Dino Mehrstein

Mehrstein takes Django’s music as a point of departure, as his album’s title hints. Almost every track here is an original-and shines in its originality. His swing tunes, such as “Sortie de route”, are based on innovative modern-sounding melodies with unexpected rhythms and syncoped phrasing. Many of the songs ride atop latin rhythms with percussion by Simon Pomara and feature rythm guitarwork by Franco Mehrstein. Dino, who is just 25, is