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15 July- Django Drom



Didier Lockwood is unarguably among the handful of top jazz violinists in the world.

He’s appearing with Bireli Lagrene in Django Drom at the Barbican on July 15th.

When I hear the name of Didier Lockwood, it presses the nostalgia button. I spent a year in the 1970’s working in Paris. A film came out called Les Valseuses (sure, it means female waltzers but also has another meaning ) featuring Gerard Depardieu, an astonishing actor who died young, Patrick Dewaere and Miou-Miou.

It’s a film about lawlessness, and gender-wise it’s off-the-scale politically incorrect. But it does have a great theme tune, which Lockwood used as the first number in a Grappelli tribute album.

FOR MORE DETAILS OF THE BARBICAN SHOW, CHECK OUT THIS ONE MINUTE VIDEO

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