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| Alfonso Ponticelli and Swing Gitan in Chicago Alfonso Ponticelli and Swing Gitan is Chicago's premier Gypsy Jazz ensemble performs live at Rumba on August 2, 2006. 8:30pm. The group recently returned from triumphant performances in Paris and at the 25th Annual Django Reinhardt Festival in Samois-sur-Seine, France, on the same bill with Stochelo Rosenberg, Moreno, and Angelo DeBarre. Along with Bireli Lagrne, they played at the inaugural Chicago Gypsy Jazz Festival in 2003, and this fall, they will be returning for the second time to the DjangoFest Northwest in Seattle, where they have played along with Angelo Debarre, Patrick Saussois, and the Robin Nolan Trio. This year also marks Swing Gitan's second performance at the Midwest Gypsy Swing Festival near Madison, Wisconsin. The group has been featured on many occasions at the Chicago Cultural Center, the Field Museum, the Terra Museum of American Art, and the Chicago Summerdance Festival, among other prestigious events. Swing Gitan was honored to perform at Chicago's Millennium Park on its opening night, and will be performing at the 2006 Chicago Jazz Festival. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |