La Pompe Attack

La Pompe Attack- The Music and Legacy of Django Reinhardt

Lead by two time Grammy nominated guitarist Doug Munro, La Pompe Attack presents an exciting, updated interpretation of the hot swing sound of Django Reinhardt, coupled with Doug’s own unique and highly entertaining style of playing and singing. This special show is dedicated to the Maestro of the Gypsy Swing genre, Django Reinhardt. La Pompe Attack will play classic compositions by Django Reinhardt as well as Gypsy Swing version of Pop songs and jazz standards. Come and hear what Hot Jazz sounds like through the lens of La Pompe Attack.

“The real pleasure of New York guitarist Munro’s album rests in his obvious fondness for Django Reinhardt and the Quintette du Hot Club de France. His care and craft are at a high level.”

Downbeat Magazine

“Guitar heaven here as Munro and friends cover [sic] tunes in the style of Django Reinhardt.”

Vintage Guitar Magazine

Doug Munro is a multiple Grammy nominated New York-based jazz guitarist. Since 1986 he has released 20 albums as a leader and has appeared on over 100 recordings as a sideman, producer, and arranger, working with artists like Dr. John, Michael Brecker, and Dr. Lonnie Smith. He has over 75 published compositions and over 300 recorded arrangements to his credit.

In the recording field, Doug has received two Grammy nominations and two NAIRD awards.

His 2011 release, A Very Gypsy Christmas was a top 5 pick by the Wall Street Journal. Amazon.com picked Boogaloo to Beck, which he arranged, co-produced, and on which he played, as a Top Ten Jazz CD of 2003. Doug also did orchestration on the Oscar-winning documentary film When We Were Kings. His last CD released in 2017, The Harry Warren Songbook, received rave reviews and still enjoys strong airplay. His 2022 release “Putt Lake Toodleloo” was in the top 10 on the RMR Jazz Chart for 7 months and received a write up in Downbeat Magazine. His latest release “Loop-Mania! 2024” is slated for a spring 2024 release.

Doug has written four books on jazz improvisation for Warner Brothers Publications and Alfred Music Publications, including one entitled, From Swing to Bebop, which won the Music and Sound Retailers instructional book of the year award in 2000. His last print only book, The Total Latin Guitarist (Alfred Publishing) was released in 2010.

Doug now writes exclusively for online publications and instructional websites. He contributes guitar instruction articles for Premier Guitar magazine and is a teaching/artist contributor for TrueFire.com where he has three online instructional courses and his own dedicated subscriber channel called Doug Munro’s Guitar Garage.

Munro created and directed the Jazz Studies Program at The Conservatory of Music at Purchase College in 1993 and is now Professor Emeritus (retired). He has been a teaching artist at the Litchfield Jazz Camp since 2009 and is an artist/instructor for Frank Vignola’s Big Jersey Guitar Camp.