Rumba Presents Alfonso Ponticelli and Swing Gitan August 2, 2006

Wednesday, August 2, 2006
8:30 pm

Tickets available at Ticketweb $10
$15 at the Door

Open Wine Bar 6:30-7:30pm

Rumba
351 W. Hubbard St.
Chicago, IL 60610
RSVP 312-222-1226

21+

www.ticketweb.com
www.gypsyjazz.us
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Alfonso Ponticelli and Swing Gitan is Chicago's premier Gypsy Jazz ensemble.

The group recently returned from triumphant performances in Paris and at the 25th Annual Django Reinhardt Festival in Samois-sur-Seine, France, on the same bill with Stochelo Rosenberg, Moreno, and Angelo DeBarre. Along with Bireli Lagrène, they played at the inaugural Chicago Gypsy Jazz Festival in 2003, and thisfall, they will be returning for the second time to the DjangoFest Northwest in Seattle, where they have played along with Angelo Debarre, Patrick Saussois, and the Robin Nolan Trio. This year also marks Swing Gitan's second performance at the Midwest Gypsy Swing Festival near Madison, Wisconsin. The group has been featured on many occasions at the Chicago Cultural Center, the Field Museum, the Terra Museum of American Art, The MCA and the Chicago Summerdance Festivals. The group performs regularly at Katerina's and The Green Mill . Swing Gitan was honored to perform at Chicago's Millennium Park on its opening night.

Official Website: http://www.gypsyjazz.us