Pearl Django is an American jazz group established in 1994 in Tacoma, Washington by guitarists Neil Andersson and Dudley HillSeattle Times: Dudley Hill, who started popular band Pearl Django, dies at 56 01/20/2005 and bassist David "Pope" Firman. The group melds the music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli with American Swing. Initially a trio, they have changed and added members over the years and are now a quintet. Based in Seattle, they have played around the United States, as well as in France and Iceland.
The band has performed at the prestigious Festival Django Reinhardt in Samois-sur-Seine and at Juan de Fuca Festival. They have played with Martin Taylor, Bucky Pizzarelli, and Gail Pettis, a two-time recipient of the Earshot Jazz 'Jazz Vocalist Of The Year' award. The British virtuoso Taylor turns up on three tracks of their 2011 album Eleven. On their twelfth album, Time Flies, released in 2015, all tracks are their own compositions except for one classic bossa nova.
Discography Released Title Label Notes1995Le Jazz HotModern Hot Records1997New Metropolitan SwingModern Hot Records1999Mystery PacificModern Hot Records1999SouvenirsModern Hot Records2000AvalonModern Hot Records2002Under Paris SkiesModern Hot Records2003Swing 48Modern Hot Records2005Chasing ShadowsModern Hot Records2007Modern TimesModern Hot Records2010Hotel New YorkerModern Hot RecordsCompilation from 1995 to 1999 releases2010Système DModern Hot Records2012Eleven Modern Hot Records 2015 Time Flies Modern Hot Records 2017 With Friends Like These Modern Hot Records All original compositions2019 Pearl Django Live Modern Hot Records 2020 Simplicity Modern Hot Records All original compositions2026 Tableau Modern Hot Records All original compositions
References
External links Official website Pearl Django at AllMusic