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Paris, France. 1934. The Hot Club.

Django Reinhardt and the Hot Club Quintette mesmerize the house with a heretofore-unknown style of music. The virtuoso guitar playing enchanting the audience and setting the stage for a Gypsy style that would change the face of Jazz and the perceptions of the instrument. Duane Andrews is the continuation of that wave. His new album is a Reinhardt inspired melange of Jazz, Folk and original music.

Newfoundland born and based Duane Andrews has been a staple of the Canadian East Coast music scene over the past decade. Supporting a variety of musicians from rising star vocalist Jenny Gear, Afro-Newfoundland group Mopaya, renowned bluesman Denis Parker, Irish fiddle master Seamus Creagh and the Chieftains to name a few, Andrews has solidified his standing as one of Canada's premiere guitarists and accompanists.

It was during his time in France as a student of music composition that he was impacted by the music of French Gypsy Jazz guitar pioneer Django Reinhardt. Upon returning from France in 2002, Duane began leading his first solo project under his own name, fusing the stylings of Reinhardt with Newfoundland traditional music and his own compositions.

If you require any further insight into Duane's extraordinary ability or potential as an artist, you have only to put his cd in your player and press play, quite simply it speaks for itself.