Pearl Django

Pearl Django is a jazz group established in 1994 in Tacoma, Washington by guitarists Neil Andersson and Dudley Hill[1] 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.

Pearl Django
Pearl Django at Bastille Day (2008)
Background information
GenresGypsy swing, swing revival
Years active1994-present
LabelsModern Hot Records
Members
Tim Lerch
Michael Gray
Rick Leppanen
David Lange
Jim Char
Past membersNeil Andersson
Troy Chapman
Ron Peters
Greg Ruby
Pete Krebs
Dudley Hill
Shelley D. Park
David Firman
Ryan Hoffman

The band has performed at the prestigious Festival Django Reinhardt in Samois-sur-Seine and at Juan de Fuca Festival.[2] They have played with Martin Taylor,[3] Bucky Pizzarelli,[4] and Gail Pettis, a two-time recipient of the Earshot Jazz 'Jazz Vocalist Of The Year' award.[5] 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.[6]

Discography
Released Title Label Notes
1995Le Jazz HotModern Hot Records
1997New Metropolitan SwingModern Hot Records
January 1999Mystery PacificModern Hot Records
May 1999SouvenirsModern Hot Records
October 2000AvalonModern Hot Records
May 2002Under Paris SkiesModern Hot Records
October 2003Swing 48Modern Hot Records
June 2005Chasing ShadowsModern Hot Records
June 2007Modern TimesModern Hot Records
June 2010Hotel New YorkerModern Hot RecordsCompilation from 1995-1999 releases
June 15, 2010Système DModern Hot Records
April 18, 2012"Eleven"Modern Hot Records
May 1, 2015"Time Flies"Modern Hot Records
March 1, 2017"With Friends Like These"Modern Hot Records
March 15, 2019"Pearl Django Live"Modern Hot Records
February, 2020"Simplicity"Modern Hot Records

References
  1. Seattle Times: Dudley Hill, who started popular band Pearl Django, dies at 56 01/20/2005
  2. "JFF 2014 Festival Line Up: Pearl Django". Juan de Fuca Foundation of the Arts. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  3. "Martin Taylor With Pearl Django: Gypsy Jazz". National Public Radio. 13 January 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  4. David Lange (5 Jan 2014). "Bucky Pizzarelli and Pearl Django playing Avalon". Vimeo. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  5. "Pearl Django profile at KPLU". KPLU News for Seattle and the Northwest. Archived from the original on 20 October 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  6. Paul de Barros, jazz critic (24 April 2015). "Pearl Django, 'Time Flies' (Modern Hot)". Seattle Times. Retrieved 13 September 2015.


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