Eurocana Brings Gypsy Jazz to Piedmont Piano Company June 16

George Cole — who taught guitar to Billie Joe Armstrong when the Green Day frontman was only 5 years old — is bringing his new love, gypsy jazz, to the Piedmont Piano Company stage on Saturday, June 16.

Cole, a Bay Area native, and his newly formed group Eurocana draw inspiration from the Gypsy-fueled jazz of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli. The group includes Cole on lead guitar and vocals (he's also a lyricist and composer), the classically trained Echae Kang on violin, French Gypsy guitar master Mathias Minquet Villarino, bassist Kaeli Earle and Jenefer Taylor on vocals.

Cole's original material also pays tribute to the melodies of a time gone by, the swing music of the 1920s through 1940s, but with a modern lyrical twist.

Eurocana debuted in March at Yochi's in Oakland. You may read more about the band (and Cole's Green Day connections) in this Recordnet.com interview.

Location:  Piedmont Piano Company
Address:  1728 San Pablo Avenue  Oakland, CA 94612
Date:  Saturday, June 16, 2012
Showtime: 8:00 p.m.
Tickets: $15
Tel.:   510-547-8188
Website: http://www.piedmontpiano.com
Tickets: http://www.piedmontpiano.com/Webpages/GeorgeCole.html

Artist website:  http://www.georgecole.net
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2j0tiodGC8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Iz7MMYGfog