Pittsburgh opens its street festival free this afternoon and runs PIJF After Dark tonight at ten. Today's record is Django Reinhardt in 1928, and Sekou tells the story of the caravan fire. | The Lead: Pittsburgh's street festival opens free this afternoon on Liberty Avenue, with PIJF After Dark on two floors tonight at ten and Orrin Evans working both. Listen to This: Django Reinhardt's 1928 sides with Jean Vaissade's musette orchestra, on Frémeaux and Associés, where the fourth track is called "La caravane," plus Meshell Ndegeocello's all duets record Synonym on Blue Note. The Bridge: Paris, 1928: a caravan full of celluloid flowers, one candle, and how Django Reinhardt came to play his solos with two fingers. On the Road: The ticket is a commissioned premiere by the Michael Rodriguez Septet at The Jazz Gallery in New York, with Oakland, New Orleans, Seattle and Nashville in the sweep, nothing listed in St. Louis and the Regattabar unread. One More Note: Muhal Richard Abrams was born in Chicago on this date in 1930, ran an Experimental Band in 1961 and cofounded the AACM four years later. | The Daily Quintet is an AI-crafted production, researched and checked by humans. Every listing you hear came from the venue or the festival's own organizer.
