to the swinging streets of
If you
play swing then bring your instrument!
The
DUSA ORCHESTRA
SWINGING SOULFUL GYPSY-BALKAN MUSIC FROM
WEDNESDAY 4TH
JUNE £12
Their
countless concerts all over the world are musical journeys full of rhythm,
passion, sweat and melody. This band is more than a bunch of excellent
instrumentalists and improvisators. A band, that manages the art of
genre-melding so perfectly, so effortlessly. A must see full of life and
energy. www.dusaorchestra.com
Doors
open 6pm food available until 10pm all tables allocated on arrival, diners get
preferential seating.
Tickets
from www.wegottickets.com and www.quecumbar.co.uk or £15 on the
door
Thur 5th June £5 after 8 free
before!
SWINGING
CATS
Richard
White ‘vintage versatility’ swing bass saxophone leads the evening
with fabulous Colin Good
on magic paino. Richard well known
as one of the
plays clarinet, alto sax, baritone saxophones, bass
clarinet, rhythm banjo, washboard (vintage 1920s
style),
piano & vocals all this rolled into
one and mixed with his own personal brand of quirkiness. A must see
talent!
LOOK OUT FOR
THEIR SPECIAL SURPRISE GUESTS ON THE NIGHT!
Fri 6th
June Stephane Grafitti - with violin vixen Noreen Cullen and rocking vocals and
guitar
from
Adrian Burns a night of Swing, Jazz, Classical, Gypsy and Celtic rocking
madness - a must see!
Sat 7th
June Favourite Pete ‘Tiger’ Sheppard & Co put the grrr in Gypsy Swing guitar
- always exciting!
"Extreme, virtuoso metamorphosis of global Gypsy
splendour"
DUNAJSKA
KAPELYE £10
Dunajska Kapelye audience favourite, Time Out's critics' choice
serve up a veritable feast of traditional Django/Grappelli
Hot
Club and Gypsy Jazz with Balkan and Gypsy tunes from around the globe,
unforgettable!
SUNDAY 8th JUNE
2008
Yes,
those wild Balkan and Eastern European Gypsies have infiltrated the west and
although
established as the "...extreme, virtuoso, Balkan Gypsy
jazz..."(Time Out) tonight they will play
the
music of their French Gypsy brothers.
“They
can move you to tears with sweeping Gypsy ballads or have you on your feet with
raucous
thumping jazz” (Time Out). Polish Piotr
playing
is deep and emotive and "grabs you by the heart" Yugoslav Viktor Obsust (bass)
of the
Bratislava State Conservatoire, apart from lecturing in the
specialising in Balkan music, jazz and improvisation. Jez Cook
(guitar) familiar to many at
Le
QuecumBar playing virtuoso Django-style guitar regularly plays with Ian
Cruickshank and Chris Haigh.
Doors
open 6pm, £12 on the door
Tickets
at www.wegottickets.com or www.quecumbar.co.uk
Monday
9th June
MONDAYS FREE
BALKAN GYPSY JAM MADNESS WITH ZEST AND FIRE
Led by
the eclectic Viktor Obsust and friends suitable for any instrument, level, creed
etc but
you
must possess enthusiasm to enjoy music and try something new! See and hear the
Balkan
beat
live as its made - learn a few tunes and have fun with irregular
rhythms. Fine food, fine
drinks,
fine music, fine crowd, what else one can wish for!!!
A must
see for party crowds, bring your dancing shoes and your
instrument!.
Tuesday
10th June
TUESDAYS
FREE SIZZLING GYPSY SWING JAM
Jam
session led by rockin George Trebar on bass, a QuecumBar Allstar. You saw
Johnny Depp
in Chocolate play Minor Swing, Django
style. See and hear it live in our intimate 1930s
Parisian cabaret brasserie. Chill out with a bottle of
quaffable wine and simple food always a
great
night full of musical surprises, transporting you to the swinging streets of
with
all the colour and joy of the Belle Epoch. If you play swing then bring
your instrument!
Wed
11th June Piano lounge with Mike Head singing swinging and
rockin
Thur 12th June £5 after 8 free
before!
SWINGING
CATS
Led by
Australian guitarist Dave Blenkhorn one of the most sought after guitar players in the
traditional and gypsy jazz scene since his arrival in the
recorded with some of
and
Graham Bell and performed at numerous festivals on the European festival circuit
with US
players
Leroy Jones, Evan Christopher and Dan Barrett. It's swinging guitar inspired by
the
music
from the 30's & 40's and playing jazz greats from Django Reinhardt and
Charlie
Christian.
LOOK OUT FOR
THE SPECIAL SURPRISE GUESTS ON THE NIGHT!
Fri 13
June Stephane Graffiti ensemble - the violin vixen, sassy Noreen on violin,
vocals, guitar and Adrian on vocals and guitar a night of Swing, Jazz,
Classical, Gypsy and Celtic rocking madness - a must see!
Sat
14 June Diego Parada Duo revving Gypsy Swing
ensemble
the
sounds of
FRONTIER
FLAMENCO with SIMON EL RUBIO
&
FLAMENCOVINO
SUNDAY 15TH
JUNE £12
SIMON
EL RUBIO, well known dancer and musician from the gypsy "barrio" of
flamenco, Latino, bolero and rumba. A modern instrumental
group with compelling rhythms,
interwoven through flamenco guitar, dance, bass guitar, voice and
percussion...Simón el Rubio
on Flamenco guitar, Alvaro on Bass
This
innovative group of young musicians take you from across South America to
spicy
variety of music cultures influencing their particular brand of SONIQUETE...the
sounds
of
FRONTIER FLAMENCO. Not for the faint-hearted! If you settle down to a
romantic
Bolero,
you will only be woken by an explosive Flamenco outburst of the Andalusian Gypsy
temperament jazzed with a hint of Django. CERTAINLY A CONCERT NOT
TO BE MISSED!
Doors
open 6pm food available until 8pm, diners get preferential tables, all tables
allocated on arrival.
Tickets
at www.wegottickets.com or www.quecumbar.co.uk £15 on
the door
Mon
16th June
MONDAYS FREE
BALKAN GYPSY JAM MADNESS WITH ZEST AND FIRE
Led by
the eclectic Viktor Obsust and friends Suitable for any instrument, level, creed
etc but
you
must possess enthusiasm to enjoy music and try something new! See and hear the
Balkan
beat
live as its made - learn a few tunes and have fun with irregular
rhythms. Fine food, fine
drinks,
fine music, fine crowd, what else one can wish for!!!
A must
see for party crowds, bring your dancing shoes and your
instrument!.
Tue
17th June
TUESDAYS
FREE SIZZLING GYPSY SWING JAM
Jam
session led by rockin George Trebar on bass, a QuecumBar Allstar. You saw
Johnny Depp
in Chocolate play Minor Swing, Django
style. See and hear it live in our intimate 1930s
Parisian cabaret brasserie. Chill out with a bottle of
quaffable wine and simple food always a
great
night full of musical surprises, transporting you to the swinging streets of
with
all the colour and joy of the Belle Epoch.
If you play swing then bring your
instrument!
Wed
18th June Piano lounge with Mike Head singing swinging and
rockin
The
great
ANGELO DEBARRE
QUARTET
ONE
NIGHT ONLY - THURSDAY 19TH JUNE
£15
Patron
Angelo a sell out on all past concerts at Le Q returns with Christian Garrick on
violin,
fellow
patron Dave Kelbie on driving rhythm guitar and Andy Crowdy on dynamic double
bass.
Angelo
stuns his audiences worldwide burning a trail of jaw dropping audiences! He has
been
playing
gypsy swing guitar since the age of eight, with a unique style of improvisation
&
arrangements, leaving his audiences aghast & always wanting
more - catch him now - a legend
in the
making.
We
advise booking as early as possible. For tour dates
www.lejazzetal.com
Doors
open at 6pm. All tables allocated on arrival diners get preferential
tables.
Tickets
in advance at www.wegottickets.com or our online shop www.quecumbar.co.uk
Fri
20th June Yoka ‘Dutch Diva’ with the megawatt voice - stuns her audience
with songs of swing, blues, jazz
Sat
21st June Charles Alexander and Andy Robinson jazz guitar duo that do it
all!
'ABSINTHE NIGHT’ with
Flamenco Group CARAMBITA
SUNDAY 22ND
JUNE £8
As one
of the rare fully cohesive flamenco groups in
the
highest level. All members of the band, Ulises Diaz (singer), Jose Bravo
(guitar), Sara 'La
Frasca'(dance) and Demi Sabat Garcia (percussion) have extensive
performance experience
and
years of training behind them. They have performed at festivals
throughout the
well as
the Pena Flamenca de Londres and other venues. Tonight you'll have an
opportunity to
watch them live in an intimate, exotic
environment rarely found in
www.myspace.com/carambita
Doors
open 6pm Tickets: www.wegottickets.com or www.quecumbar.co.uk £10 on the
door
'ABSINTHE NIGHT’ by Nottas Promotions
Provide
regular exotic and unexpected musical flavours by talented mainly unsigned,
world
music
ensembles, including flamenco, Balkan gypsy, Bossa nova, Venezuelan
Joropo, Greek
Rembetika and more. An opportunity for curious musical and
non-musical minds looking for
something unique to experience in the unique 30’s Parisian
brasserie, Le QuecumBar.'
For
more information on Absinthe nights watch NOTTAS Promotions on
www.myspace.com/elizabethcynthianott or contact us on
nottas_dot_p_at_googlemail_dot_com
Le QuecumBar at
Samois closed from Mon 23 June -Mon 30 June inc.
JULY FULL
GIG LIST
Tue 1st July
TUESDAYS
FREE SIZZLING GYPSY SWING JAM
Jam
session led by rockin George Trebar on bass, a QuecumBar Allstar. You saw
Johnny Depp in Chocolate play Minor Swing, Django style. See and hear it
live in our intimate 1930s Parisian cabaret brasserie. Chill out with a
bottle of quaffable wine and simple food always a great night full of musical
surprises, transporting you to the swinging streets of
Wed 2nd
Piano lounge with Mike Head singing swinging and
rockin
Thursday 3rd July FREE before 8pm £5
after
SWINGING
CATS
Richard
White ‘vintage versatility’ swing bass saxophone leads the evening
with surprise guests
Richard
is well known as one the
sax, baritone saxophones, bass clarinet, rhythm banjo,
washboard (vintage 1920s style), plus
piano
& vocals all this rolled into and mixed with his own personal brand of
quirkiness. A must see talent!
LOOK OUT FOR
THEIR SPECIAL SURPRISE GUESTS ON THE NIGHT!
Fri 4th
July Feabhean Kwest ensemble acoustic swinging guitar from the 20s, 30s and
40s
Sat 5th
July Favourite Pete ‘Tiger’ Sheppard & Co put the grrr into Gypsy Swing
guitar – exciting!
CABARET
CAFÉ STYLE - SWING YOUR THING
With
the show stopping!
JOE CONNELL
SWING TRIO
From
Swing to Stevie with style and pizzaz!
SUNDAY 6th
JULY
£8
COVER CHARGE
Joe is
the X factor, the big power voice from down under, he's swung around the world
from
Grease to the 12 Tenors and
more. For his debut show performance at Le QuecumBar he
will be
joined by the magic fingers and sparkling wit of Ian Thomas, Welsh piano ace and
acoustic double bass. Together they will raise the roof with
songs you will swing to and show
stopping favourites.
A VOICE
THAT WILL BLOW YOU AWAY! DON’T MISS HIM doors open at
6pm
Monday
7th July
MONDAYS FREE
BALKAN GYPSY JAM MADNESS WITH ZEST AND FIRE
Led by
the eclectic Viktor Obsust and friends Suitable for any instrument, level, creed
etc but
you must possess enthusiasm to enjoy
music and try something new! See and hear the Balkan
beat
live as its made - learn a few tunes and have fun with irregular
rhythms. Fine food, fine
drinks,
fine music, fine crowd, what else one can wish for!!!
A must
see for party crowds, bring your dancing shoes and your
instrument!.
Tuesday
8th July
TUESDAYS FREE SIZZLING GYPSY SWING
JAM
Jam
session led by rockin George Trebar on bass, a QuecumBar Allstar. You saw
Johnny Depp
in
Chocolate play Minor Swing, Django style. See and hear it live in our
intimate 1930s Parisian
cabaret
brasserie. Chill out with a bottle of quaffable wine and simple food always
a great night
full of
musical surprises, transporting you to the swinging streets of
colour
and joy of the Belle Epoch. If you play swing then bring your
instrument!
Wed 9
Piano lounge with Mike Head singing swinging and
rockin
Thursday 10th July FREE before 8pm £5
after
SWINGING
CATS
Richard
White ‘vintage versatility’ swing bass saxophone leads the evening
with surprise guests
Richard
is well known as one the
sax, baritone saxophones, bass clarinet, rhythm banjo,
washboard (vintage 1920s style), plus
piano
& vocals all this rolled into and mixed with his own personal brand of
quirkiness. A must see talent!
LOOK OUT FOR
THEIR SPECIAL SURPRISE GUESTS ON THE NIGHT!
Romantic Tango
Argentino
World
Bandoneon master FROM ARGENTINA
CARLOS QUILICE
FREE
before 8pm £5 after
FRIDAY 11th
& SAT 26th JULY
Arranger, composer and conductor of “Los Tauras” from
authentic tango argentino as a soloist with the bandoneon.
Performs tangos from Carlos
Gardel
to Astor Piazzolla plus his own compositions, giving an intimate, passionate
atmosphere for the sound of this magic instrument. Book
early !
More
about Carlos on www.taurastango.com.ar
Doors
open at 6pm - food served until 10pm
Sat 12th July Ava Golding swings and sings cabaret
style with piano
SUMAYA
FLAMENCO
A NIGHT
OF SONG, DANCE AND FLAMENCO FIRE
SUNDAY
13TH JULY £12
Sumaya,
London based flamenco group present an exciting mix of traditional/modern
flamenco music and dance, they never fail to astound audiences with their
full-blooded take on the gypsy art-form sending shivers down your spine with
their percussion, guitar and vocals mix, featuring two astounding dancers. Made
up of some of
Doors
open 6pm, food available until 8 all tables allocated on arrival, diners get
preferential seating.
Advance
tickets www.wegottickets.com or our online shop www.quecumbar.co.uk £14 on the
door
DINNER
CONCERT CABARET STYLE
THE LOLLO MEIER
QUARTET
MEMORIES OF DJANGO REINHARDT
MONDAY 14th
July £15
Perfectly replicating the sounds of Django Reinhardt, chic
Parisian café society & 1930s Gypsy
Swing
performing a rare and special pleasure for the senses. Lead by the
graceful & melodious
Dutch
Gypsy swing guitar master:
LOLLO MEIER
Andy
Crowdy on bass and Dave Kelbie on rhythm guitar, Andy Aitchison on violin give
you a
night
of Gypsy Swing sensations
www.lejazzetal.com
ALWAYS
SOLD OUT! BOOK EARLY
Concert
tickets from www.quecumbar.co.uk
www.wegottickets.com
Tuesday
15th July
TUESDAYS
FREE SIZZLING GYPSY SWING JAM
Jam
session led by rockin George Trebar on bass, a QuecumBar Allstar. You saw
Johnny Depp
in Chocolate play Minor Swing, Django
style. See and hear it live in our intimate
1930s
Parisian cabaret brasserie. Chill out
with a bottle of quaffable wine and simple food always a
great
night full of musical surprises, transporting you to the swinging streets of
with
all the colour and joy of the Belle Epoch. If you play swing then bring your
instrument!
Wed 16
Piano lounge with Mike Head singing swinging and
rockin
DUNAJSKA
KAPELYE
"Extreme, virtuoso Balkan Gypsy
Jazz..."
THURSDAY 17th
JULY 2008 £10
Dunajska Kapelye have a phenomenal range and can move you to tears
with sweeping gypsy
ballads
or have you on your feet with raucous thumping jazz.
Unforgettable!
Polish
Piotr
Balkan music and classical. His playing
is deep and emotive and has been described as
"grabbing you by the heart" Founder member Viktor Obsust
(bass) a graduate of
State
Conservatoire, plays with many Jazz
and Eastern European groups. He has played
around
(guitar) a regular on the Gypsy Jazz circuit regularly plays with
such luminaries as Ian
Cruickshank & Chris Haigh, familiar to many at Le Quecumbar
playing virtuoso Django-style
guitar.
Dunajska Kapelye recently voted TimeOut's critics'choice. Together they
serve up a
veritable feast of traditional Balkan & Gypsy
Tunes/Jazz.
Tickets
from www.wegottickets.com or www.QuecumBar.co.uk
£12 on
the door, open at 6pm food until 10pm
Fri
18th July Simon Moore ensemble Gypsy Swing guitar the Django
way
Sat
19the July Charles Alexander and Andy Robinson jazz guitar duo that do it
all!
DINNER
CONCERT CABARET STYLE
AURORE QUARTET
£10
DIRECT
FROM
SUNDAY/MONDAY
20th/21st JULY
Aurore
Quartet should be refunded by the social security. This young group of
jazz
manouche act like powerful anti depressant. Two guitars and a
double bass who swing
together for two years around the violin of Aurore Voilqué. Plus
the songs of Edith Piaf, Henri
purified sounds, packed with rhythms and diversification. They
don't forget the Master Django Rheinardt, with their own interpretations and
their compositions which "evolutionises"
harmony. Their music touches where it's sensitive: the soul
and heart.
www.aurorequartet.com or the myspace www.myspace.com/aurorequartet
open at
6pm, food available until 10pm all tables allocated on arrival, diners get
preferential seating.
Tickets
from www.quecumbar.co.uk www.wegottickets.com £12 on the
door
Tuesday
22nd July
TUESDAYS
FREE SIZZLING GYPSY SWING JAM
Jam
session led by rockin George Trebar on bass, a QuecumBar Allstar. You saw
Johnny Depp
in Chocolate play Minor Swing, Django
style. See and hear it live in our intimate 1930s
Parisian cabaret brasserie. Chill out with a bottle of
quaffable wine and simple food always a
great
night full of musical surprises, transporting you to the swinging streets of
with
all the colour and joy of the Belle Epoch. If you play swing then bring
your instrument!
Wed
23rd July - Piano lounge with Mike Head singing swinging and
rockin
Thursday 24th July
FREE before 8pm £5 after
SWINGING
CATS
Richard
White ‘vintage versatility’ swing bass saxophone leads the evening
with surprise guests
Richard, well known as one the
sax, baritone saxophones, bass clarinet, rhythm banjo,
washboard (vintage 1920s style), plus
piano
& vocals all this rolled into and mixed with his own personal brand of
quirkiness. A must
see
talent!
LOOK
OUT FOR THEIR SPECIAL SURPRISE GUESTS ON THE NIGHT!
Friday
25th July Yoka the Dutch diva wows her audience with Blues, Jazz, Swing and
more!
CARLOS
QUILICI
Tango
Argentino Workshop with
SATURDAY 26th
JULY £30 12-5pm,
World
Bandoneon master of “Los Tauras” from
A RARE
CHANCE TO LEARN THIS STYLE FROM A MASTER
For
musicians/music students who play harmonic instruments (bandoneon, accordion,
piano,
guitar)
or melodic instruments (strings, wind). Covering the technical elements of
tango,
rhythmic patterns for accompaniments, rhythmic aspect, marcatto,
sincopa, polirritmia,
harmonic aspect, piano patterns, bass lines. Different types of
melodies: Rhythmical or
cantabile.
Transformations, accents and articulations, ornaments,
variations and phrasing
More
about Carlos on www.taurastango.com.ar
Tickets
at www.quecumbar.co.uk
Romantic Tango Argentino. World Bandoneon master FROM
ARGENTINA
CARLOS QUILICI
FREE
before 8pm £5 after
SATURDAY 26th
JULY
Arranger, composer and conductor of “Los Tauras” from
authentic tango argentino as a soloist
with the bandoneon. Performs tangos from Carlos
Gardel
to Astor Piazzolla plus his own compositions, giving a intimate, passionate
atmosphere
for the
sound of this magic instrument. Book early !
More
about Carlos on www.taurastango.com.ar
Doors
open at 6pm - food served until 10pm
FLAMING
FLAMENCO
Ricardo
Garcia's Grupo Flamenco
STEAMY
SPANISH DANCE, MUSIC AND SONG
SUNDAY 27th
JULY £10
www.flamencoflow.com
From
the Albert Hall to
Gypsy Flamenco music - soul rending song and heart
stopping dance. Experience the authentic
heat and spirit of Andalucía, the heart
of true Flamenco! "Blistering guitar playing...uplifting
dance!
inspired… hypnotic… pure magic. Ricardo Garcia's Grupo Flamenco, specialising in
the
traditional music of Andalucía:
Sevillanas, Alegrias, Bulerias, Granainas. Ricardo Garcia
from
Andalucía, flamenco guitarist. Percussion
& voice Alberto Perez & dance Anna Martras de
Doors
open at 6.00pm tickets at www.wegottickets.com
Advance
tickets www.wegottickets.com or our online shop www.quecumbar.co.uk
£13 ON
THE DOOR
Monday
28th July
MONDAYS FREE
BALKAN GYPSY JAM MADNESS WITH ZEST AND FIRE
Led by
the eclectic Viktor Obsust and friends Suitable for any instrument, level, creed
etc but
you
must possess enthusiasm to enjoy music and try something new! See and hear the
Balkan
beat
live as its made - learn a few tunes and have fun with irregular
rhythms. Fine food, fine
drinks,
fine music, fine crowd, what else one can wish for!!!
A must
see for party crowds, bring your dancing shoes and your
instrument!
Tuesday
29th July
TUESDAYS
FREE SIZZLING GYPSY SWING JAM
Jam
session led by rockin George Trebar on bass, a QuecumBar Allstar. You saw
Johnny Depp
in
Chocolate play Minor Swing, Django style. See and hear it live in our
intimate 1930s Parisian
cabaret
brasserie. Chill out with a bottle of quaffable wine and simple food always
a great night
full of
musical surprises, transporting you to the swinging streets of
colour
and joy of the Belle Epoch. If you play swing then bring your
instrument!
Wednesday 30th July
Piano lounge with Mike Head singing swinging and
rockin
Thursday 31st July FREE before 8pm £5
after
SWINGING
CATS
Richard
White ‘vintage versatility’ swing bass saxophone leads the evening
with surprise guests Richard is well known as one the UK's
top multi-instrumentalists, he plays clarinet, alto sax, baritone
saxophones, bass clarinet, rhythm banjo, washboard (vintage 1920s style), plus
piano & vocals all this rolled into and mixed with his own personal brand of
quirkiness. A must see talent!
LOOK OUT FOR
THEIR SPECIAL SURPRISE GUESTS ON THE NIGHT!
AUGUST FULL
GIG LIST
Friday
1st August Ava Golding swings
and sings cabaret style with piano
Saturday 2nd August
Favourite Pete "Tiger" Sheppard & Co put the grrr into Gypsy Swing
guitar - always exciting
DINNER
CONCERT CABARET STYLE DIRECT FROM
FRANGY DELPORTE
TRIO
French
Hot Club Manouche Gypsies
SUN/MON 3rd
& 4th AUGUST £10
A new
generation of Gypsy Swing players. Three friends plus, their talent and
authenticity is
jaw
dropping, from the streets of
of the
Manouche Gypsies that follows in jangos footsteps! See and hear music live
and kicking.
Separately they have all played with the
famous, such as Angelo Debarre, Patrick Saussois,
Tchavolo Schmitt,
by
Frangy.
This
red hot trio will swing you into the real Hot Club sound of Paris. They can
be found at
many
festivals around Europe including (
Stephan
Darot "Pichto" double bass, playing traditional Hot Club style the Django way,
plus
own
compositions. DON’T MISS THIS
ONE!
www.frangydelporte.com
www.myspace.com/frangydelportefr
£13 on
door. Open at 6pm, food until 8pm all tables allocated on arrival, diners
get preferential seating.
Tickets
from www.quecumbar.co.uk www.wegottickets.com
Tuesday
5th August
TUESDAYS
FREE SIZZLING GYPSY SWING JAM
Jam
session led by rockin George Trebar on bass, a QuecumBar Allstar. You saw
Jonny Depp
in Chocolate play Minor Swing, Django
style. See and hear it live in our intimate 1930s
Parisian cabaret brasserie. Chill out with a bottle of
quaffable wine and simple food always a
great
night full of musical surprises, transporting you to the swinging streets of
with
all the colour and joy of the Belle Epoch. If you play swing then bring
your instrument!
Wednesday 6th August Piano lounge with Mike Head singing
swinging and rockin
Thursday 7th August FREE before 8 £5
after
SWINGING
CATS
Richard
White ‘vintage versatility’ swing bass saxophone leads the evening
with surprise guests
Richard
is well known as one the
sax, baritone saxophones, bass clarinet, rhythm banjo,
washboard (vintage 1920s style), plus
piano
& vocals all this rolled into and mixed with his own personal brand of
quirkiness. A must see talent!
LOOK OUT FOR
THEIR SPECIAL SURPRISE GUESTS ON THE NIGHT!
Evan
Christopher DJANGO A LA CREOLE Quartet
headed
up by one of the worlds best Clarinettists - Evan Christopher
FRIDAY 8th
AUGUST £15
Christopher whilst living in
musical
culture of
masterclasses. He also formed his own groups, the Jazz
Traditions Project and Django à
la Créole. For Django à la Créole, the
idea was simple enough: Spice up the Hot Club texture
pioneered by Django Reinhardt by emphasizing hallmarks of New
Orleans Jazz including blues,
rhythms
of the monde Créole, and collective improvisation. The quartet released
the recent
"Django
à la Créole" CD in
Quarter
Festival. Elegant and impassioned, New Orleans-based clarinettist Evan
Christopher's
style
is steeped in the tradition exemplified by early jazz masters such as Sidney
Bechet, Jimmie
Noon
and Barney Bigard. Together with
and
bassist Sebastien Girardot, the quartet celebrates the music of the legendary
Django
Reinhardt and enlivens swing-era classics with fresh
interpretations and virtuosic
improvisations.This concert will be a fine blend of Hot Club and
Creole just what it says on
the
box! not to be missed. We advise booking as early as
possible.
For
tour dates www.lejazzetal.com
Doors
open at 6pm. All tables allocated on arrival diners get preferential
tables.
Tickets
in advance at www.wegottickets.com or our online shop
www.quecumbar.co.uk
Saturday 9th August - Melissa James sings soulful jazz and swing
with Andy robinson on guitar
Gypsy
Swing… Original, yet virtuosic…
Classic
yet quirky…Don’t miss
ESPRIT
MANOUCHE
www.myspace.com/triomanouche
SUNDAY 10th
AUGUST £7
Esprit
Manouche is: Simon Harris guitar and vocals, Frank Moon guitar, Colin
Somervell
Double Bass, Esprit Manouche are a world
class gypsy swing trio. They have performed with
Tchavolo Schmitt, Angelo Debarre and Dave Kelbie. The trio has not
merely tried to copy
Reinhardts style and repertoire. They also write their own
material and weave their own
varied
stylistic influences in to this most excellent musical tapestry that is 'Esprit
Manouche!'
Arrive
early... they’ll be hangin from the rafters! Doors open at 6pm, food will be
available
until
8pm all tables allocated on arrival, diners get preferential tables.
Advance
tickets www.wegottickets.com or our online shop www.quecumbar.co.uk £10 on the
door
Monday
11th August
MONDAYS FREE
BALKAN GYPSY JAM MADNESS WITH ZEST AND FIRE
Led by
the eclectic Viktor Obsust and friends Suitable for any instrument, level, creed
etc but
you
must possess enthusiasm to enjoy music and try something new! See and hear the
Balkan
beat
live as its made - learn a few tunes and have fun with irregular
rhythms. Fine food, fine
drinks,
fine music, fine crowd, what else one can wish for!!!
A must
see for party crowds, bring your dancing shoes and your
instrument!.
Tuesday
12th August
TUESDAYS
FREE SIZZLING GYPSY SWING JAM
Jam
session led by rockin George Trebar on bass, a QuecumBar Allstar. You saw
Johnny Depp
in Chocolate play Minor Swing, Django
style. See and hear it live in our intimate 1930s
Parisian cabaret brasserie. Chill out with a bottle of
quaffable wine and simple food always a
great
night full of musical surprises, transporting you to the swinging streets of
with
all the colour and joy of the Belle Epoch. If you play swing then
bring your instrument!
Wed 13
Piano lounge with Mike Head singing swinging and
rockin
Thursday 14th August
FREE
before 8pm £5 after
SWINGING
CATS
Richard
White ‘vintage versatility’swing bass saxophone leads the evening
with surprise guests
Richard, well known as one the
sax, baritone saxophones, bass clarinet, rhythm banjo,
washboard (vintage 1920s style), plus
piano
& vocals all this rolled into and mixed with his own personal brand of
quirkiness. A must
see
talent!
LOOK OUT FOR
THEIR SPECIAL SURPRISE GUESTS ON THE NIGHT!
Friday
15th August Simon Moore duo acoustic guitar Django
style
Sat
16th August Night and Day vocals and piano - dinner jazz and swing
"Extreme, virtuoso Balkan Gypsy
Jazz..."
DUNAJSKA
KAPELYE £10
Dunajska Kapelye have a phenomenal range and can move you to tears
with sweeping gypsy
ballads
or have you on your feet with raucous thumping jazz.
Unforgettable!
SUNDAY 17TH
AUGUST 2008
Polish
Piotr
and
classical. His playing is deep and emotive and has been described as "grabbing
you by the
heart" Founder member Viktor Obsust (bass) a graduate of
Bratislava State Conservatoire,
plays
with many Jazz and Eastern European
groups. He has played around
specialising in Balkan music, jazz & improvisation. Jez Cook
(guitar) a regular on
the
Gypsy Jazz circuit regularly plays with such luminaries as Ian Cruickshank &
Chris Haigh,
familiar to many at Le Quecumbar playing virtuoso Django-style
guitar. Dunajska Kapelye
recently voted TimeOut's critics'choice. Together they serve
up a veritable feast of traditional
Balkan
& Gypsy Tunes/Jazz.
www.myspace.com/dunajska.kapelye
Tickets
www.wegottickets.com or www.QuecumBar.co.uk £12 on door, open at 6pm food until
10pm
Monday
18th August
MONDAYS FREE
BALKAN GYPSY JAM MADNESS WITH ZEST AND FIRE
Led by
the eclectic Viktor Obsust and friends Suitable for any instrument, level, creed
etc but
you
must possess enthusiasm to enjoy music and try something new! See and hear the
Balkan
beat
live as its made - learn a few tunes and have fun with irregular
rhythms. Fine food, fine
drinks,
fine music, fine crowd, what else one can wish for!!!
A must
see for party crowds, bring your dancing shoes and your
instrument!.
Tuesday
19th August
TUESDAYS
FREE SIZZLING GYPSY SWING JAM
Jam
session led by rockin George Trebar on bass, a QuecumBar Allstar.You saw Johnny
Depp
in Chocolate play Minor Swing, Django
style. See and hear it live in our intimate 1930s
Parisian cabaret brasserie. Chill out with a bottle of
quaffable wine and simple food always a
great
night full of musical surprises, transporting you to the swinging streets of
with
all the colour and joy of the Belle Epoch. If you play swing then bring
your instrument!
Wed
20th August - Piano lounge with Mike Head singing swinging and
rockin
Thursday 21st August
FREE before 8pm £5 after
SWINGING
CATS
Richard
White ‘vintage versatility’swing bass saxophone leads the evening
with surprise
guestsRichard is well known as one the
sax, baritone saxophones, bass clarinet, rhythm banjo,
washboard (vintage 1920s style), plus
piano
& vocals all this rolled into and mixed with his own personal brand of
quirkiness. A must see talent!
LOOK OUT FOR
THEIR SPECIAL SURPRISE GUESTS ON THE NIGHT!
Fri
22nd August Faebhean Kwest acoustic Gypsy Swing 20s,30s,
40s
Sat
23rd Auguat Yoka ’Dutch Diva’ will wow you with her amazing voice and swinging
piano
John Wheatcroft
and Andy Mackenzie Gypsy Swing workshop
Sunday 24th
August £30
The
workshop runs from 11am-4pm
Equally
well known as educators, both John Wheatcroft and Andy Mackenzie will be holding
a
joint
masterclass during the day before the performance covering both soloing and
rhythm
techniques. Topics to be covered include: The difference between
Gypsy Swing/Jazz and
conventional Jazz phrasing, Playing over the changes, dynamics and
expression, building
vocabulary, establishing your voice, creating effective rhythm
parts and chord-soloing techniques.
Tickets
www.quecumbar.co.uk
John Wheatcroft
Acoustic Quintet
Sunday 24th
August £12
The
first performance at Le Quecumbar in Battersea for newly formed John Wheatcroft
Acoustic Quintet. John’s incredible versatility as a player is
well known throughout the guitar
world
but tonight he launches his new project inspired directly by the style he loves
the most,
the
music of Django Reinhardt and his contemporaries. With a set that includes both
original
compositions and fascinating re-arrangements of popular standards,
John takes the Django
style
right up to date with his seamless integration of modern influences, techniques
and
compositional devices, producing a sound that is rooted in the
traditions of the genre, but
vital,
forward thinking and highly original. With a line-up featuring John’s old rhythm
partner
from
John Jorgenson’s Quintet, the amazing Andy Mackenzie, along with Jim Clark on
second
rhythm
guitar, Paul Elliott on percussion and Alan Mian on upright bass, this promises
to be an
event
not to be missed!
“John
is an incredible guitarist with an astonishing technique” - Gary
Potter
“Lefty
John Wheatcroft is growing into one of the better players in
Advance
tickets www.wegottickets.com or our online shop www.quecumbar.co.uk £15 on
the door
Monday
25th August
MONDAYS FREE
BALKAN GYPSY JAM MADNESS WITH ZEST AND FIRE
Led by
the eclectic Viktor Obsust and friends Suitable for any instrument, level, creed
etc but
you
must possess enthusiasm to enjoy music and try something new! See and hear the
Balkan
beat
live as its made - learn a few tunes and have fun with irregular
rhythms. Fine food, fine
drinks,
fine music, fine crowd, what else one can wish for!!!
A must
see for party crowds, bring your dancing shoes and your
instrument!.
Tuesday
26th August
TUESDAYS
FREE SIZZLING GYPSY SWING JAM
Jam
session led by rockin George Trebar on bass, a QuecumBar Allstar. You saw
Jonny Depp
in
Chocolate play Minor Swing, Django style. See and hear it live in our
intimate 1930s Parisian
cabaret
brasserie. Chill out with a bottle of quaffable wine and simple food always
a great night
full of
musical surprises, transporting you to the swinging streets of
colour
and joy of the Belle Epoch. If you play swing then bring your
instrument!
Wed
27th August Piano lounge with Mike Head singing swinging and
rockin
Thu
28th August Feabhean Kwest vintage acoustic guitar ensemble swinging 20s, 30s,
40s,
Fri
29th August Marcel Dupont - Accordeoniste Francaise - From rive gauche to
Battersea banks
Sat
30th August Charles Alexander and
Andy Robinson a fine jazz guitar duo who do it all!
CHIC PARISIAN 30's SOCIETY SOIRÉE - CAFE CABARET WITH
THE ENCHANTING
FLEUR DE
led by
mesmerising chanteuse LO POLIDORO with evocative EDITH PIAF style vocals and
charm
SUNDAY 31st AUGUST
2008 £10
“Be
transported to a more elegant era, a unique atmosphere that provides an
irresistible
combination of live music, great food and hospitality in a setting
as alluring as a coquette’s
boudoir.”
A
sparkling night of authentic Parisian swinging society cafe music with the chic
Fleur de Paris,
London-based quartet specializing in the old French café &
music-hall styles of pre & post war
chanson
& musette. This rich and evocative strand of twentieth century music is
brought to
life by
the
beautiful and charming voice of chanteuse Lo Polidoro,
accompanied by the accordion and
piano
of Christian Dupont, the violin of Kirsten Hammond and the guitar of Martin
Brown.
Well-loved favourites and lesser-known gems from such names as: Charles Trenet,
Yves
Montand, Andre Claveau & Edith Piaf are interspersed with
musette waltzes and swing tunes,
dating from the 1890s to the 1950s. Et
que vive la chanson francaise!
http://www.fleurdeparis.co.uk
All
musicians have performed for a wide range of audiences throughout
settings as diverse as the BBC, Glastonbury Festival, Wimbledon
Tennis Championships,
Open at
6pm food will be available until 10 all tables allocated on arrival, diners get
preferential seating.
Doors
open at 6pm tickets at www.wegottickets.com or our online shop
www.quecumbar.co.uk
£12 ON
THE DOOR
SEPTEMBER FULL
GIG LIST
Monday
1st September
MONDAYS FREE
BALKAN GYPSY JAM MADNESS WITH ZEST AND FIRE
Led by
the eclectic Viktor Obsust and friends Suitable for any instrument, level, creed
etc but
you
must possess enthusiasm to enjoy music and try something new! See and hear the
Balkan
beat
live as its made - learn a few tunes and have fun with irregular
rhythms. Fine food, fine
drinks,
fine music, fine crowd, what else one can wish for!!!
A must
see for party crowds, bring your dancing shoes and your
instrument!.
Tuesday
2nd September
TUESDAYS
FREE SIZZLING GYPSY SWING JAM
Jam
session led by rockin George Trebar on bass, a QuecumBar Allstar. You saw
Johnny Depp
in
Chocolate play Minor Swing, Django style. See and hear it live in our
intimate 1930s Parisian
cabaret
brasserie. Chill out with a bottle of quaffable wine and simple food always
a great night
full of
musical surprises, transporting you to the swinging streets of
colour
and joy of the Belle Epoch. If you play swing then bring your
instrument!
Wednesday 3rd September
- Piano lounge with Mike Head singing swinging and
rockin
Thursday 4th September £5 after 8pm free
before!
SWINGING
CATS
Led by
Australian guitarist Dave Blenkhorn one of the most sought after guitar players in the
traditional and gypsy jazz scene since his arrival in the
recorded with some of
and
Graham Bell and performed at numerous festivals on the European festival circuit
with
U.S
players Leroy Jones, Evan Christopher and Dan Barrett. It's swinging guitar
inspired by the
music
from the 30's and 40's and the playing of jazz greats Django Reinhardt and
Charlie Christian.
LOOK OUT FOR
THE SPECIAL SURPRISE GUESTS ON THE NIGHT!
Fri 5th
September Simon Moore acoustic guitar duo Django style
Sat 6th
September Favourite Pete ‘Tiger’ Sheppard & Co put the grrr in Gypsy Swing
guitar - exciting
"Extreme, virtuoso metamorphosis of global Gypsy
splendour"
DUNAJSKA
KAPELYE £10
Dunajska Kapelye audience favourite, Time Out's critics' choice
serve up a veritable feast of
traditional Django/Grappelli Hot Club and Gypsy Jazz with Balkan
and Gypsy tunes from
around
the globe, unforgettable!
SUNDAY 7th
SEPTEMBER 2008
Yes,
those wild Balkan and Eastern European Gypsies have infiltrated the west and
although
established as the "....extreme, virtuoso, Balkan Gypsy jazz..."
(Time Out) tonight they will play
the
music of their French Gypsy brothers. “They can move you to tears with
sweeping Gypsy
ballads
or have you on your feet with raucous thumping jazz” (Time Out). Polish
Piotr
has played violin since the age of 6 his
playing is deep and emotive and "grabs you by the
heart"
Yugoslav Viktor Obsust (bass) of the Bratislava State Conservatoire, apart from
lecturing in the
improvisation. Jez Cook (guitar) familiar to many at Le Quecumbar
playing virtuoso Django-
style
guitar regularly plays with Ian Cruickshank and Chris
Haigh.
www.myspace.com/dunajska.kapelye
£12 on
the door open at 6pm. Tickets at www.wegottickets.com or
www.quecumbar.co.uk
Monday
8th September
MONDAYS FREE
BALKAN GYPSY JAM MADNESS WITH ZEST AND FIRE
Led by
the eclectic Viktor Obsust and friends Suitable for any instrument, level, creed
etc but
you
must possess enthusiasm to enjoy music and try something new! ee and hear the
Balkan
beat
live as its made - learn a few tunes and have fun with irregular rhythms.
Fine food, fine drinks, fine music, fine crowd, what else one can wish
for!!!
A must
see for party crowds, bring your dancing shoes and your
instrument!.
WEEKLY
QUECUMBAR GIGS
MONDAY
7.00-12.00 FREE ALL NIGHT
FREE
BALKAN GYPSY JAM MADNESS WITH ZEST AND FIRE
Led by
the eclectic Viktor Obsust and friends.Suitable for any instrument, level, creed
etc but
you
must possess enthusiasm to enjoy music and try something new!
See and
hear the Balkan beat live as its made - learn a few tunes and have fun with
irregular
rhythms. Fine food, fine drinks, fine music, fine crowd, what
else one can wish for!!!
A must
see for party crowds, bring your dancing shoes and your
instrument!.
(unless
there is a scheduled Prestige Performance Concert/Special
event)
TUESDAY
7.00-12.00 FREE ALL NIGHT
FREE SIZZLING GYPSY SWING JAM
QuecumBar & Jam, the UKs best sizzling Gypsy Jam session. You
saw Johnny Depp in
Chocolate play Django's Minor Swing. Now see and hear it
live
Bring
your instrument and join the hot club sound
WEDNESDAY
7.00-12.00 FREE
FOR MEMBERS AND BEFORE 8pm
FOR NON
MEMBERS AFTER 8pm £5 pp COVER CHARGE
Piano
Bar with Mike Head "Left Bank Blues" Swing piano
vocals
THURSDAY
7.00-12.00 FREE
FOR MEMBERS AND BEFORE 8pm
FOR NON
MEMBERS AFTER 8pm £5 pp COVER CHARGE
SWINGING
CATS
Led by
Australian guitarist Dave Blenkhorn one of the most sought
after guitar players in the traditional and gypsy jazz scene since his
arrival in the
He has
played and recorded with some of Australia's best known jazz musicians James
Morrison, Bob Barnard and Graham Bell and performed at numerous
festivals on the European festival circuit with U.S players Leroy Jones, Evan
Christopher and Dan Barrett.It's swinging guitar inspired by the music from the
30's and 40's and the playing of jazz greats Django Reinhardt and Charlie
Christian.
LOOK
OUT FOR THE SPECIAL SURPRISE GUESTS ON THE NIGHT?
FRIDAY
6.00-12.00 FREE
FOR MEMBERS AND BEFORE 8pm
FOR NON
MEMBERS AFTER 8pm £5 pp COVER CHARGE
Swing
Time with various artists including vocals and
instrumentals
SATURDAY
6.00-12.00 FREE
FOR MEMBERS AND BEFORE 8pm
FOR NON
MEMBERS AFTER 8pm £5 pp COVER CHARGE
Jazzmatazz various vocalists & instrumentalists with
Swing/Jazz/Hot Club
SUNDAY
SPECIALS
Prestige Performance Concerts & Special Events ticketed and
priced individually.
Please
see our web site for details
www.quecumbar.co.uk
NEWSFLASH LE Q RECORDS CDS!
Recorded live performances at Le QuecumBar
£12
from www.quecumbar.co.uk online shop, or Amazon, CD Baby shortly available for
digital download with Linn Records
Stars
of Gypsy Swing
Le
QuecumBar Patrons
LEQ0105
release date June 2008 - double cd album
It has
taken over a year to put together this unique eclectic and exciting mix of
guitar masterpieces that includes original and unreleased material from John
Jorgenson, Hank Marvin (his first Gypsy Swing guitar recording) and Biel
Ballester. All 26 tracks on this double album were contributed by the 13 elite
global Gypsy Swing guitar patrons of Le QuecumBar
Angelo
Debarre French Gypsy, John Jorgenson
Lollo
Meier Dutch Gypsy, Robin Nolan Holland, Hank Marvin
Stephane Wrembel France, Ritary Gaguenetti French Gypsy,
Le
QuecumBar Live in
The
Gary Potter Quartet
LEQ0104
- Released April 2008
ONSALE NOW!
PROBABLY HIS BEST ALBUM EVER
Gary
Potter with the power-packed perfect rhythm section comprising,
Kevin
Nolan (of The Robin Nolan Trio) Ducato Piotrowski (of Le QuecumBar Allstar) on
rhythm guitars and Andy Crowdy (often found playing with Angelo DeBarre and
Lollo Meier) on double bass.
Live at
Le QuecumBar
The Angelo
Debarre Quartet
Live in
The
Spanish
Gypsy Swing trio playing with bossa and rumba
overtones
Le QuecumBar
presents
Le
QuecumBar Allstars
A
collection of some of our most talented regular musicians who can be
seen and heard here all year round, a swinging fast moving album full
of energy and fun and great vocals.
Allstars available for events.
Le
QuecumBar Live in
The Ritary
Gaguenetti Quartet
From
Gypsy Swing to Gypsy Jazz with hot swinging sax
Other
great albums on sale at the bar Lollo Meier, Robin Nolan, Angelo
Debarre
LE QUECUMBAR
INTERNATIONAL VIP MEMBERSHIP £60 a year
For philanthropists, friends, fans and supports of live
gypsy swing and its performers.
* Free
entry every night (except special events and Prestige Performance
concerts) plus half price for 2 guests
* The
bottle club: 50% off a bottle of house spirits
*
Preferential seating at Prestige Performance concerts for arrivals before
6.30pm.
* Free
bottle of house wine when dining with four Sunday to Thursday non special event
nights
*
Introduce a friend and get a free bottle of champagne to drink on the
premises
* Bring
your own expensive wine to drink here for £7.50 corkage Plus other offers
throughout the year
Membership fees help to support and maintain live music and those
who perform it, and assists us in bringing to Le QuecumBar world class gypsy
swing ensembles.
Many
thanks and regards
Please pass to all
interested parties - if you wish to receive our monthly newsletter
email:
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GYPSY SWING LIVE AT
HOME OF LE QUECUMBAR
ALLSTARS
& LE Q
RECORDS
RECORDING LIVE MOMENTS OF
MUSICAL MAGIC
"Le Quecumbar live in
Gary Potter with the
power-packed perfect rhythm section Kevin Nolan (of The Robin
Nolan
Trio) Ducato Piotrowski (of Le QuecumBar
Allstar) on rhythm guitars & Andy Crowdy
(often playing with Angelo
DeBarre & Lollo Meier) on double bass.
LEQ0104 - Released April
2008
“Stars Of Gypsy Swing” Le
QuecumBar Patrons
Featuring Le Q Patrons:
Angelo DeBarre (French Gypsy), Dave Kelbie (
& The George
Washingmachine Quartet (
(
(
LEQ0105 - Release June
2008
PREVIEW OF PRESTIGE
PERFORMANCE CONCERTS & SPECIAL EVENTS JUNE JULY AUGUST
2008
FOLLOWED
BY A FULL DAILY GIG LIST
Where applicable, tickets
at www.wegottickets.com or www.quecumbar.co.uk
Workshops £30 from
www.quecumbar.co.uk
THE DUSA
ORCHESTRA
Swinging soulful
Gypsy-Balkan music from southeast Europe, a Balkan bash from
Their countless world
concerts are musical journeys full of rhythm, passion, sweat and melody.
WEDNESDAY 4TH
JUNE £12
Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com and www.quecumbar.co.uk or £15 on the
door
"Extreme, virtuoso
metamorphosis of global Gypsy splendour"
DUNAJSKA
KAPELYE £10
SUNDAY 8th JUNE
2008
Dunajska Kapelye (audience
favourite) Time Out's critics'choice serve up a veritable feast of
traditional
Django/Grappelli Hot Club/Gypsy Jazz with Balkan &Gypsy tunes from around
the
globe,
unforgettable!
Tickets at
www.wegottickets.com or www.quecumbar.co.uk
£12 on the door open at
6pm
The sounds of FRONTIER FLAMENCO with SIMON
EL RUBIO & FLAMENCOVINO
SUNDAY 15TH
JUNE £12
Sizzling evening of
flamenco, Latino, bolero & rumba. A modern instrumental group
with
compelling rhythms, interwoven through
flamenco guitar, dance, bass guitar, voice &
percussion....
Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com or www.quecumbar.co.uk £15 on the
door
The great
ANGELO DEBARRE
QUARTET
ONE NIGHT ONLY
- THURSDAY 19TH JUNE £15
Patron Angelo a sell out on
all past concerts at Le Q returns with Christian Garrick on
violin,
fellow patron Dave Kelbie on driving
rhythm guitar and Andy Crowdy on dynamic double bass.
Angelo stuns his audiences
worldwide burning a trail of jaw dropping audiences! He has
been
playing gypsy swing guitar since the age
of eight, with a unique style of improvisation &
arrangements, leaving his
audiences aghast & always wanting more - catch him now - a legend
in the
making.
We advise booking as early
as possible. For tour dates www.lejazzetal.com
Doors open 6.00
pm. All tables allocated on arrival diners get preferential tables.
Tickets in advance at
www.wegottickets.com or our online shop www.quecumbar.co.uk
'ABSINTHE NIGHT’ with
Flamenco Group CARAMBITA
ONE OF THE RARE FULLY
COHESIVE FLAMENCO GROUPS IN
CARAMBITA PRESENT FLAMENCO
OF THE HIGHEST LEVEL
SUNDAY 22ND
JUNE £8
Tickets from
www.wegottickets.com or www.quecumbar.co.uk £10 on the
door
CLOSED MONDAY
JUNE 23 – MONDAY 30 JUNE INC
CABARET CAFÉ
STYLE - SWING YOUR THING
with the show
stopping!
JOE CONNELL
SWING TRIO
From Swing to Stevie with
style and pizzaz!
SUNDAY 6TH JULY
£8 COVER CHARGE
Joe is the X factor, the
big power voice from down under, he's swung around the world from
Grease to the 12 Tenors and
more. For his debut show performance at Le QuecumBar he
will be joined by the magic
fingers and sparkling wit of Ian Thomas, Welsh piano ace and
acoustic double
bass. Together they will raise the roof with songs you will swing to and
show stopping favourites.
A VOICE THAT
WILL BLOW YOU AWAY! BOOK A TABLE - DON’T MISS HIM
doors open at
6pm
Romantic Tango
Argentino
World Bandoneon master FROM
ARGENTINA
CARLOS QUILICE
FREE before 8pm £5
after
FRIDAY 11th
& SAT 26th JULY
Arranger, composer and
conductor of “Los Tauras” from
Playing hot steamy
authentic tango argentino as a soloist with the bandoneon.
Performs tangos from Carlos
Gardel to Astor Piazzolla plus his own compositions, giving an
intimate, passionate
atmosphere for the sound of this magic instrument. Book
early!
More about Carlos on
www.taurastango.com.ar
Doors open at 6pm - food
served until 10.00pm
SUMAYA
FLAMENCO
A NIGHT OF SONG, DANCE AND
FLAMENCO FIRE
SUNDAY
13TH JULY £12
Advance Tickets
www.wegottickets.com or our online shop www.quecumbar.co.uk £14 on the
door
DINNER CONCERT CABARET
STYLE
THE LOLLO MEIER
QUARTET
MEMORIES OF DJANGO
REINHARDT
MONDAY 14th
July £15
Perfectly replicating the
sounds of Django Reinhardt, chic Parisian café society & 1930s
Gypsy
Swing performing a rare and
special pleasure for the senses. Lead by the graceful & melodious
Dutch Gypsy swing guitar
master:
LOLLO MEIER
Andy Crowdy on bass and
Dave Kelbie on rhythm guitar, Andy Aitchison on violin give you a
night of Gypsy Swing
sensations
www.lejazzetal.com
ALWAYS SOLD OUT! BOOK
EARLY
Concert tickets from
www.quecumbar.co.uk www.wegottickets.com
DUNAJSKA
KAPELYE
"Extreme, virtuoso Balkan
Gypsy Jazz..."
THURSDAY 17th
JULY 2008 £10
Dunajska Kapelye have a
phenomenal range and can move you to tears with sweeping
gypsy
ballads or have you on your
feet with raucous thumping jazz. Unforgettable!
Polish Piotr
Balkan music and classical. His playing
is deep and emotive and has been described as
"grabbing you by the
heart" Founder member Viktor Obsust (bass) a graduate of
State Conservatoire, plays
with many Jazz and Eastern European
groups. He has played
around
(guitar) a regular on the
Gypsy Jazz circuit regularly plays with such luminaries as Ian
Cruickshank & Chris
Haigh, familiar to many at Le Quecumbar playing virtuoso Django-style
guitar. Dunajska Kapelye
recently voted TimeOut's critics'choice. Together they serve up a
veritable feast of
traditional Balkan & Gypsy Tunes/Jazz.
Tickets from
www.wegottickets.com or www.QuecumBar.co.uk
£12 on the door, open at
6pm food until 10pm
DINNER CONCERT CABARET
STYLE
AURORE QUARTET
£10
DIRECT FROM
SUNDAY/MONDAY
20th/21st JULY
Aurore Quartet should be
refunded by the social security. This young group of jazz
manouche act like powerful
anti depressant. Two guitars and a double bass who swing
together for two years
around the violin of Aurore Voilqué. Plus the songs of Edith Piaf, Henri
purified sounds, packed
with rhythms and diversification. They don't forget the Master Django Rheinardt,
with their own interpretations and their compositions which "evolutionises"
harmony. Their
music touches where it's sensitive: the soul and
heart.
www.aurorequartet.com or
the myspace www.myspace.com/aurorequartet
open at 6pm, food available
until 10pm all tables allocated on arrival, diners get preferential
seating.
Tickets from
www.quecumbar.co.uk www.wegottickets.com £12 on the
door
CARLOS
QUILICI
Tango Argentino Workshop
with
SATURDAY 26th
JULY £30 12-5pm,
World Bandoneon master of
“Los Tauras” from
A RARE CHANCE TO LEARN THIS
STYLE FROM A MASTER
For musicians/music
students who play harmonic instruments (bandoneon, accordion, piano,
guitar) or melodic
instruments (strings, wind). Covering the technical elements of tango,
rhythmic patterns for
accompaniments, rhythmic aspect, marcatto, sincopa, polirritmia,
harmonic aspect, piano
patterns, bass lines. Different types of melodies: Rhythmical or
cantabile.
Transformations, accents
and articulations, ornaments, variations and phrasing
More about Carlos on
www.taurastango.com.ar
Tickets at
www.quecumbar.co.uk
Romantic Tango Argentino.
World Bandoneon master FROM ARGENTINA
CARLOS QUILICI
FREE before 8pm £5
after
SATURDAY 26th
JULY
Arranger, composer and
conductor of “Los Tauras” from
authentic tango argentino as a soloist
with the bandoneon. Performs tangos from Carlos
Gardel to Astor Piazzolla
plus his own compositions, giving a intimate, passionate atmosphere
for the sound of this magic
instrument. Book early !
More about Carlos on
www.taurastango.com.ar
Doors open at 6pm - food
served until 10pm
FLAMING
FLAMENCO
Ricardo
Garcia's Grupo Flamenco
STEAMY SPANISH DANCE, MUSIC
AND SONG
SUNDAY 27th
JULY £10
www.flamencoflow.com
From the Albert Hall to
Gypsy Flamenco music
- soul rending song and heart stopping dance. Experience the
authentic
heat and spirit of Andalucía, the heart
of true Flamenco! "Blistering guitar playing...uplifting
dance! inspired… hypnotic…
pure magic. Ricardo Garcia's Grupo Flamenco, specialising in
the
traditional music of Andalucía:
Sevillanas, Alegrias, Bulerias, Granainas. Ricardo Garcia
from
Andalucía, flamenco guitarist. Percussion
& voice Alberto Perez & dance Anna Martras de
Doors open at 6.00pm
tickets at www.wegottickets.com
Advance tickets
www.wegottickets.com or our online shop www.quecumbar.co.uk
£13 ON THE
DOOR
DINNER CONCERT CABARET
STYLE DIRECT FROM
FRANGY DELPORTE
TRIO
French Hot Club Manouche
Gypsies
SUN/MON 3rd
& 4th AUGUST £10
A new generation of Gypsy
Swing players. Three friends plus, their talent and authenticity is
jaw dropping, from the
streets of
of the Manouche Gypsies
that follows in jangos footsteps! See and hear music live and
kicking.
Separately they have all played with the
famous, such as Angelo Debarre, Patrick Saussois,
Tchavolo Schmitt,
by Frangy.
This red hot trio will
swing you into the real Hot Club sound of Paris. They can be found at
many festivals around
Europe including (
Stephan Darot "Pichto"
double bass, playing traditional Hot Club style the Django way, plus
own compositions.
DON’T MISS THIS ONE!
www.frangydelporte.com
www.myspace.com/frangydelportefr
£13 on door. Open at
6pm, food until 8pm all tables allocated on arrival, diners get preferential
seating.
Tickets from
www.quecumbar.co.uk www.wegottickets.com
Evan
Christopher DJANGO A LA CREOLE Quartet
headed up by one of the
worlds best Clarinettists - Evan Christopher
FRIDAY 8th
AUGUST £15
Christopher whilst
living in
musical culture of
masterclasses. He also
formed his own groups, the Jazz Traditions Project and Django
à
la Créole. For Django à la Créole, the
idea was simple enough: Spice up the Hot Club texture
pioneered by Django
Reinhardt by emphasizing hallmarks of New Orleans Jazz including blues,
rhythms of the monde
Créole, and collective improvisation. The quartet released the recent
"Django à la Créole" CD in
Quarter Festival. Elegant
and impassioned, New Orleans-based clarinettist Evan Christopher's
style is steeped in the
tradition exemplified by early jazz masters such as Sidney Bechet, Jimmie
Noon and Barney Bigard.
Together with
and bassist Sebastien
Girardot, the quartet celebrates the music of the legendary Django
Reinhardt and enlivens
swing-era classics with fresh interpretations and virtuosic
improvisations.This concert
will be a fine blend of Hot Club and Creole just what it says on
the box! not to be missed.
We advise booking as early as possible.
For tour dates
www.lejazzetal.com
Doors open at 6pm.
All tables allocated on arrival diners get preferential tables.
Tickets in advance at
www.wegottickets.com or our online shop
www.quecumbar.co.uk
Gypsy Swing… Original, yet
virtuosic…
Classic yet quirky…Don’t
miss
ESPRIT
MANOUCHE
www.myspace.com/triomanouche
SUNDAY 10th
AUGUST £7
Esprit Manouche is: Simon
Harris guitar and vocals, Frank Moon guitar, Colin
Somervell
Double Bass, Esprit Manouche are a world
class gypsy swing trio. They have performed with
Tchavolo Schmitt, Angelo
Debarre and Dave Kelbie. The trio has not merely tried to copy
Reinhardts style and
repertoire. They also write their own material and weave their own
varied stylistic influences
in to this most excellent musical tapestry that is 'Esprit Manouche!'
Arrive early... they’ll be
hangin from the rafters! Doors open at 6pm, food will be available
until 8pm all tables
allocated on arrival, diners get preferential tables.
Advance tickets
www.wegottickets.com or our online shop www.quecumbar.co.uk £10 on the
door
"Extreme, virtuoso Balkan
Gypsy Jazz..."
DUNAJSKA
KAPELYE £10
Dunajska Kapelye have a
phenomenal range and can move you to tears with sweeping gypsy
ballads or have you on your
feet with raucous thumping jazz. Unforgettable!
SUNDAY 17TH
AUGUST 2008
Polish Piotr
and classical. His playing
is deep and emotive and has been described as "grabbing you by the
heart" Founder member
Viktor Obsust (bass) a graduate of Bratislava State Conservatoire,
plays with many Jazz and Eastern European
groups. He has played around
specialising in Balkan
music, jazz & improvisation. Jez Cook (guitar) a regular on
the Gypsy Jazz circuit
regularly plays with such luminaries as Ian Cruickshank & Chris Haigh,
familiar to many at Le
Quecumbar playing virtuoso Django-style guitar. Dunajska Kapelye
recently voted TimeOut's
critics'choice. Together they serve up a veritable feast of traditional
Balkan & Gypsy
Tunes/Jazz.
www.myspace.com/dunajska.kapelye
Tickets
www.wegottickets.com or www.QuecumBar.co.uk £12 on door, open at 6pm food until
10pm
John Wheatcroft
and Andy Mackenzie Gypsy Swing workshop
Sunday 24th
August £30
The workshop runs from
11am-4pm
Equally well known as
educators, both John Wheatcroft and Andy Mackenzie will be holding a
joint masterclass during
the day before the performance covering both soloing and rhythm
techniques. Topics to be
covered include: The difference between Gypsy Swing/Jazz and
conventional Jazz phrasing,
Playing over the changes, dynamics and expression, building
vocabulary, establishing
your voice, creating effective rhythm parts and chord-soloing
techniques.
Tickets
www.quecumbar.co.uk
John Wheatcroft
Acoustic Quintet
Sunday 24th
August £12
The first performance at Le
Quecumbar in Battersea for newly formed John Wheatcroft
Acoustic Quintet. John’s
incredible versatility as a player is well known throughout the guitar
world but tonight he
launches his new project inspired directly by the style he loves the most,
the music of Django
Reinhardt and his contemporaries. With a set that includes both original
compositions and
fascinating re-arrangements of popular standards, John takes the Django
style right up to date with
his seamless integration of modern influences, techniques and
compositional devices,
producing a sound that is rooted in the traditions of the genre, but
vital, forward thinking and
highly original. With a line-up featuring John’s old rhythm partner
from John Jorgenson’s
Quintet, the amazing Andy Mackenzie, along with Jim Clark on second
rhythm guitar, Paul Elliott
on percussion and Alan Mian on upright bass, this promises to be an
event not to be missed!
“John is an incredible
guitarist with an astonishing technique” - Gary Potter
“Lefty John Wheatcroft is
growing into one of the better players in
Advance tickets
www.wegottickets.com or our online shop www.quecumbar.co.uk £15 on the
door
CHIC PARISIAN 30's
SOCIETY SOIRÉE - CAFE CABARET WITH THE ENCHANTING
FLEUR DE
led by mesmerising
chanteuse LO POLIDORO with evocative EDITH PIAF style vocals and charm
SUNDAY 31st AUGUST
2008 £10
“Be transported to a more
elegant era, a unique atmosphere that provides an irresistible
combination of live music,
great food and hospitality in a setting as alluring as a coquette’s
boudoir.”
A sparkling night of
authentic Parisian swinging society cafe music with the chic Fleur de Paris,
London-based quartet
specializing in the old French café & music-hall styles of pre & post
war
chanson & musette. This
rich and evocative strand of twentieth century music is brought to
life by the
beautiful and charming
voice of chanteuse Lo Polidoro, accompanied by the accordion and
piano of Christian Dupont,
the violin of Kirsten Hammond and the guitar of Martin
Brown.
Well-loved
favourites and lesser-known gems from such names as: Charles Trenet, Yves
Montand, Andre Claveau
& Edith Piaf are interspersed with musette waltzes and swing
tunes,
dating from the 1890s to the 1950s. Et
que vive la chanson francaise!
http://www.fleurdeparis.co.uk
All musicians have
performed for a wide range of audiences throughout
settings as diverse as the
BBC, Glastonbury Festival, Wimbledon Tennis Championships,
Open at 6pm food will be
available until 10 all tables allocated on arrival, diners get preferential
seating.
Doors open at 6pm tickets
at www.wegottickets.com or our online shop www.quecumbar.co.uk
£12 ON THE DOOR
"Extreme, virtuoso
metamorphosis of global Gypsy splendour"
DUNAJSKA
KAPELYE £10
Dunajska Kapelye audience
favourite, Time Out's critics' choice serve up a veritable feast
of
traditional
Django/Grappelli Hot Club and Gypsy Jazz with Balkan and Gypsy tunes from
around the globe,
unforgettable!
SUNDAY 7th
SEPTEMBER 2008
Yes, those wild Balkan and
Eastern European Gypsies have infiltrated the west and although
established as the
"....extreme, virtuoso, Balkan Gypsy jazz..." (Time Out) tonight they will play
the music of their French
Gypsy brothers. “They can move you to tears with sweeping Gypsy
ballads or have you on your
feet with raucous thumping jazz” (Time Out). Polish Piotr
has played violin since the age of 6 his
playing is deep and emotive and "grabs you by the
heart" Yugoslav Viktor
Obsust (bass) of the Bratislava State Conservatoire, apart from
lecturing in the
improvisation. Jez Cook
(guitar) familiar to many at Le Quecumbar playing virtuoso
Django-
style guitar regularly
plays with Ian Cruickshank and Chris Haigh.
www.myspace.com/dunajska.kapelye
£12 on the door open at
6pm. Tickets at www.wegottickets.com or
www.quecumbar.co.uk
JUNE FULL GIG
LIST
Tue 3rd
June
TUESDAYS FREE SIZZLING
GYPSY SWING JAM
Jam session led by rockin
George Trebar on bass, a QuecumBar Allstar. You saw Johnny Depp in
Chocolate play Minor Swing, Django style. See and hear it live in our
intimate 1930s Parisian cabaret brasserie. Chill out with a bottle of
quaffable wine and simple food always a great night full of musical surprises,
transporting you to the swinging streets of
If you play swing then
bring your instrument!
The DUSA ORCHESTRA
SWINGING SOULFUL
GYPSY-BALKAN MUSIC FROM
WEDNESDAY 4TH
JUNE £12
Their countless concerts
all over the world are musical journeys full of rhythm, passion, sweat and
melody. This band is more than a bunch of excellent instrumentalists and
improvisators. A band, that manages the art of genre-melding so perfectly, so
effortlessly. A must see full of life and energy.
www.dusaorchestra.com
Doors open 6pm food
available until 10pm all tables allocated on arrival, diners get preferential
seating.
Tickets from
www.wegottickets.com and www.quecumbar.co.uk or £15 on the
door
Thur 5th June £5
after 8 free before!
SWINGING
CATS
Richard
White ‘vintage
versatility’ swing bass saxophone leads the evening with fabulous
Colin Good
on magic paino. Richard well known
as one of the
plays clarinet, alto
sax, baritone saxophones, bass clarinet, rhythm banjo, washboard (vintage
1920s style),
piano & vocals all this rolled into
one and mixed with his own personal brand of quirkiness. A must see
talent!
LOOK OUT FOR
THEIR SPECIAL SURPRISE GUESTS ON THE NIGHT!
Fri 6th June Stephane
Grafitti - with violin vixen Noreen Cullen and rocking vocals and guitar
from Adrian Burns a night
of Swing, Jazz, Classical, Gypsy and Celtic rocking madness - a must see!
Sat 7th June Favourite Pete
‘Tiger’ Sheppard & Co put the grrr in Gypsy Swing guitar - always
exciting!
"Extreme, virtuoso
metamorphosis of global Gypsy splendour"
DUNAJSKA
KAPELYE £10
Dunajska Kapelye audience
favourite, Time Out's critics' choice serve up a veritable feast of traditional
Django/Grappelli
Hot Club and Gypsy Jazz
with Balkan and Gypsy tunes from around the globe,
unforgettable!
SUNDAY 8th JUNE
2008
Yes, those wild Balkan and
Eastern European Gypsies have infiltrated the west and although
established as the
"...extreme, virtuoso, Balkan Gypsy jazz..."(Time Out) tonight they will play
the music of their French
Gypsy brothers.
“They can move you to tears
with sweeping Gypsy ballads or have you on your feet with
raucous thumping jazz”
(Time Out). Polish Piotr
playing is deep and emotive
and "grabs you by the heart" Yugoslav Viktor Obsust (bass) of the
Bratislava State
Conservatoire, apart from lecturing in the
specialising in Balkan
music, jazz and improvisation. Jez Cook (guitar) familiar to many
at
Le QuecumBar playing
virtuoso Django-style guitar regularly plays with Ian Cruickshank and Chris
Haigh.
Doors open 6pm, £12 on the
door
Tickets at
www.wegottickets.com or www.quecumbar.co.uk
Monday 9th
June
MONDAYS FREE
BALKAN GYPSY JAM MADNESS WITH ZEST AND FIRE
Led by the eclectic Viktor
Obsust and friends suitable for any instrument, level, creed etc but
you must possess enthusiasm
to enjoy music and try something new! See and hear the Balkan
beat live as its made -
learn a few tunes and have fun with irregular rhythms. Fine food, fine
drinks, fine music, fine
crowd, what else one can wish for!!!
A must see for party
crowds, bring your dancing shoes and your instrument!.
Tuesday 10th
June
TUESDAYS
FREE SIZZLING GYPSY SWING JAM
Jam session led by rockin
George Trebar on bass, a QuecumBar Allstar. You saw Johnny
Depp
in Chocolate play Minor Swing, Django
style. See and hear it live in our intimate 1930s
Parisian cabaret
brasserie. Chill out with a bottle of quaffable wine and simple food always
a
great night full of musical
surprises, transporting you to the swinging streets of
with all the colour and joy
of the Belle Epoch. If you play swing then bring your
instrument!
Wed 11th June Piano
lounge with Mike Head singing swinging and rockin
Thur 12th June £5
after 8 free before!
SWINGING
CATS
Led by Australian guitarist
Dave Blenkhorn one of the most sought
after guitar players in the
traditional and gypsy jazz
scene since his arrival in the
recorded with some of
and Graham Bell and
performed at numerous festivals on the European festival circuit with US
players Leroy Jones, Evan
Christopher and Dan Barrett. It's swinging guitar inspired by the
music from the 30's &
40's and playing jazz greats from Django Reinhardt and Charlie
Christian.
LOOK OUT FOR
THE SPECIAL SURPRISE GUESTS ON THE NIGHT!
Fri 13 June Stephane
Graffiti ensemble - the violin vixen, sassy Noreen on violin, vocals,
guitar and Adrian on vocals and guitar a night of Swing, Jazz, Classical,
Gypsy and Celtic rocking madness - a must see!
Sat 14 June Diego
Parada Duo revving Gypsy Swing ensemble
the sounds of
FRONTIER
FLAMENCO with SIMON EL RUBIO
&
FLAMENCOVINO
SUNDAY 15TH
JUNE £12
SIMON EL RUBIO, well known
dancer and musician from the gypsy "barrio" of
flamenco, Latino, bolero
and rumba. A modern instrumental group with compelling rhythms,
interwoven through flamenco
guitar, dance, bass guitar, voice and percussion...Simón el
Rubio
on Flamenco guitar, Alvaro on Bass
This innovative group of
young musicians take you from across South America to
spicy variety of music
cultures influencing their particular brand of SONIQUETE...the sounds
of FRONTIER
FLAMENCO. Not for the faint-hearted! If you settle down to a romantic
Bolero, you will only be
woken by an explosive Flamenco outburst of the Andalusian Gypsy
temperament jazzed with a
hint of Django. CERTAINLY A CONCERT NOT TO BE MISSED!
Doors open 6pm food
available until 8pm, diners get preferential tables, all tables allocated on
arrival.
Tickets at
www.wegottickets.com or www.quecumbar.co.uk £15 on
the door
Mon 16th
June
MONDAYS FREE
BALKAN GYPSY JAM MADNESS WITH ZEST AND FIRE
Led by the eclectic Viktor
Obsust and friends Suitable for any instrument, level, creed etc but
you must possess enthusiasm
to enjoy music and try something new! See and hear the Balkan
beat live as its made -
learn a few tunes and have fun with irregular rhythms. Fine food, fine
drinks, fine music, fine
crowd, what else one can wish for!!!
A must see for party
crowds, bring your dancing shoes and your instrument!.
Tue 17th
June
TUESDAYS
FREE SIZZLING GYPSY SWING JAM
Jam session led by rockin
George Trebar on bass, a QuecumBar Allstar. You saw Johnny
Depp
in Chocolate play Minor Swing, Django
style. See and hear it live in our intimate 1930s
Parisian cabaret
brasserie. Chill out with a bottle of quaffable wine and simple food always
a
great night full of musical
surprises, transporting you to the swinging streets of
with all the colour and joy
of the Belle Epoch.
If you play swing
then bring your instrument!
Wed 18th June Piano lounge
with Mike Head singing swinging and rockin
The great
ANGELO DEBARRE
QUARTET
ONE NIGHT ONLY - THURSDAY 19TH JUNE £15
Patron Angelo a sell out on
all past concerts at Le Q returns with Christian Garrick on violin,
fellow patron Dave Kelbie
on driving rhythm guitar and Andy Crowdy on dynamic double
bass.
Angelo stuns his audiences
worldwide burning a trail of jaw dropping audiences! He has been
playing gypsy swing guitar
since the age of eight, with a unique style of improvisation &
arrangements, leaving his
audiences aghast & always wanting more - catch him now - a legend
in the
making.
We advise booking as early
as possible. For tour dates www.lejazzetal.com
Doors open at 6pm. All
tables allocated on arrival diners get preferential tables.
Tickets in advance at
www.wegottickets.com or our online shop www.quecumbar.co.uk
Fri 20th June Yoka
‘Dutch Diva’ with the megawatt voice - stuns her audience with songs of swing,
blues, jazz
Sat 21st June Charles
Alexander and Andy Robinson jazz guitar duo that do it
all!
'ABSINTHE NIGHT’ with
Flamenco Group CARAMBITA
SUNDAY 22ND
JUNE £8
As one of the rare fully
cohesive flamenco groups in
the highest level. All
members of the band, Ulises Diaz (singer), Jose Bravo (guitar), Sara 'La
Frasca'(dance) and Demi
Sabat Garcia (percussion) have extensive performance experience
and years of training
behind them. They have performed at festivals throughout the
well as the Pena Flamenca
de Londres and other venues. Tonight you'll have an opportunity
to
watch them live in an intimate, exotic
environment rarely found in
www.myspace.com/carambita
Doors open 6pm Tickets:
www.wegottickets.com or www.quecumbar.co.uk £10 on the door
'ABSINTHE NIGHT’ by Nottas
Promotions
Provide regular exotic and
unexpected musical flavours by talented mainly unsigned, world
music
ensembles, including flamenco, Balkan gypsy, Bossa nova, Venezuelan
Joropo, Greek
Rembetika and more. An
opportunity for curious musical and non-musical minds looking for
something unique to
experience in the unique 30’s Parisian brasserie, Le
QuecumBar.'
For more information on
Absinthe nights watch NOTTAS Promotions on
www.myspace.com/elizabethcynthianott
or contact us on nottas_dot_p_at_googlemail_dot_com
Le QuecumBar at
Samois closed from Mon 23 June -Mon 30 June inc.
JULY FULL
GIG LIST
Tue 1st
July
TUESDAYS
FREE SIZZLING GYPSY SWING JAM
Jam session led by rockin
George Trebar on bass, a QuecumBar Allstar. You saw Johnny Depp in
Chocolate play Minor Swing, Django style. See and hear it live in our
intimate 1930s Parisian cabaret brasserie. Chill out with a bottle of
quaffable wine and simple food always a great night full of musical surprises,
transporting you to the swinging streets of
Wed 2nd Piano lounge with
Mike Head singing swinging and rockin
Thursday 3rd July FREE
before 8pm £5 after
SWINGING
CATS
Richard
White ‘vintage
versatility’ swing bass saxophone leads the evening with surprise guests
Richard is well known
as one the
sax, baritone
saxophones, bass clarinet, rhythm banjo, washboard (vintage 1920s style), plus
piano & vocals all this
rolled into and mixed with his own personal brand of quirkiness. A must see
talent!
LOOK OUT FOR
THEIR SPECIAL SURPRISE GUESTS ON THE NIGHT!
Fri 4th July Feabhean Kwest
ensemble acoustic swinging guitar from the 20s, 30s and
40s
Sat 5th July Favourite Pete
‘Tiger’ Sheppard & Co put the grrr into Gypsy Swing guitar –
exciting!
CABARET CAFÉ STYLE - SWING
YOUR THING
With the show
stopping!
JOE CONNELL
SWING TRIO
From Swing to Stevie with
style and pizzaz!
SUNDAY 6th
JULY
£8 COVER CHARGE
Joe is the X factor, the
big power voice from down under, he's swung around the world
from
Grease to the 12 Tenors and
more. For his debut show performance at Le QuecumBar he
will be joined by the magic
fingers and sparkling wit of Ian Thomas, Welsh piano ace and
acoustic double
bass. Together they will raise the roof with songs you will swing to and
show
stopping
favourites.
A VOICE THAT WILL BLOW YOU
AWAY! DON’T MISS HIM doors open at 6pm
Monday 7th
July
MONDAYS FREE
BALKAN GYPSY JAM MADNESS WITH ZEST AND FIRE
Led by the eclectic Viktor
Obsust and friends Suitable for any instrument, level, creed etc
but
you must possess enthusiasm to enjoy
music and try something new! See and hear the Balkan
beat live as its made -
learn a few tunes and have fun with irregular rhythms. Fine food, fine
drinks, fine music, fine
crowd, what else one can wish for!!!
A must see for party
crowds, bring your dancing shoes and your instrument!.
Tuesday 8th
July
TUESDAYS
FREE SIZZLING GYPSY SWING JAM
Jam session led by rockin
George Trebar on bass, a QuecumBar Allstar. You saw Johnny Depp
in Chocolate play Minor
Swing, Django style. See and hear it live in our intimate 1930s Parisian
cabaret
brasserie. Chill out with a bottle of quaffable wine and simple food always
a great night
full of musical surprises,
transporting you to the swinging streets of
colour and joy of the Belle
Epoch. If you play swing then bring your instrument!
Wed 9 Piano lounge with
Mike Head singing swinging and rockin
Thursday 10th July FREE
before 8pm £5 after
SWINGING
CATS
Richard
White ‘vintage
versatility’ swing bass saxophone leads the evening with surprise
guests
Richard is well known
as one the
sax, baritone
saxophones, bass clarinet, rhythm banjo, washboard (vintage 1920s style), plus
piano & vocals all this
rolled into and mixed with his own personal brand of quirkiness. A must see
talent!
LOOK OUT FOR
THEIR SPECIAL SURPRISE GUESTS ON THE NIGHT!
Romantic Tango
Argentino
World Bandoneon master FROM
ARGENTINA
CARLOS QUILICE
FREE before 8pm £5
after
FRIDAY 11th
& SAT 26th JULY
Arranger, composer and
conductor of “Los Tauras” from
authentic tango argentino
as a soloist with the bandoneon. Performs tangos from Carlos
Gardel to Astor Piazzolla
plus his own compositions, giving an intimate, passionate
atmosphere for the sound of
this magic instrument. Book early !
More about Carlos on
www.taurastango.com.ar
Doors open at 6pm - food
served until 10pm
Sat 12th
July Ava Golding swings and sings cabaret style with
piano
SUMAYA
FLAMENCO
A NIGHT OF SONG, DANCE AND
FLAMENCO FIRE
SUNDAY
13TH JULY £12
Sumaya, London based
flamenco group present an exciting mix of traditional/modern flamenco music and
dance, they never fail to astound audiences with their full-blooded take on the
gypsy art-form sending shivers down your spine with their percussion, guitar and
vocals mix, featuring two astounding dancers. Made up of some of
Doors open 6pm, food
available until 8 all tables allocated on arrival, diners get preferential
seating.
Advance tickets
www.wegottickets.com or our online shop www.quecumbar.co.uk £14 on the
door
DINNER CONCERT CABARET
STYLE
THE LOLLO MEIER
QUARTET
MEMORIES OF DJANGO
REINHARDT
MONDAY 14th
July £15
Perfectly replicating the
sounds of Django Reinhardt, chic Parisian café society & 1930s
Gypsy
Swing performing a rare and
special pleasure for the senses. Lead by the graceful & melodious
Dutch Gypsy swing guitar
master:
LOLLO MEIER
Andy Crowdy on bass and
Dave Kelbie on rhythm guitar, Andy Aitchison on violin give you a
night of Gypsy Swing
sensations
www.lejazzetal.com
ALWAYS SOLD OUT! BOOK
EARLY
Concert tickets from
www.quecumbar.co.uk www.wegottickets.com
Tuesday 15th
July
TUESDAYS
FREE SIZZLING GYPSY SWING JAM
Jam session led by rockin
George Trebar on bass, a QuecumBar Allstar. You saw Johnny
Depp
in Chocolate play Minor Swing, Django
style. See and hear it live in our intimate 1930s
Parisian cabaret brasserie. Chill out
with a bottle of quaffable wine and simple food always a
great night full of musical
surprises, transporting you to the swinging streets of
with all the colour and joy
of the Belle Epoch. If you play swing then bring your
instrument!
Wed 16 Piano lounge with
Mike Head singing swinging and rockin
DUNAJSKA
KAPELYE
"Extreme, virtuoso Balkan
Gypsy Jazz..."
THURSDAY 17th
JULY 2008 £10
Dunajska Kapelye have a
phenomenal range and can move you to tears with sweeping
gypsy
ballads or have you on your
feet with raucous thumping jazz. Unforgettable!
Polish Piotr
Balkan music and classical. His playing
is deep and emotive and has been described as
"grabbing you by the
heart" Founder member Viktor Obsust (bass) a graduate of
State Conservatoire, plays
with many Jazz and Eastern European
groups. He has played
around
(guitar) a regular on the
Gypsy Jazz circuit regularly plays with such luminaries as Ian
Cruickshank & Chris
Haigh, familiar to many at Le Quecumbar playing virtuoso Django-style
guitar. Dunajska Kapelye
recently voted TimeOut's critics'choice. Together they serve up a
veritable feast of
traditional Balkan & Gypsy Tunes/Jazz.
Tickets from
www.wegottickets.com or www.QuecumBar.co.uk
£12 on the door, open at
6pm food until 10pm
Fri 18th July Simon
Moore ensemble Gypsy Swing guitar the Django way
Sat 19the July Charles
Alexander and Andy Robinson jazz guitar duo that do it
all!
DINNER CONCERT CABARET
STYLE
AURORE QUARTET
£10
DIRECT FROM
SUNDAY/MONDAY
20th/21st JULY
Aurore Quartet should be
refunded by the social security. This young group of jazz
manouche act like powerful
anti depressant. Two guitars and a double bass who swing
together for two years
around the violin of Aurore Voilqué. Plus the songs of Edith Piaf, Henri
purified sounds, packed
with rhythms and diversification. They don't forget the Master Django Rheinardt,
with their own interpretations and their compositions which "evolutionises"
harmony. Their
music touches where it's sensitive: the soul and
heart.
www.aurorequartet.com or
the myspace www.myspace.com/aurorequartet
open at 6pm, food available
until 10pm all tables allocated on arrival, diners get preferential
seating.
Tickets from
www.quecumbar.co.uk www.wegottickets.com £12 on the
door
Tuesday 22nd July
TUESDAYS
FREE SIZZLING GYPSY SWING JAM
Jam session led by rockin
George Trebar on bass, a QuecumBar Allstar. You saw Johnny
Depp
in Chocolate play Minor Swing, Django
style. See and hear it live in our intimate 1930s
Parisian cabaret
brasserie. Chill out with a bottle of quaffable wine and simple food always
a
great night full of musical
surprises, transporting you to the swinging streets of
with all the colour and joy
of the Belle Epoch. If you play swing then bring your
instrument!
Wed 23rd July - Piano
lounge with Mike Head singing swinging and rockin
Thursday 24th July FREE before 8pm £5
after
SWINGING
CATS
Richard
White ‘vintage
versatility’ swing bass saxophone leads the evening with surprise
guests
Richard, well known as
one the
sax, baritone
saxophones, bass clarinet, rhythm banjo, washboard (vintage 1920s style), plus
piano & vocals all this
rolled into and mixed with his own personal brand of quirkiness. A must
see
talent!
LOOK OUT FOR THEIR SPECIAL
SURPRISE GUESTS ON THE NIGHT!
Friday 25th July Yoka the
Dutch diva wows her audience with Blues, Jazz, Swing and
more!
CARLOS
QUILICI
Tango Argentino Workshop
with
SATURDAY 26th
JULY £30 12-5pm,
World Bandoneon master of
“Los Tauras” from
A RARE CHANCE TO LEARN THIS
STYLE FROM A MASTER
For musicians/music
students who play harmonic instruments (bandoneon, accordion, piano,
guitar) or melodic
instruments (strings, wind). Covering the technical elements of tango,
rhythmic patterns for
accompaniments, rhythmic aspect, marcatto, sincopa, polirritmia,
harmonic aspect, piano
patterns, bass lines. Different types of melodies: Rhythmical or
cantabile.
Transformations, accents
and articulations, ornaments, variations and phrasing
More about Carlos on
www.taurastango.com.ar
Tickets at
www.quecumbar.co.uk
Romantic Tango Argentino.
World Bandoneon master FROM ARGENTINA
CARLOS QUILICI
FREE before 8pm £5
after
SATURDAY 26th
JULY
Arranger, composer and
conductor of “Los Tauras” from
authentic tango argentino as a soloist
with the bandoneon. Performs tangos from Carlos
Gardel to Astor Piazzolla
plus his own compositions, giving a intimate, passionate atmosphere
for the sound of this magic
instrument. Book early !
More about Carlos on
www.taurastango.com.ar
Doors open at 6pm - food
served until 10pm
FLAMING
FLAMENCO
Ricardo
Garcia's Grupo Flamenco
STEAMY SPANISH DANCE, MUSIC
AND SONG
SUNDAY 27th
JULY £10
www.flamencoflow.com
From the Albert Hall to
Gypsy Flamenco music
- soul rending song and heart stopping dance. Experience the
authentic
heat and spirit of Andalucía, the heart
of true Flamenco! "Blistering guitar playing...uplifting
dance! inspired… hypnotic…
pure magic. Ricardo Garcia's Grupo Flamenco, specialising in
the
traditional music of Andalucía:
Sevillanas, Alegrias, Bulerias, Granainas. Ricardo Garcia
from
Andalucía, flamenco guitarist. Percussion
& voice Alberto Perez & dance Anna Martras de
Doors open at 6.00pm
tickets at www.wegottickets.com
Advance tickets
www.wegottickets.com or our online shop www.quecumbar.co.uk
£13 ON THE
DOOR
Monday 28th
July
MONDAYS FREE
BALKAN GYPSY JAM MADNESS WITH ZEST AND FIRE
Led by the eclectic Viktor
Obsust and friends Suitable for any instrument, level, creed etc but
you must possess enthusiasm
to enjoy music and try something new! See and hear the Balkan
beat live as its made -
learn a few tunes and have fun with irregular rhythms. Fine food, fine
drinks, fine music, fine
crowd, what else one can wish for!!!
A must see for party
crowds, bring your dancing shoes and your instrument!
Tuesday 29th
July
TUESDAYS
FREE SIZZLING GYPSY SWING JAM
Jam session led by rockin
George Trebar on bass, a QuecumBar Allstar. You saw Johnny Depp
in Chocolate play Minor
Swing, Django style. See and hear it live in our intimate 1930s Parisian
cabaret
brasserie. Chill out with a bottle of quaffable wine and simple food always
a great night
full of musical surprises,
transporting you to the swinging streets of
colour and joy of the Belle
Epoch. If you play swing then bring your instrument!
Wednesday 30th July Piano lounge with Mike Head singing
swinging and rockin
Thursday 31st July FREE
before 8pm £5 after
SWINGING
CATS
Richard
White ‘vintage
versatility’ swing bass saxophone leads the evening with surprise guests
Richard is well known as one the UK's top multi-instrumentalists, he
plays clarinet, alto sax, baritone saxophones, bass clarinet, rhythm
banjo, washboard (vintage 1920s style), plus piano & vocals all this rolled
into and mixed with his own personal brand of quirkiness. A must see
talent!
LOOK OUT FOR
THEIR SPECIAL SURPRISE GUESTS ON THE NIGHT!
AUGUST FULL
GIG LIST
Friday 1st
August Ava Golding swings and sings
cabaret style with piano
Saturday 2nd August Favourite Pete "Tiger" Sheppard & Co
put the grrr into Gypsy Swing guitar - always exciting
DINNER CONCERT CABARET
STYLE DIRECT FROM
FRANGY DELPORTE
TRIO
French Hot Club Manouche
Gypsies
SUN/MON 3rd
& 4th AUGUST £10
A new generation of Gypsy
Swing players. Three friends plus, their talent and authenticity is
jaw dropping, from the
streets of
of the Manouche Gypsies
that follows in jangos footsteps! See and hear music live and
kicking.
Separately they have all played with the
famous, such as Angelo Debarre, Patrick Saussois,
Tchavolo Schmitt,
by Frangy.
This red hot trio will
swing you into the real Hot Club sound of Paris. They can be found at
many festivals around
Europe including (
Stephan Darot "Pichto"
double bass, playing traditional Hot Club style the Django way, plus
own compositions.
DON’T MISS THIS ONE!
www.frangydelporte.com
www.myspace.com/frangydelportefr
£13 on door. Open at
6pm, food until 8pm all tables allocated on arrival, diners get preferential
seating.
Tickets from
www.quecumbar.co.uk www.wegottickets.com
Tuesday 5th
August
TUESDAYS
FREE SIZZLING GYPSY SWING JAM
Jam session led by rockin
George Trebar on bass, a QuecumBar Allstar. You saw Jonny
Depp
in Chocolate play Minor Swing, Django
style. See and hear it live in our intimate 1930s
Parisian cabaret
brasserie. Chill out with a bottle of quaffable wine and simple food always
a
great night full of musical
surprises, transporting you to the swinging streets of
with all the colour and joy
of the Belle Epoch. If you play swing then bring your
instrument!
Wednesday 6th August Piano lounge with Mike Head singing
swinging and rockin
Thursday 7th
August FREE before 8 £5 after
SWINGING
CATS
Richard
White ‘vintage
versatility’ swing bass saxophone leads the evening with surprise
guests
Richard is well known
as one the
sax, baritone
saxophones, bass clarinet, rhythm banjo, washboard (vintage 1920s style), plus
piano & vocals all this
rolled into and mixed with his own personal brand of quirkiness. A must see
talent!
LOOK OUT FOR
THEIR SPECIAL SURPRISE GUESTS ON THE NIGHT!
Evan
Christopher DJANGO A LA CREOLE Quartet
headed up by one of the
worlds best Clarinettists - Evan Christopher
FRIDAY 8th
AUGUST £15
Christopher whilst
living in
musical culture of
masterclasses. He also
formed his own groups, the Jazz Traditions Project and Django
à
la Créole. For Django à la Créole, the
idea was simple enough: Spice up the Hot Club texture
pioneered by Django
Reinhardt by emphasizing hallmarks of New Orleans Jazz including blues,
rhythms of the monde
Créole, and collective improvisation. The quartet released the recent
"Django à la Créole" CD in
Quarter Festival. Elegant
and impassioned, New Orleans-based clarinettist Evan Christopher's
style is steeped in the
tradition exemplified by early jazz masters such as Sidney Bechet, Jimmie
Noon and Barney Bigard.
Together with
and bassist Sebastien
Girardot, the quartet celebrates the music of the legendary Django
Reinhardt and enlivens
swing-era classics with fresh interpretations and virtuosic
improvisations.This concert
will be a fine blend of Hot Club and Creole just what it says on
the box! not to be missed.
We advise booking as early as possible.
For tour dates
www.lejazzetal.com
Doors open at 6pm.
All tables allocated on arrival diners get preferential tables.
Tickets in advance at
www.wegottickets.com or our online shop
www.quecumbar.co.uk
Saturday 9th August -
Melissa James sings soulful jazz and swing with Andy robinson on
guitar
Gypsy Swing… Original, yet
virtuosic…
Classic yet quirky…Don’t
miss
ESPRIT
MANOUCHE
www.myspace.com/triomanouche
SUNDAY 10th
AUGUST £7
Esprit Manouche is: Simon
Harris guitar and vocals, Frank Moon guitar, Colin
Somervell
Double Bass, Esprit Manouche are a world
class gypsy swing trio. They have performed with
Tchavolo Schmitt, Angelo
Debarre and Dave Kelbie. The trio has not merely tried to copy
Reinhardts style and
repertoire. They also write their own material and weave their own
varied stylistic influences
in to this most excellent musical tapestry that is 'Esprit Manouche!'
Arrive early... they’ll be
hangin from the rafters! Doors open at 6pm, food will be available
until 8pm all tables
allocated on arrival, diners get preferential tables.
Advance tickets
www.wegottickets.com or our online shop www.quecumbar.co.uk £10 on the
door
Monday 11th
August
MONDAYS FREE
BALKAN GYPSY JAM MADNESS WITH ZEST AND FIRE
Led by the eclectic Viktor
Obsust and friends Suitable for any instrument, level, creed etc but
you must possess enthusiasm
to enjoy music and try something new! See and hear the Balkan
beat live as its made -
learn a few tunes and have fun with irregular rhythms. Fine food, fine
drinks, fine music, fine
crowd, what else one can wish for!!!
A must see for party
crowds, bring your dancing shoes and your instrument!.
Tuesday 12th
August
TUESDAYS
FREE SIZZLING GYPSY SWING JAM
Jam session led by rockin
George Trebar on bass, a QuecumBar Allstar. You saw Johnny
Depp
in Chocolate play Minor Swing, Django
style. See and hear it live in our intimate 1930s
Parisian cabaret
brasserie. Chill out with a bottle of quaffable wine and simple food always
a
great night full of musical
surprises, transporting you to the swinging streets of
with all the colour and joy
of the Belle Epoch. If you play swing then bring your
instrument!
Wed 13 Piano lounge with
Mike Head singing swinging and rockin
Thursday 14th
August
FREE before 8pm £5
after
SWINGING
CATS
Richard
White ‘vintage
versatility’swing bass saxophone leads the evening with surprise guests
Richard, well known as
one the
sax, baritone
saxophones, bass clarinet, rhythm banjo, washboard (vintage 1920s style), plus
piano & vocals all this
rolled into and mixed with his own personal brand of quirkiness. A must
see
talent!
LOOK OUT FOR
THEIR SPECIAL SURPRISE GUESTS ON THE NIGHT!
Friday 15th August Simon
Moore duo acoustic guitar Django style
Sat 16th August Night and
Day vocals and piano - dinner jazz and swing
"Extreme, virtuoso Balkan
Gypsy Jazz..."
DUNAJSKA
KAPELYE £10
Dunajska Kapelye have a
phenomenal range and can move you to tears with sweeping gypsy
ballads or have you on your
feet with raucous thumping jazz. Unforgettable!
SUNDAY 17TH
AUGUST 2008
Polish Piotr
and classical. His playing
is deep and emotive and has been described as "grabbing you by the
heart" Founder member
Viktor Obsust (bass) a graduate of Bratislava State Conservatoire,
plays with many Jazz and Eastern European
groups. He has played around
specialising in Balkan
music, jazz & improvisation. Jez Cook (guitar) a regular on
the Gypsy Jazz circuit
regularly plays with such luminaries as Ian Cruickshank & Chris Haigh,
familiar to many at Le
Quecumbar playing virtuoso Django-style guitar. Dunajska Kapelye
recently voted TimeOut's
critics'choice. Together they serve up a veritable feast of traditional
Balkan & Gypsy
Tunes/Jazz.
www.myspace.com/dunajska.kapelye
Tickets
www.wegottickets.com or www.QuecumBar.co.uk £12 on door, open at 6pm food until
10pm
Monday 18th
August
MONDAYS FREE
BALKAN GYPSY JAM MADNESS WITH ZEST AND FIRE
Led by the eclectic Viktor
Obsust and friends Suitable for any instrument, level, creed etc but
you must possess enthusiasm
to enjoy music and try something new! See and hear the Balkan
beat live as its made -
learn a few tunes and have fun with irregular rhythms. Fine food, fine
drinks, fine music, fine
crowd, what else one can wish for!!!
A must see for party
crowds, bring your dancing shoes and your instrument!.
Tuesday 19th August
TUESDAYS
FREE SIZZLING GYPSY SWING JAM
Jam session led by rockin
George Trebar on bass, a QuecumBar Allstar.You saw Johnny
Depp
in Chocolate play Minor Swing, Django
style. See and hear it live in our intimate 1930s
Parisian cabaret
brasserie. Chill out with a bottle of quaffable wine and simple food always
a
great night full of musical
surprises, transporting you to the swinging streets of
with all the colour and joy
of the Belle Epoch. If you play swing then bring your
instrument!
Wed 20th August - Piano
lounge with Mike Head singing swinging and rockin
Thursday 21st August FREE before 8pm £5
after
SWINGING
CATS
Richard
White ‘vintage
versatility’swing bass saxophone leads the evening with surprise
guestsRichard is
well known as one the
sax, baritone
saxophones, bass clarinet, rhythm banjo, washboard (vintage 1920s style), plus
piano & vocals all this
rolled into and mixed with his own personal brand of quirkiness. A must see
talent!
LOOK OUT FOR
THEIR SPECIAL SURPRISE GUESTS ON THE NIGHT!
Fri 22nd August Faebhean
Kwest acoustic Gypsy Swing 20s,30s, 40s
Sat 23rd Auguat Yoka ’Dutch
Diva’ will wow you with her amazing voice and swinging
piano
John Wheatcroft
and Andy Mackenzie Gypsy Swing workshop
Sunday 24th
August £30
The workshop runs from
11am-4pm
Equally well known as
educators, both John Wheatcroft and Andy Mackenzie will be holding a
joint masterclass during
the day before the performance covering both soloing and rhythm
techniques. Topics to be
covered include: The difference between Gypsy Swing/Jazz and
conventional Jazz phrasing,
Playing over the changes, dynamics and expression, building
vocabulary, establishing
your voice, creating effective rhythm parts and chord-soloing
techniques.
Tickets
www.quecumbar.co.uk
John Wheatcroft
Acoustic Quintet
Sunday 24th
August £12
The first performance at Le
Quecumbar in Battersea for newly formed John Wheatcroft
Acoustic Quintet. John’s
incredible versatility as a player is well known throughout the guitar
world but tonight he
launches his new project inspired directly by the style he loves the most,
the music of Django
Reinhardt and his contemporaries. With a set that includes both original
compositions and
fascinating re-arrangements of popular standards, John takes the Django
style right up to date with
his seamless integration of modern influences, techniques and
compositional devices,
producing a sound that is rooted in the traditions of the genre, but
vital, forward thinking and
highly original. With a line-up featuring John’s old rhythm partner
from John Jorgenson’s
Quintet, the amazing Andy Mackenzie, along with Jim Clark on second
rhythm guitar, Paul Elliott
on percussion and Alan Mian on upright bass, this promises to be an
event not to be missed!
“John is an incredible
guitarist with an astonishing technique” - Gary Potter
“Lefty John Wheatcroft is
growing into one of the better players in
Advance tickets
www.wegottickets.com or our online shop www.quecumbar.co.uk £15 on the
door
Monday 25th
August
MONDAYS FREE
BALKAN GYPSY JAM MADNESS WITH ZEST AND FIRE
Led by the eclectic Viktor
Obsust and friends Suitable for any instrument, level, creed etc but
you must possess enthusiasm
to enjoy music and try something new! See and hear the Balkan
beat live as its made -
learn a few tunes and have fun with irregular rhythms. Fine food, fine
drinks, fine music, fine
crowd, what else one can wish for!!!
A must see for party
crowds, bring your dancing shoes and your instrument!.
Tuesday 26th
August
TUESDAYS
FREE SIZZLING GYPSY SWING JAM
Jam session led by rockin
George Trebar on bass, a QuecumBar Allstar. You saw Jonny Depp
in Chocolate play Minor
Swing, Django style. See and hear it live in our intimate 1930s Parisian
cabaret
brasserie. Chill out with a bottle of quaffable wine and simple food always
a great night
full of musical surprises,
transporting you to the swinging streets of
colour and joy of the Belle
Epoch. If you play swing then bring your
instrument!
Wed 27th August Piano
lounge with Mike Head singing swinging and rockin
Thu 28th August Feabhean
Kwest vintage acoustic guitar ensemble swinging 20s, 30s, 40s,
Fri 29th August Marcel
Dupont - Accordeoniste Francaise - From rive gauche to Battersea
banks
Sat 30th August Charles Alexander and Andy Robinson a
fine jazz guitar duo who do it all!
CHIC PARISIAN 30's
SOCIETY SOIRÉE - CAFE CABARET WITH THE ENCHANTING
FLEUR DE
led by mesmerising
chanteuse LO POLIDORO with evocative EDITH PIAF style vocals and charm
SUNDAY 31st AUGUST
2008 £10
“Be transported to a more
elegant era, a unique atmosphere that provides an irresistible
combination of live music,
great food and hospitality in a setting as alluring as a coquette’s
boudoir.”
A sparkling night of
authentic Parisian swinging society cafe music with the chic Fleur de Paris,
London-based quartet
specializing in the old French café & music-hall styles of pre & post
war
chanson & musette. This
rich and evocative strand of twentieth century music is brought to
life by the
beautiful and charming
voice of chanteuse Lo Polidoro, accompanied by the accordion and
piano of Christian Dupont,
the violin of Kirsten Hammond and the guitar of Martin
Brown.
Well-loved
favourites and lesser-known gems from such names as: Charles Trenet, Yves
Montand, Andre Claveau
& Edith Piaf are interspersed with musette waltzes and swing
tunes,
dating from the 1890s to the 1950s. Et
que vive la chanson francaise!
http://www.fleurdeparis.co.uk
All musicians have
performed for a wide range of audiences throughout
settings as diverse as the
BBC, Glastonbury Festival, Wimbledon Tennis Championships,
Open at 6pm food will be
available until 10 all tables allocated on arrival, diners get preferential
seating.
Doors open at 6pm tickets
at www.wegottickets.com or our online shop www.quecumbar.co.uk
£12 ON THE DOOR
SEPTEMBER FULL
GIG LIST
Monday 1st
September
MONDAYS FREE
BALKAN GYPSY JAM MADNESS WITH ZEST AND FIRE
Led by the eclectic Viktor
Obsust and friends Suitable for any instrument, level, creed etc but
you must possess enthusiasm
to enjoy music and try something new! See and hear the Balkan
beat live as its made -
learn a few tunes and have fun with irregular rhythms. Fine food, fine
drinks, fine music, fine
crowd, what else one can wish for!!!
A must see for party
crowds, bring your dancing shoes and your instrument!.
Tuesday 2nd
September
TUESDAYS
FREE SIZZLING GYPSY SWING JAM
Jam session led by rockin
George Trebar on bass, a QuecumBar Allstar. You saw Johnny Depp
in Chocolate play Minor
Swing, Django style. See and hear it live in our intimate 1930s Parisian
cabaret
brasserie. Chill out with a bottle of quaffable wine and simple food always
a great night
full of musical surprises,
transporting you to the swinging streets of
colour and joy of the Belle
Epoch. If you play swing then bring your instrument!
Wednesday 3rd
September - Piano lounge with Mike
Head singing swinging and rockin
Thursday 4th September £5
after 8pm free before!
SWINGING
CATS
Led by Australian guitarist
Dave Blenkhorn one of the most sought
after guitar players in the
traditional and gypsy jazz
scene since his arrival in the
recorded with some of
and Graham Bell and
performed at numerous festivals on the European festival circuit with
U.S players Leroy Jones,
Evan Christopher and Dan Barrett. It's swinging guitar inspired by the
music from the 30's and
40's and the playing of jazz greats Django Reinhardt and Charlie
Christian.
LOOK OUT FOR
THE SPECIAL SURPRISE GUESTS ON THE NIGHT!
Fri 5th September Simon
Moore acoustic guitar duo Django style
Sat 6th September Favourite
Pete ‘Tiger’ Sheppard & Co put the grrr in Gypsy Swing guitar -
exciting
"Extreme, virtuoso
metamorphosis of global Gypsy splendour"
DUNAJSKA
KAPELYE £10
Dunajska Kapelye audience
favourite, Time Out's critics' choice serve up a veritable feast
of
traditional
Django/Grappelli Hot Club and Gypsy Jazz with Balkan and Gypsy tunes from
around the globe,
unforgettable!
SUNDAY 7th
SEPTEMBER 2008
Yes, those wild Balkan and
Eastern European Gypsies have infiltrated the west and although
established as the
"....extreme, virtuoso, Balkan Gypsy jazz..." (Time Out) tonight they will play
the music of their French
Gypsy brothers. “They can move you to tears with sweeping Gypsy
ballads or have you on your
feet with raucous thumping jazz” (Time Out). Polish Piotr
has played violin since the age of 6 his
playing is deep and emotive and "grabs you by the
heart" Yugoslav Viktor
Obsust (bass) of the Bratislava State Conservatoire, apart from
lecturing in the
improvisation. Jez Cook
(guitar) familiar to many at Le Quecumbar playing virtuoso
Django-
style guitar regularly
plays with Ian Cruickshank and Chris Haigh.
www.myspace.com/dunajska.kapelye
£12 on the door open at
6pm. Tickets at www.wegottickets.com or
www.quecumbar.co.uk
Monday 8th
September
MONDAYS FREE
BALKAN GYPSY JAM MADNESS WITH ZEST AND FIRE
Led by the eclectic Viktor
Obsust and friends Suitable for any instrument, level, creed etc but
you must possess enthusiasm
to enjoy music and try something new! ee and hear the Balkan
beat live as its made -
learn a few tunes and have fun with irregular rhythms. Fine food, fine
drinks, fine music, fine crowd, what else one can wish for!!!
A must see for party
crowds, bring your dancing shoes and your instrument!.
WEEKLY
QUECUMBAR GIGS
MONDAY
7.00-12.00 FREE ALL NIGHT
FREE BALKAN GYPSY JAM
MADNESS WITH ZEST AND FIRE
Led by the eclectic Viktor
Obsust and friends.Suitable for any instrument, level, creed etc but
you must possess enthusiasm
to enjoy music and try something new!
See and hear the Balkan
beat live as its made - learn a few tunes and have fun with irregular
rhythms. Fine food,
fine drinks, fine music, fine crowd, what else one can wish for!!!
A must see for party
crowds, bring your dancing shoes and your instrument!.
(unless there is a
scheduled Prestige Performance Concert/Special event)
TUESDAY
7.00-12.00 FREE ALL NIGHT
FREE SIZZLING GYPSY
SWING JAM
QuecumBar & Jam, the
UKs best sizzling Gypsy Jam session. You saw Johnny Depp in
Chocolate
play Django's Minor Swing. Now see and hear it
live
Bring your instrument and
join the hot club sound
WEDNESDAY
7.00-12.00 FREE FOR MEMBERS AND BEFORE
8pm
FOR NON MEMBERS AFTER 8pm
£5 pp COVER CHARGE
Piano Bar with Mike Head
"Left Bank Blues" Swing piano vocals
THURSDAY
7.00-12.00
FREE FOR MEMBERS AND BEFORE 8pm
FOR NON MEMBERS AFTER 8pm
£5 pp COVER CHARGE
SWINGING
CATS
Led by Australian guitarist
Dave Blenkhorn one of the most sought after guitar players in the
traditional and gypsy jazz scene since his arrival in the
He has played and recorded
with some of Australia's best known jazz musicians James
Morrison, Bob Barnard and Graham Bell and performed at numerous
festivals on the European festival circuit with U.S players Leroy Jones, Evan
Christopher and Dan Barrett.It's swinging guitar inspired by the music from the
30's and 40's and the playing of jazz greats Django Reinhardt and Charlie
Christian.
LOOK OUT FOR THE SPECIAL
SURPRISE GUESTS ON THE NIGHT?
FRIDAY
6.00-12.00 FREE FOR MEMBERS AND BEFORE
8pm
FOR NON MEMBERS AFTER 8pm
£5 pp COVER CHARGE
Swing Time with various
artists including vocals and instrumentals
SATURDAY
6.00-12.00
FREE FOR MEMBERS AND BEFORE 8pm
FOR NON MEMBERS AFTER 8pm
£5 pp COVER CHARGE
Jazzmatazz various
vocalists & instrumentalists with Swing/Jazz/Hot Club
SUNDAY
SPECIALS
Prestige Performance
Concerts & Special Events ticketed and priced individually.
Please see our web site for
details
www.quecumbar.co.uk
NEWSFLASH LE Q RECORDS
CDS!
Recorded live performances
at Le QuecumBar
£12 from
www.quecumbar.co.uk online shop, or Amazon, CD Baby shortly available for
digital download with Linn Records
Stars of Gypsy Swing
Le QuecumBar Patrons
LEQ0105 release date June
2008 - double cd album
It has taken over a year to
put together this unique eclectic and exciting mix of guitar masterpieces that
includes original and unreleased material from John Jorgenson, Hank Marvin (his
first Gypsy Swing guitar recording) and Biel Ballester. All 26 tracks on this
double album were contributed by the 13 elite global Gypsy Swing guitar patrons
of Le QuecumBar
Angelo Debarre French
Gypsy, John Jorgenson
Lollo Meier Dutch Gypsy,
Robin Nolan Holland, Hank Marvin
Stephane Wrembel France,
Ritary Gaguenetti French Gypsy,
Le QuecumBar Live in
The Gary Potter
Quartet
LEQ0104 - Released April
2008
ONSALE NOW!
PROBABLY HIS BEST ALBUM EVER
Gary Potter with the
power-packed perfect rhythm section comprising,
Kevin Nolan (of The Robin
Nolan Trio) Ducato Piotrowski (of Le QuecumBar Allstar) on rhythm guitars and
Andy Crowdy (often found playing with Angelo DeBarre and Lollo Meier) on double
bass.
Live at Le QuecumBar
The Angelo
Debarre Quartet
Live in
The
Spanish Gypsy Swing trio
playing with bossa and rumba overtones
Le QuecumBar
presents
Le QuecumBar
Allstars
A collection of some of our
most talented regular musicians who can be seen and heard here all year
round, a swinging fast moving album full of energy and fun and great
vocals.
Allstars available for
events.
Le QuecumBar Live in
The Ritary
Gaguenetti Quartet
From Gypsy Swing to Gypsy
Jazz with hot swinging sax
Other great albums on
sale at the bar Lollo Meier, Robin Nolan, Angelo
Debarre
LE QUECUMBAR
INTERNATIONAL VIP MEMBERSHIP £60 a
year
For philanthropists,
friends, fans and supports of live gypsy swing and its
performers.
* Free entry every night
(except special events and Prestige Performance concerts) plus half price
for 2 guests
* The bottle club: 50% off
a bottle of house spirits
* Preferential seating at
Prestige Performance concerts for arrivals before 6.30pm.
* Free bottle of house wine
when dining with four Sunday to Thursday non special event nights
* Introduce a friend and
get a free bottle of champagne to drink on the premises
* Bring your own expensive
wine to drink here for £7.50 corkage Plus other offers throughout the
year
Membership fees help to
support and maintain live music and those who perform it, and assists us in
bringing to Le QuecumBar world class gypsy swing
ensembles.
Many thanks and
regards
Sylvia Rushbrooke~Proprietaire
Le QuecumBar &
Brasserie
“London’s world premier Gypsy Swing venue”
42-44 Battersea High
St
London SW11 3HX
0207 787 2227
info_at_quecumbar_dot_co_dot_uk
All music listed on
www.quecumbar.co.uk
and blog at www.myspace.com/lequecumbar
Home of Le Q Records capturing live moments of musical
magic
Unique live music venue specialising in promoting
Django Reinhardt
- Gypsy Swing and those who perform it. -
A style born in 30's Paris drawing
on nearly 2000 years of gypsy culture.
Proud to have the support and
approval of our world class musician patrons:
Angelo Debarre French
Gypsy.
John Jorgenson USA
Dave Kelbie UK
John Etheridge UK
Lollo Meier
Dutch Gypsy
Robin Nolan Holland
Hank Marvin
UK
Andreas Oberg
Sweden
Stephane Wrembel France
Ritary Gaguenetti French Gypsy
Biel Ballester Trio
Spain
Gary Potter UK
Moreno French Gypsy