Welcome to the (web) home of Pearl Django and Modern Hot Records. Please look around.

Last calendar update: * * * 5-5-08 * * *

Upcoming performances: We will be in Anacortes, Ashland, Bellevue, Mountain View, CA; Roseville, CA; Sacramento and Tacoma in May. Also, the KPLU jazz cruise is back. We perform on June 8. Details at our Calendar Page.

Exciting News!: The first Pearl Django, Django Camp will be held August 20, 21 & 22 at Icicle Creek Music Center, near Leavenworth, WA. This is for all level of players and is in collaboraion with the Institute of Acoustic Music. Here is the Application

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WE HAVE (relatively) NEW CDS: Modern Times, Malibu Manouche and Almost Home are all now available (see below). Also, No Boundaries, the new CD by Bill Coon and Ron Peters is available on our web site

Modern Times is the ninth Pearl Django release and is with our new quintet, including accordionist David Lange. Robin Nolan, Ron Peters and Pete Krebs all guest on tracks on this CD. The cover art is by Neil Andersson. This CD is available at our web site or at your favorite retailer. (Sometimes you need to encourage them to carry it)

And we have more news about new CDs. Guitarists Neil Andersson and Peter Pendras have recorded a CD of "Surf Jazz" titled, Malibu Manouche. This CD is available here on our web site and at any Pearl Django performance.

But wait, there's more. David Lange has used a cast of thousands to create a wonderful, eclectic, CD titled, Almost Home. Members of Pearl Django can be heard on five tracks of this project, which is now also available here.

Information about Greg Ruby can be found on the Muscians Page: Ryan Hoffman has replaced Greg, and you will occasionally find Ron Peters performing with us as well.
Ron has just released a CD with Vancouver guitarist, Bill Coon, titled, No Boundaries which is on the Modern Hot Record label. A page has been added with sound samples.

Other News: The new Hot Club Sandwich CD, Green Room, has been released on Modern Hot Records. Visit Hot Club Sandwich for info about their CDs and performances.

You can now download most of the Pearl Django catalog from iTunes, Rhapsody and other download retailers!