Thursday, 14 July 2011
Django Libre got listeners out of their seats at the Rendez-Vous Rideau Jazz festival Stage on June 27, with their strongly swinging versions of standards. Their one-hour set, which included All of Me, Django's Tiger, Bie Mir Bist du Shone, Nuages, Oh Lady Be Good, Troublant Bolero, Sweet Georgia Brown and others kept a trio of sharply-dressed swing dancers busy on the 'dance floor'. The audience responded with a standing ovation and a call for an encore – but at the Rendez-Vous Rideau Stage, when your time is up, it's up, and so listeners had to be satisfied by buying all the CDs that the group had brought with them.
The were joined at the Rideau Centre show by Richard Page on clarinet.
Django Libre plays monthly at Avant-Garde Bar, with their next show on this Friday, July 15 - 9 to 11 p.m.
All photos ©Brett Delmage, 2011
