Courtesy of the artists Credit: Amanada Malachesky, Beverly Twist, Jon Ludington, Ryan Roberts and Rob Diggins play the Basement at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 23.
Swing by the Basement tonight at 8 p.m. for a free celebration of the music — and birthdays — of Stéphane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt, the pioneering jazz violinist and guitarist, respectively, who changed the world of music forever beginning in the 1930s with their group the Quintette du Hot Club de France, ground zero for the genre of music now known as jazz manouche, ever since a certain “g” word has been deemed a slur. Tonight’s show features an all-star ensemble of local musicians, Rob Diggins and Jolianne Einem on violin, John Ludington on bass, Ryan Roberts on guitar, Amanda Malachesky on mandolin and Beverly Twist performing guitar and vocal duties. Should be a blast.
