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| | North Coast Journal - August 26, 2004: PREVIEW - Celebrating Bird: Gypsy-style |
 | | Gypsy jazz is a media term used to loosely describe jazz played on specially constructed acoustic guitars, "Gypsy guitars," and made popular by the legendary Belgian Gypsy guitarist, Django Reinhardt. | | | Aside from the fact that Django was a Gypsy, albeit a citified Gypsy, the style of music has almost nothing to do with [Gypsy folk music]. | | | You come from a classical background, and are approaching jazz with that history at your fingers, while performers like Parker came at it from a band background. |
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http://www.northcoastjournal.com/082604/preview0826.html
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| | Gypsy Jazz |
| | Besides playing Reinhardt inspired jazz, he is also concertmaster of the Miami Symphony Orchestra, plays in a string quartet and has composed works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, ballet and films. | | | The quintet sound with Grappelli was one of the most distinctive among jazz groups. | | | For years, he was easily the most technically proficient jazz guitarist. |
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http://www.columbia.edu/~lnp3/mydocs/culture/Gypsy_Jazz.htm
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| | The Seattle Times: Music & nightlife: Gypsy jazz slides into Earshot home stretch |
| | Reinhardt was a Belgian-born Gypsy guitarist whose Quintet of the Hot Club of France popularized a style in the 1930s that showcased animated solos for guitar and violin, accompanied by a chugging phalanx of rhythm guitars. | | | Dorado, for his part, recorded an album of Wes Montgomery-style jazz. | | | Guitarist Dorado Schmitt and violinist Pierre Blanchard play a three-night stand with Dorado's son, Samson (guitar), Ludovic Beier (accordion) and Brian Torff (bass), who toured with the great violinist Stephane Grappelli. |
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2002602484_jazz04.html?syndication=rss
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| | Gypsy Guitar |
| | Gypsy Latin Band - Gypsy Romani Music, with George Stevens on bouzouki guitar and mandolin, and Paul Stevens on midi accordion. | | | Gypsy Wranglers - plays gypsy jazz and western swing music: guitar, fiddle, accordion, trombone, bass, vocals. | | | Inspired by the legendary gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt Pigalle 44 uses two acoustic guitars and one vocalist to travel the world of Swing and the French "valses musettes". |
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http://www.theguitarport.com/gypsy.htm
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| | Kalman Balogh and the Gypsy Cimbalom Band, Gypsy Jazz |
| | Opening with "Gypsy Colors," which moves smoothly from style to style (almost a sampler of various Eastern European) while giving each of the members of the band to solo, Gypsy Jazz showcases a wide array of musical styles. | | | As played by this fine ensemble, gypsy jazz is an high-spirited, infectious conglomeration of swing, klezmer and assorted Eastern European traditional musics with ample room for jazzy soloing and even the odd scat here and there. | | | Sandor Kuti provides a jazz feel throughout the CD with a straight-to-the-beat rhythm guitar. |
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http://www.greenmanreview.com/balogh.html
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| | The New Yorker: The Critics: Books |
| | American jazz had lyric players like Lester Young, demonic ones like Coleman Hawkins, and incandescent ones like Louis Armstrong, but their swinging songs are radiant with achieved happiness and their sad songs ballads touched by the knowing, essentially stoical sound of the blues. | | | And both were essentially lyrical players too often buried by their audiences’ need for flash and speed; but listen to Django’s famous “Improvisation” and then Hendrix’s equally famous introduction to “Little Wing,” and hear the same poetry of full-bar chords up and down the neck of the guitar, and the same ringing, sighing songfulness. | | | By now, Dregni tells us, Django’s jazz is Gypsy music, the solos passed on from father to son note by note. |
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http://www.newyorker.com/critics/books?041206crbo_books
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| | Gypsy Jazz - Ian Cruickshank - Fret Records |
| | Began to study the music of Django Reinhardt in 1978, when he formed a band called ‘Swing Guitars&; and began to promote UK tours for Gypsy guitarists from the Continent. | | | Has published an instructional video/DVD, ‘Gypsy Jazz Guitar&; and has written many magazine articles about Django and other jazz guitarists. | | | Has worked extensively with several leading Gypsy Guitarists, bringing many of them to the UK, besides performing with top British and American musicians. |
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http://www.gypsyjazz.co.uk
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| | DJANGOFEST SAN FRANCISCO - Workshops |
| | Contemporary Gypsy jazz virtuosos such as Angelo Debarre, Boulou Ferré, Biréli Lagrène, Fapy Lafertin, and Stochelo Rosenberg have recorded Django’s unaccompanied guitar pieces as well as their own compositions. | | | Django’s tradition of unaccompanied guitar playing is still an important part of the Gypsy jazz genre. | | | The student taking this class should leave with a better understanding of Django's improvisational process, which then can be utilized to more easily learn other solos from the recordings and to give more dynamics to the student's own improvised solos. |
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http://www.djangofest.com/sf/workshops.htm
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| | Gypsy Pacific |
| | Gypsy Pacific's arrangements of 'Sophisticated Hula' and 'Hawaiian War Chant' are good benchmarks for comparing the quartet's 'gypsy jazz' approach with traditional Hawaiian and hapa-haole music. | | | Suppose four gypsy musicians came to Hawaii and played Hawaiian and hapa-haole music their way -- that's the premise of this concept album, and it works surprisingly well. | | | Gypsy Pacific offers exciting listening for people looking for fresh ideas in Hawaiian music. |
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http://www.gypsypacific.com
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| | Django Reinhardt’s Gypsy Jazz music :: Teacher |
| | Teaching:Patrick teaches Jazz improvisation and the Gypsy Jazz guitar style in San diego, gives Master classes on Django style guitar at the Musician Institutes as well as clinics for Selmer Maccafery style guitar maker "Dell'arte". | | | Sam Miltich is a teacher of the gypsy jazz guitar style. | | | January 1999 brought the release of Pearl DJango's Mystery Pacific album, and with that CD Pearl Django solidified it's reputation as one of the most versatile and rhythmically compelling acoustic groups playing today. |
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http://www.gypsyjazz.net/teacher.php?PHPSESSID=23545c44955dead672cdbffb4127b889
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| | Appalachian Bluegrass Shoppe Gypsy Jazz Guitar Books 2 |
| | Each volume of this three-part series includes a 2-hour instructional DVD, an audio CD with practice audio tracks, and a full format book which presents all of the theoretical information, chord charts, fret board diagrams, music notation, and tablature for the material presented on the DVD. | | | In this first of three volumes of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine's new Gypsy Jazz Guitar instructional series, "Intro to Gypsy Jazz Guitar," Jorgenson provides the foundational information and practice material necessary for you to gain an understanding of the Gypsy jazz guitar style. | | | This beautiful book is without a doubt the finest literary tribute ever made to the eternal genius of Django Reinhardt and is a must for jazz lovers and guitar enthusiasts alike. |
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http://www.appalachianbluegrass.com/gypsyjazzbooks2.html
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| | Hot Club of Detroit - Gypsy Jazz - Django Reinhardt |
| | And finally there was his innocence, a Gypsy out of step with the modern world. | | | As a reviewer of the Hot Club's concert premiere in 1934 in Jazz Tango magazine hinted: "It might be said that he was the revelation of the concert. | | | In hindsight, it's important to note that Django was not a solitary Gypsy guitar genius, but part of a style. |
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http://www.hotclubofdetroit.com/django.html
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| | Riff Raff - jazz/swing band |
| | The house was filled with records from big band to folk, as well as jazz, blues, and rock n’ roll. | | | The hot jazz violin style of Stephane Grappelli is his now an integral part of Steve’s gypsy spirit. | | | This year finds John continuing to study the music of the great jazz guitarists, as well as building guitars - an essential part of his love for jazz and swing. |
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http://hometown.aol.com/riffraffjazz
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| | SUNY Oswego - News & Events |
| | The band began as a collaboration by co-founders and guitarists Neil Andersson and Dudley Hill. | | | The band released its eighth album, "Chasing Shadows," in spring 2005 on the Modern Hot Records label. | | | The performance, accompanied by workshops on guitar technique and musical styles, will headline the fifth annual daylong Jazz Guitar and More Festival at SUNY Oswego. |
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http://www.oswego.edu/news/news_story.html?id=P1166_0_2_0_C
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| | Website Jazz Partout ! – Gypsy Swing Today |
| | In addition to being one of the most fluent jazz improvisers with a great sense of harmony and unlimited imagination, Debarre is also a great connoisseur of Manouche waltzes and East European music styles. | | | There are bands in every corner of the world playing jazz Manouche, thus the number of records – new ones as well as reissues and compilations of the Real Thing – are being produced and distributed. | | | Increasing number of luthiers and guitar factories build Selmer/Maccaferri styled acoustic guitars, models endorsed by Django and his band members. |
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http://www.jazzpartout.com/jazzmanouche/Jazz_Manouche_Gypsy_Swing.htm
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| | The Seattle Times: Snohomish County News: Gypsy-jazz group helps distinctive music carry on |
| | Scores of bands play music in tribute to his distinctive style, known as Gypsy jazz for its lilting, swinging interpretations. | | | For the past 11 years, the Northwest band has been playing Gypsy music, American jazz standards and Parisian musette &; boulevard music meant for dancing and listening. | | | Duke Ellington brought Reinhardt to the U.S. in 1946, and the guitarist with the distinctive solo style enjoyed a recording career with American labels until his death in 1953. |
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/snohomishcountynews/2002539779_pearl05n.html
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| | tab and tutorial |
| | This book teaches jazz guitarists how to apply their knowledge of scales, chord progressions, and music theory towards creating great guitar solos. | | | Eight full-length solos in a variety of styles are studied in detail, including analysis of chord progressions and the material used to improvise over them, techniques, and structural characteristics. | | | Jazz Lead Guitar Solos (Book & Cd) Published by Alfred Publishing. |
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http://www.guitarz-for-ever.com/tabandtutorial.html
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| | Appalachian Bluegrass Shoppe Gypsy Jazz Guitar Books |
| | Studying the music of the master of Gypsy Jazz can help lay a solid foundation for your own sound and style. | | | The MIDI tracks, which can be accessed via most audio players on PC or Macintosh computers, allow the student to play along with both short phrases and extensive rhythm tracks- at any desired tempo; The audio tracks on the companion disc can be played on any CD player. | | | Authentic transcriptions in notes and tab for 20 classic performances by this vastly talented gypsy whose name is synonymous with jazz guitar. |
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http://www.appalachianbluegrass.com/gypsyjazzbooks.html
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| | Djangology |
| | If you have a gypsy jazz band and would like your music to be featured on upcoming shows, please stay tuned for more information! | | | My aim is to feature recordings and interviews from "local" and “unsigned” gypsy jazz bands from around the world. | | | My favorite lately appears to be the version recorded by the Moreno and Marina Quartet on “Jazz Tzigane” followed very closely by Am Ketenes on their “La Poupa” CD. |
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http://www.djangology.net
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| | ROBIN NOLAN - Gypsy Jazz Guitarist - HOME |
| | The band had gone in a full circle and was back to the original ' 92 line up of solo guitar, rhythm guitar and acoustic bass. | | | It was here that he met Paul Meader on acoustic bass, and along with Anthony Williams on rhythm guitar (already a musical companion of Robin's for several years) formed a trio dedicated to performing the music of Django Reinhardt. | | | They had matured from an offbeat gypsy jazz / Django Reinhardt inspired swing trio to a contemporary jazz powerhouse boasting an extensive list of original compositions. |
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http://www.carbonize.com/clients/robinnol/home.htm
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| | Acoustic Guitar Central: Gypsy Jazz Instruction, page 1 |
| | For a less academic approach, the book/DVD/ CD combo Intro to Gypsy Jazz Guitar (Flatpicking Guitar magazine, www.flatpick.com) features John Jorgenson in a two-hour filmed lesson explaining the basics of the style in a friendly, low-key manner. | | | Jorgenson covers everything a budding Gypsy jazzer needs to know, from the proper way to hold the pick to the best type of guitar to use, plus tips on soloing and mastering the distinctive rhythm known as la pompe Manouche (the Manouche pump). | | | The book was recently translated into English and contains 335 pages of scales, chords, tunes by Romane, and a CD that includes snippets of the songs and 98 MIDI tracks of the lessons. |
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http://www.acousticguitar.com/article/145/145,6165,REVIEWS-1.asp
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| | Jazz News: Win a Handmade Aylward Gypsy Jazz Guitar |
| | Our great friend Steve Royall from www.hotclub.co.uk is offering everyone the chance to win a Aylward Gypsy Jazz Guitar by way of a competition that will be drawn on the 10th July at LâEsprit Manouche 2005. | | | If you were to order this guitar today, you would be looking at a bill for £1,639 pounds and at least a years waiting list. | | | Promote Your Music - Donate - More Jazz News - Jazz Music Directory - Bookmark Us! |
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http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=5477
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| | Ameranouche!!! Who we are and what Gypsy Jazz is all about! |
| | is a Gypsy Jazz ensemble from southern New Hampshire dedicated to the music of Django Reinhardt and the spirit of Jazz Manouche. | | | His passion for Gypsy music and love for the guitar in general are what drew him to form Ameranouche!!! | | | We play original compositions, modern songs of today and traditional songs of American composers such as Cole Porter, Hoagie Carmichael and George Gershwin. |
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http://www.ameranouche.com/about.html
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| | Django Gypsy Jazz guitar |
| | Gypsy Jazz guitar, Selmer Maccaferri, Gitane D-500, acoustic jazz guitar, Saga guitar, Django Reinhardt | | | All measurements and characteristic features of this guitar were faithfully recreated to make this the highest quality and affordable guitar of this kind on the market today! | | | Fans of Gypsy-Jazz guitar as well as guitar afficionados of every type will applaud Saga's re-introduction of the classic Selmer-Maccaferri style jazz guitar...the NEW Gitane D-500! |
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http://www.bryansmusic.com/D-500.htm
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| | Learn to play gypsy jazz guitar on 43 Things |
| | Keep track of the albums you're listening to on our new site, All Consuming! | | | People have suggested "Learn to play gypsy jazz guitar" is really the same as: | | | Learn to play gypsy jazz guitar on 43 Things |
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http://www.43things.com/things/view/305716
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| | La Guitare Selmer-Maccaferri |
| | is dedicated to the magnificent Django Reinhardt, the wonderful Selmer-Maccaferri guitars, the fantastic music known as "Gypsy Swing" or "Jazz Manouche"; and to all those who have carried on the legacy. | | | This site arose out of my quest to acquire my first Selmer-Maccaferri style guitar to get that unique gypsy sound that I couldn't get out of an archtop or flatop. | | | Join the Gypsy Jazz Guitars online discussion group to meet, and share information, and ideas with others who share a passion for Django Reinhardt, Jazz Manouche, and guitars! |
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http://members.fortunecity.com/gbowlds
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| | Django Reinhardt’s Gypsy Jazz music :: HOME |
| | Like the Reinhardts and the Schmitts, the Loefflers were one of those large gypsy dynasties whose musically talented offspring is scattered around the globe. | | | - Django, The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend | | | - Mel Bay's Getting to Gypsy Jazz Guitar |
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http://www.gypsyjazz.net
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| | GUITARPlace - Jazz |
| | Jazz Guitar Solos - Horn Solos arranged for Guitar by George Potts and Frank Silbey | | | Jazz Pentatonics Bk & CD - Advanced Improvising Concepts for Guitar | | | Jazz Conception for Guitar - Jim Snidero Book and CD Quartal Harmony & Voicings for Guitar - Bk & CD Play Jazz Guitar Now! |
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http://www.guitarplace.com/jazz.html
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| | Studio Tony Green |
| | The New Orleans native is one of the city's better-known painters, and lately his musical star has been rising as well: numerous appearances at the New Orleans Jazz Fest, musical tours in Italy, Germany, Hungary & Switzerland, and rave reviews for his last three Gypsy Jazz CDs. | | | Not only is Tony Green & Gypsy Jazz a popular fixture on the New Orleans music scene: Tony is also well-known for his many outstanding paintings and murals which illustrate various aspects of New Orleans' music & culture -- the following image, for example (click to enlarge): | | | I know fewer examples of great visual artists who are musically gifted, but Tony Green certainly fits that description. |
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http://www.tonygreen.net
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| | Homespun Tapes - Learn To Play Django-Style Gypsy Jazz Guitar |
| | Gain a practical understanding of this music through a detailed exploration of both the rhythmic variations of the accompanying guitar patterns as well as improvised soloing. | | | Learn the trademark sounds that "put the Gypsy in Gypsy swing." Songs include classics such as "Minor Blues." "Oriental Shuffle" and "I'll See You In My Dreams." | | | Homespun Tapes - Learn To Play Django-Style Gypsy Jazz Guitar |
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http://www.homespuntapes.com/prodpg/prodpg.asp?prodID=176
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| | Django Reinhardt |
| | Django was influenced by jazz recordings of Eddie Lang and Joe Venuti, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington. | | | Django Reinhardt has astounded and thrilled numerous generations of guitar players and jazz lovers with his amazing command of the guitar. | | | This new music found a place deep in Django's heart. |
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http://www.redhotjazz.com/django.html
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| | Rounder Records - Album Detail |
| | Gypsy jazz continues a fabled European musical tradition harking back to the collaboration of masters such as gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stephane Grappelli, connecting the ancient folk music traditions to Central and Eastern Europe with the chord progressions and swing of jazz. | | | Balogh's cimbalom becomes a new and compelling voice centering a band that also includes acoustic bass, acoustic guitar, trumpet and violins. | | | Kalman Balogh is one the foremost Hungarian players of the cimbalom, a type of hammer dulcimer played with mallets like a vibraphone. |
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http://www.rounder.com/index.php?id=album.php&catalog_id=4015
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| | French Cafe - French music: Chanson, Gypsy Jazz, Paris Music |
| | The album features some of the greatest names in the history of French music as well as new artists who are inspired by classic chanson, gypsy jazz and musette. | | | French Café is a collection of classic and modern French music that will transport the listener to the romantic streets of Paris. | | | Icons of French music like Django Reinhardt, Edith Piaf and Georges Brassens have been embraced by young French musicians who once disparaged their music as being of another era. |
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http://www.putumayo.com/catalog/item.php?item_number=219
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| | Cuckoo's Nest Gypsy Jazz Sextet - Home |
| | Rather than following in the imitative footsteps of so many other Django Reinhardt cover bands, Cuckoo's Nest has achieved its own unique and original jazz sound by the thought provoking combo of two violins, two guitars,bass and percussion, adding an innovative twist on the original Hot Club experiment. | | | They are a joy to watch and a treat to listen to." Cliff Berkowitz, KHUM Radio, June '04 | | | This band delivers a spunky originality that reflects the collective experiences of the six gleaned from international period instrument performances, bebop excursions, Coltrane attitudes as well as the support of a healthy vital local community of live music lovers. |
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http://www.cuckoojazz.com
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| | Review: Craven showcases Gypsy, jazz sounds (printable version) |
| | He learned to play guitar with his disability, and in so doing he created a new style of guitar. | | | Review: Craven showcases Gypsy, jazz sounds (printable version) | | | He not only succeeded in making me want to learn more about these influential musicians, but cemented my opinion that he is a treasure in the worlds of string jazz and roots music. |
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http://www.rgj.com/news/printstory.php?id=82371
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| | Jazz Partout ! – Nordic Gypsy Swing With Attitude |
| | However, the line-up can be reduced or expanded according to the situation in hand, and thus Jazz Partout's audience has indeed from time to time been able to take pleasure in excellent guest appearances by for example Heikki Kauppinen on clarinet, Fred Ahlberg on jazz mandolin or Mikko-Ville Luolajan-Mikkola on violin. | | | The sonic palette of two different kinds of guitars and double bass added with marvelous accordion make up a truly irresistible sound. | | | Jazz Partout plays a wide selection of swinging tunes, made famous by early pioneers of Gypsy swing, musette and chanson, including Django Reinhardt, Gus Viseur and Edith Piaf, as well as contemporary masters of the genre like Stochelo Rosenberg and Biréli Lagrène. |
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http://www.jazzpartout.com
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| | An incredible acoustic string quartet, with Tom Conway on guitar, Willy Wainwright on violin, Marcus Johnson on bass, and Phil Benoit on guitar, this week they’re also featuring special guests like jazz vocalist Kelly Covington, jazz sax sensation Dave Choy, and jazz pianist Gene Argel. | | | [ISLANDJAZZ] Gypsy Pacific is one of those rare bands everyone can enjoy. | | | This is a show any jazz or music lover in general won’t want to miss. |
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http://www.mauitime.com/story.aspx?story_id=1614
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| | Gypsy Jazz |
| | However, he still loved his music and recorded - with his style moving toward bop in his jazz, although some carried sweet, yet haunting melodies. | | | Gypsy Jazz is alive and swinging today, and its most vibrant enthusiasts and talented musicians seem to be in Europe. | | | He just relaxed from the pressures of playing, especially since he felt his music was so misunderstood by the public. |
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http://www.geocities.com/gypsyjazzswansea/genreinfo.html
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| | Gypsy Wranglers - Welcome |
| | French Musette, Big Band and New Orleans Jazz. | | | They have fun and so will you" – Jazz Improv | | | drawn from the traditions of Gypsy Jazz, Cowboy Swing, |
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http://www.gypsywranglers.com
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| | Madison Jazz Society |
| | Due to a health crisis, CanUS Jazz Band will not be able to perform at our 18 | | | Sunday, April 30 - Jazz Brunch (Michigan Room) | | | Tight Like That-the hit of the 2005 Fest - DETAILS |
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http://www.madisonjazz.com/jazzfest
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| | Kelly Lancaster Guitarist/Mandolinist |
| | and his "High Lonesome Gypsy" CD Hear a Full-Length MP3 of Kelly's live | | | View photos and feedback from Kelly's October 16 2004 Concert at Ovations | | | Images, sounds and text (except quoted or copyrighted material) copyright 2003, 2004, 2005 |
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http://www.highlonesomegypsy.com
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