Dorado Schmitt & The Django All-Stars swinging in for San Diego concert debut

San Diego Union-Tribune

By GEORGE VARGA

Swing, in its most joyful manifestations, is clearly the thing for French guitar virtuoso Dorado Schmitt.

As the name of his band attests, he and The Django All-Stars are devoted to furthering the ebullient Gypsy swing — also known as “jazz manouche” — pioneered by Belgian guitar master Django Reinhardt and French violin great Stéphane Grappelli in the 1930s.

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