Ultimate jazz event at five Broughty Ferry venues

Dundee star band Havana Swing also feature presenting their feelgood mix of Django Reinhardt and 30s jazz. Singers Alison Affleck and Cindy Douglas, swing band The Big Easy and blues guitarist Sandy Tweeddale are more major names from the jazz and blues world coming to the Ferry. via Ultimate jazz event at five Broughty Ferry venues […]

Kyle Reid reviving old-time jazz style

Reid explored early Rock, like Chuck Berry, dove into Classic Rock, transitioned into Blues. Then he found his way into traditional Jazz, Dixieland Jazz and Gypsy Jazz, which is where he’s currently at. His project, Kyle Reid and the Low Swingin’ Chariots, is a small combo jazz band with horns, guitars, upright bass and drums, […]

Rare hot club footage

This is quite a Reinhardt gem of a video clip. Check out how the rhythm guitar in particular, but also the whole rhythm section really lifts the energy in the second violin chorus.

Caravan of Thieves

“There’s something about the band’s witty, spirited gypsy folk-jazz that is so new and yet so familiar all at once.”–Washington Post Everything I’ve heard about this band makes me want to see them live. via Washington Post.

Revival for the art of Hungarian Song

Great article here about Tcha Limberger, who is apparently, the latest light of jazz Magyar Nota. Revival for the art of Hungarian Song – Yorkshire Post.

Guitarist Patrick Berrogain to perform at Carmel Valley Library

This is a style of jazz often said to have been started by guitarist Jean “Django” Reinhardt in the 1930s. He was foremost among a group of Romani guitarists working in and around Paris in the 1930s through the 1950s, and was noted for combining a dark, chromatic gypsy flavor with the swing articulation of […]

Nepal Gypsy Jazz Festival in March

The first Nepal Gypsy Jazz Festival 2014 is taking place in March at different places in the Kathmandu Valley. via Nepal Gypsy Jazz Festival in March MYREPUBLICA.com – News in Nepal: Fast, Full & Factual, POLITICAL AFFAIRS, BUSINESS & ECONOMY, SOCIAL AFFAIRS, LIFESTYLE, SPORTS, OPINION, INTERVIEW, INTERNATIONAL, THE WEEK news in English in Nepal.

Cyrille Aimée to fuse Gypsy, jazz spirits in Santa Cruz show

The daughter of a French father and Dominican mother, Cyrille Aimée grew up near the French village Samois-sur-Seine. She found her calling as a singer by sneaking out at night to meet with Gypsy musicians setting up camp in nearby meadows for the annual Django Reinhardt Festival. via Cyrille Aimée to fuse Gypsy, jazz spirits in […]

Gypsy jazz trio set to appear at Arnold’s Bonington Theatre

Robin Nolan has played with every top gypsy jazz artist and headlined every major gypsy jazz festival across the globe.Based in Amsterdam, he’s been lauded by great musicians including Beatle George Harrison, who named Robin as his favourite guitarist and booked Robin for private parties. via Gypsy jazz trio set to appear at Arnold’s Bonington […]

Musical surprises promised when trio comes to town – Spalding Guardian

In his time, virtuoso violinist Tim Kliphuis has shared the stage with some of the finest musicians around: from folk fiddle legend Frankie Gavin and jazz accordionist Richard Galliano to iconic electric guitarist Les Pau via Musical surprises promised when trio comes to town – Spalding Guardian.