Added: Jun 16, 2007
From: micheldregni
Duration: 9:58
Gypsies from throughout Europe travel each May 24-25 to the town of Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer in the Camargue region of France on a religious pilgrimage to honor their Saint Sarah in prayer and music. Here, at the end of the road in France, this gathering has become a crossroads of Romany music, inspiring and pollinating other types of Gypsy music from flamenco to Django Reinhardt's Gypsy Jazz, traditional Hungarian and Balkan brass to the Gipsy Kings' Rhumba. in 1943-44, Django even tried to compose an organ mass to be played for the ceremony. He never finished it, but today, his melodies such as "Nuages" have become hymns for the Romany evangelical church, complete with prayer lyrics. My children (ages 7 and 13) filmed the events during our family vacation—except for the knifefight, which I filmed by chance (my children were in bed, happily). I was shooting the church at night when the fight broke out; you won't actually see the blades, but the footage was shot amidst the panic as the crowd ran in fear. The fight was a crime of passion: a spurred Romany lover decided to slice his beloved. He tried to get her earlier in the day, then returned at night, leaving her with blood running down her arm and her clan vowing revenge. Next year, Disneyland instead. Ha! There's live shots here of music and dancing in the streets, including the jazz manouche band Raspoutine and the Tziganes group Urs Karpatz, complete with cymbalom. Added music comes from 1910s Romany violinist Georges Boulanger, Thierry Robin, and Django's great-grandson, Dallas Baumgartner. If you're interested in more on Django and Gypsy jazz, check out my biography DJANGO: THE LIFE & MUSIC OF A GYPSY LEGEND and DJANGO REINHARDT & THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF GYPSY JAZZ, both available via http://www.amazon.com/.
Channel: Music
Tags: django reinhardt jazz manouche flamenco
Rating: 4.7021275' max='5' min='1' numRaters='94' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#overall ( ratings) Views: 67519 Comments: 30
jazzrobot Says:
Aug 10, 2007 - thanks
NICOBBGIPSY Says:
Sep 11, 2007 - olé viva los gitanos y viva camarga!
EngloTschei Says:
Oct 15, 2007 - :( :( :( Vermiss rau duuuut sainte maries :( :( :( hahaha da steht unser auto :-P
GreeKPryNZeS Says:
Oct 25, 2007 - very interesting
elgranjero Says:
Oct 30, 2007 - Very nice film and a nice help for me to explain to others what it is. ...And how it was, because this little town changes quick. No more caravans alowed in town and many parkingplaces roadblocked.thanks for the movie
cancerslug123 Says:
Dec 1, 2007 - Dont look into there eyes they will put a curse on you lol
Tajomstvo Says:
Dec 6, 2007 - extremely interesting . . . I didnt know
dydyslife Says:
Jan 4, 2008 - Que bonito!!!!
cossack207 Says:
Jan 12, 2008 - very nice!
swimmerbratt101 Says:
Jan 19, 2008 - i've never heard of that Sarah lady..that's very interesting! i always thought that it was just the two marys
bryantjazz Says:
Jan 27, 2008 - Nice. The video leaves a bit to be desired, but the music is nice and the story is Very Interesting. Thanks for posting.
banjobilly9 Says:
Sep 28, 2008 - fa-vi-sto-va
banjobilly9 Says:
Oct 5, 2008 - I want to go there,
Paszuly77 Says:
Oct 18, 2008 - Well done, wonderful music!Thanks!
WakinyanTate Says:
Nov 4, 2008 - Thanks Christine for sending me this. Great! john
christinemaria2005 Says:
Jan 7, 2009 - I love this! It's so lively, full and the music is ..just great. it's my favourite place in every season and in this video i found everything. Thank you!!
gjazz22 Says:
Jun 1, 2009 - great story.. Music starts @ 6:43
colonelsho Says:
Jun 14, 2009 - What is the name of the piece of music being played at 7:55? I have heard it many times, but never caught it's name.Wonderful video, beautiful music.
HoNiGLaNo Says:
Jun 30, 2009 - Hungarian Dance No. 5, Johannes Brahms :-)
martini13160 Says:
Sep 5, 2009 - o bande de cono parlé en francais
bootycrewqueen Says:
Sep 16, 2009 - Excellent!
7lucky777777 Says:
Dec 22, 2009 - proud to be a gypsy
merilin4365 Says:
Jan 7, 2010 - what's the name of the second piece of music? the one with guitars? please
karczjordansixk6 Says:
Jan 31, 2010 - Amazing!! Wow.. what an excellent composition.. For free download of this album, check out DownloadMusic[.]im, though..
LambrettaofAlbion Says:
Jul 28, 2007 - The first track of "Les Yeux Noirs" comes from a 1910s recording by Romani violinist Georges Boulanger. The following flamenco tune is a modern song by Thierry Robin's group, Gitans. Then, there's live shots of music and dancing in the streets, including the jazz manouche band Raspoutine and the Tziganes group Urs Karpatz, complete with cymbalom; other street bands were pick-up jam sessions. The final song is from a 2005 recording by Django's great-grandson, Dallas Baumgartner in Paris.