Starting the week with string swing by Robin Nolan and Jimmy Rosenberg, who presented a concert on YouTube yesterday.
As key exponents of Django's music, Robin and Jimmy have played together for years.
It's always great to hear Jimmy play and to even better see his re-emergence, at the top of his game, after an absence from the scene.
Jimmy burst upon the music world in the 1980's as a guitar prodigy who impressively mastered the entire Reinhardt/Grappelli/Hot Club of France songbook at a tender age.
We're enthusiastic swing guitar fans, so the Monday listening cue at Way Too Damn Lazy To Write A Blog will be filled with the best of the best gypsy jazz ambassadors, while also highly recommending the music of Django's friend, contemporary and fellow guitarist, Argentinian entertainer Oscar Alemán.
This group of outstanding guitar-slingers is not limited to just Robin and Jimmy, but also includes former Stephane Grappelli Quartet guitarist Martin Taylor, Julian Lage, Biréli Lagrène, Tommy Emmanuel, Frank Vignola and Vinny Raniolo.
We also dearly love The Rosenberg Trio - lead guitarist Stochelo Rosenberg, rhythm guitarist Nous'che Rosenberg and bassist Nonnie Rosenberg - the cousins of Jimmy.
They are outstanding.
The incomparable Django Reinhardt passed on May 16, 1953 - and would very likely be tickled by how, over 90 years after he began his musical career, the sound of The Hot Club Of France would be not just celebrated around the world, but more popular than ever.
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