Pearl Django w/ Gail Pettis

Tickets available from $22 to $49
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Pearl Django got its start in Tacoma back in 1994, and now with a performance history of more than 29 years and having released 15 CDs, Pearl Django endures as one of the most highly regarded Hot Club style groups working today. Although the band’s roots are firmly in the music made famous by Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli, its extensive repertoire includes traditional jazz classics and original compositions.
Pearl Django has performed at festivals, dances, and nightspots throughout the U.S. and abroad. They have played at the prestigious Festival Django Reinhardt in Samois sur Seine and have been featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered.” The band’s signature style is marked by pristine and dexterous string work, colors of Bal Musette, the steady pulse of rhythm guitar and an unmistakable swing that delights audiences of all musical sensibilities.

Throughout the years, Pearl Django has cultivated a devoted and enthusiastic following and they continue to play to packed houses wherever they perform.

“Pearl Django play(s) gypsy jazz…and they do it with such verve, skill and pleasure that
they’re pretty much irresistible to jazz and non-jazz listeners alike.”
—Seattle Weekly

“Pearl Django: The gypsy jazz of Django Reinhardt done to perfection!”
—Paul de Barros, The Seattle Times

Band Members:
Tim Lerch, Guitar; Jim Char, Guitar; David Lange, Accordion; Michael Gray, Violin; Rick Leppanen, Bass

For this very special LTD Presents performance, Pearl Django will be joined by highly acclaimed jazz vocalist, Gail Pettis.

Gail Pettis’ live performances have been described by Earshot jazz as going “…from strength to strength, performing a winning, crowd-involving style of vocal jazz.” She has been artist-in-residence at the Amersfoort Jazz Festival in the Netherlands and was a featured artist with the New Manhattan Big Band, also Eddie Conard and the Dutch Jazz Cats on the mainstage and smaller combs in venues in Amersfoort and Harderwijk. Included on this tour was a stop in Kobe, Japan to perform as a guest artist at KAVC Hall as First Place winner of the Seattle-Kobe Female Jazz Vocalist Audition.

Gail has also performed at the Gene Harris Jazz Festival in Boise, Idaho, Jazz at the River Festival in Eagle, ID. Pettis completed Russian tours, performing in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Ufa, Ivanova, Perm and the White Nights Jazz Festival.

Her debut CD, “May I Come In?” was nominated for Earshot’s Golden Ear award “2007 Northwest Recording of the Year,” and her eagerly awaited sophomore recording, “Here in the Moment,” was released in January 2010 on Origin/OA2 Records. Her refreshing readings of standard songs on this project have been embraced by listeners, resulting in a 14 week stay (peaking at #5) on the JazzWeek National Airplay Chart, ending up as the most played new female vocal CD on American jazz radio in that year.

Gail has also contributed vocals to Grammy-nominated CD “Colabs,” and she has song credits in major motion pictures. Her voiceover and jingle work can currently be heard on radio and television.

IN ADVANCE $22/$29/$44/$49
DAY OF SHOW all tickets +$5
FOOD AND DRINK BY GALLUCCI’S CATERING WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE

West of the Waterway, Tacoma’s premier live music venue, is located at 1901 Dock Street, in the Henry Building. Plenty of free and reasonably-priced parking nearby.
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