Django Rheinhardt’s Grandson to perform in Almaty tonight

    A grandson of the famous guitarist and founder of the Manush style of jazz Django Reinhardt will perform at the annual jazz festival in Almaty, Tengrinews.kz reports.
    The French group - David Reinhardt quintet will open the festival tonight, April 3^rd – to coincide with the Year of France in Kazakhstan.
    "Manush is a mixture of several styles. It includes gypsy and classical music. It is all under the jazz framework, as if jazz has frameworks. It is like an accordion, the entrance into a so-called dance ball. I will preserve this openness and continue the tradition started by my grandfather," Reinhardt said.
    Participants in the press-conference dedicated to the opening of the international jazz fest also discussed a possible new name for the festival.
    "The American ambassador came up with Jazz from A to Z symbolizing jazz from Armstrong to Zaripov (Tagir Zaripov is the founder of jazz festival in Almaty)," the project's manager Karlygash Makatova said. "But we can call our festival something very simple: the International Jazz Holiday, as this is a real holiday for Almaty residents."
    Makatova also said the UN has declared April 30 World Jazz Day.
    This year it will be celebrated in Istanbul. However, she said that Kazakhstani musicians would not take part in the event.
    The annual jazz festival will be held on April 3-5 in Almaty. The festival will include performances by musicians from France, Holland, Hungary, Austria, the United States and Turkey.
    Besides, Almaty residents will get a chance to listen to Kazakhstani jazz performers. The David Reinhardt quintet and Mike del Ferro will be the first to perform on the first day of the festival. The second day will start with performances by the Austrian -- The Mary Poppins and will be continued by Hungarian Basco Quartet. The American Misha Tsyganov trio and the Turkish Bari Duyarlar Quartet will close the festival.
    The jazz fest will be held at the Zhambyl State Philharmonic Hall at #23 Tole bi Street (corner of Kaldayakov), www.tengrinews.kz said.