Django used a steel stringed special gypsy guitar played with a thick pick.
Finding Django’s materials in Brazil was not a trivial task, and the internet came to help answering his questions. That was a strong and instantaneous, unforgettable and stirring impression.įernando never had listen somebody playing like that, and began wondering … what type of guitar did he play? Did he use nylon strings? How did he master his technique? And lots of other questions crossed his mind. Among the records recommended by Cidão, there was a collection containing the classic Django Reinhardt’s “Djangology”. After working in several multi-national companies for a long time, during the 1980’s he started a consulting business, transferring his expertise to his clients.
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His friend Cidão is natural of Sorocaba (São Paulo), and is a professional with large and intense experience in the automobile industry. Cidão, the Traditional Jazz Band Brazil (TJB) drum player, who introduced him to the traditional jazz. Latter Fernando visited Nashville to get acquainted with the Country history. Soon after graduating from law school he began studying Country guitar (Western Swing) and Bluegrass. This passion culminated with the idealization and foundation of the Hot Club de Piracicaba.įernando’s guitar initiation started at age of 7 with 4 year of classical guitar, then moving on to pop guitar and electric guitar (1960’s…Elvis and Beatles of course!).
The civil law judge Fernando Seifarth told us about his passion for music, particularly for Django Reinhardt, the great gypsy guitar player.