Stephane, 31 years old, was raised in Fontainebleau, France, just outside of Paris, started playing gypsy jazz ten years ago, went to the Samois gypsy jazz fest for the first time in 1996 and spent significant time jamming with the Parisian gypsies while attending college at the American School of Modern Music in Paris. In 2000, the migrated to the US and eventually graduated from the Berklee School Of Music. His website is located at this location.

Stephane is coming to Portland on May 21st and 22nd to teach all 4 of his gypsy jazz workshops in one 8 hour long session. The workshop is organized into four 2 hour segments. It is meant to cover all the various fundamentals that we need to play gypsy jazz guitar in one huge session.
  * tentative workshop schedule *
Sat, 22nd, 8am-9am, (Optional) Breakfast with Stephane TBA
Sat, 22nd, 10am-12pm, Comping and rhythm technique (includes la Pompe)
Sat, 22nd, 12:15pm-2:15pm, Foundations for improvisation
Sat, 22nd, 2:45pm-4:45pm, Applying improvisation
Sun, 22nd, 5pm-7pm, Transcribing
Stephane is charging $150 for this 8 hour session. I am told that it will include a variation of all the material in his still unpublished book. Handout materials and/or a booklet will be given out to make it easier to absorb all the information. I will also be offering a bonus free video tape copy of a 40min long Stephane HCNY performance to all attendees. I will also be making an audio recording of the entire 8 hours which I will share ONLY with the persons who paid for the workshop. If you cannot take the workshop and you want the audio recording and the handouts, you need to negotiate with Stephane.
The workshop will take place in the home of Rip McColloughs in NE Portland. The address is 5614 NE 11th Avenue. Stephane arrives in Portland at 11am Friday and leaves early Sunday morning.
You can call Rip at (503) 810-4275 to let him know you want to attend. Stephanes CD is one of my very favorite CDs in this whole gypsy jazz genre. He is also well renouned as a teacher on the east coast and has many years of teaching experience with gypsy jazz.
Check our band calendar to see where Stephane will be performing in Portland on the nights of May 21st and 22nd.