Master Guitarist Stephane Wrembel

the Rongo, April 10th @ 8PM

Admission: $10

Crossing Borders LIVE internet radio concert series is pleased to participate with Camargue Productions in their presentation of French Guitar Master and Composer Stephane Wrembel at the Rongovian Embassy in Trumansburg on Friday April 10, 2009 at 8pm. The performance is sponsored by the Cornell Institute for European Studies. Tickets for Stephane Wrembel and his band "The Django Experiment" are $10. A full house is expected so early arrival is recommended.

French guitar master Stephane Wrembel has been leaving audiences awestruck with his high energy improvisations and an unparalleled level of virtuosity for over a decade. His ability to blend traditional gypsy jazz with world and rock elements has given new life to the age old music. He finds the space where Django Reinhardt meets Jimi Hendrix on a path laid by John Coltrane.

Born in Paris and raised in Fountainbleau, home of impressionism and Django Reinhart's music, Wrembel discovered the jazz legend and the gypsies in his teens and never looked back. He spent years traveling and studying with gypsy masters, harnessing the soul, passion, and fire of this music. In 2000 he moved to Boston to attend Berklee College of Music and gain a better understanding of other ethnic musical styles, composition and technique. Ultimately he landed in New York where perpetual motion matches his constant quest for new sounds.

Word of Wrembel's talent reverberated far and fast. Upon arriving in New York, jazz legend Les Paul invited Wrembel to join him at his Monday night concerts in Manhattan. Music icons have been clambering ever since to have an opportunity to work with this talent. He recorded and toured with David Grisman to support their 2005 album "Gypsy Rumble". Wrembel's composition "Big Brother" from that album appears on the soundtrack to Woody Allen's movie "Vicky Christina Barcelona". He has performed all over the planet with other legends such as Patti Smith, Mark O'Connor, John Scofield, Elvis Costello, as well as Ryan Montbleau Band. The latest Cds are 'Terre des Hommes' and 'Barbes-Brooklyn'.

Rolling Stone magazine calls him "A revelation". The New York Times calls him "Fast, intense and full of charisma.radical". Relix Magazine says Stephane is "one of the greatest guitar players I have ever seen.and I don't say that lightly". We should all take the advice of the critics at All About Jazz who state: "Don't miss this opportunity to see a truly astonishing talent in action."

Wrembel's usual trio includes Ari Folman Cohen on bass and Julien Augier on drums and percussion. If you love Django, African grooves, Middle Eastern colors, Gypsy flourish, and breathless energy, this music is for you. For more on the artist see: www.StephaneWrembel.com.