Gypsy jazz and American swing Mar 23, 2007
He later became influenced by the music of violinist Joe Venuti, jazz guitarist Eddie Lang, trumpeter Louis Armstrong and composer Duke Ellington. "Django introduced the European sensibilities and gypsy textures to American swing standards that came to define gypsy jazz or swing jazz which continues to evolve today," Sircely says. (Mail Tribune, OR)
Guitar icon Les Paul looks back on 90 years Nov 3, 2005
INFLUENCED BY PLAYERS LIKE EDDIE LANG AND REINHARDT. Paul: Eddie Lang was definitely the one that started me ... I listened to some of the cowboys and some of the (country) players, but my heart was to play like Eddie Lang and be around people in the jazz world like Earl Hines, like Coleman Hawkins. (Reuters UK -- Entertainment)
Duelling guitars and fascinating rhythms Nov 20, 2004
Jeff Healey, the popular Toronto guitarist, singer and trumpeter who organized the event, referred to it from the stage of the Glenn Gould Studio on Thursday as "a tribute to acoustic string jazz." That would be the tradition from the 1920s and 1930s of guitarists Eddie Lang, Lonnie Johnson and Django Reinhardt, and violinists Joe Venuti and St. phane Grappelli. (Globe and Mail -- EntertainmentTP)
Jamming like a gypsy Nov 17, 2004
Rooted in Eastern European gypsy culture, Django gained some popularity in the United States during the roaring '20s, when names such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Eddie Lang brought the jazz sound into the homes of many. As a teenager growing up on the East Coast, Horowitz was dragged into a garage rock band by friends and assigned a position as "the bass player." His musical interests shifted with age, and while attending high school in North Carolina, he studied the violin and... (The Daily, WA)
More of this story Mar 31, 2004
Assistant General Manager of Steam Eddie Lang said he believes everyone is called to worship, no matter what their job may entitle. "There's worship we do at work," he said. (Mineral Wells Index, TX)
'Gut Bucket Music' pours from entertainer's soul Mar 31, 2004
King has also played with Polka Dot Slim, Guitar Grady, Guitar Ray, Snooks Eaglin, Billy Tate, Harmonica Williams, Boogie Bill Webb, the Rev. Charles Jacobs (his cousin) and Eddie Lang. King became a charter member and an annual attraction at the New Orleans Jazz Festival. (Savannah Morning News)
Blues bandleader Mayall finds light shining on career Oct 31, 2003
" Mayall began his love affair with jazz and blues as a child, growing up in a village near Manchester, England. There, he tuned into his guitar-playing father's extensive music collection, paying particular attention to recordings by Albert Ammons, Pinetop Smith, Eddie Lang and Leadbelly.He played on a neighbor's piano, and made use of borrowed guitars and previously owned harmonicas."I just played what I could play," he said. "I never learned to read or write music. " Mayall made his name... (Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL)
