Stephane Grappelli News

INTERNATIONAL gypsy jazz violin star Tim Kliphuis, widely hailed as Stephane Grappelli's successor, will be joined at the Assembly Rooms, Presteigne, by Welsh guitar virtuoso Gary Phillips and rock-solid double bass master Pete Kubryk-Townsend, for a night of gypsy magic, Grappelli romance and some good old barn-storming swing.

By Alex Browne - Peace Arch News Published: January 25, 2012 3:00 PM Updated: January 25, 2012 3:18 PM The virtuoso Romanian-born violinist has a soulful tone that speaks of generations of music tradition in his own family - and a staggering technique refined through years of classical music studies and performance.

Stephane Grappelli would have earned himself a place in Jazz History books if only for his important role in the Quintette of the Hot Club of France, featuring the dazzling virtuosity of Django Reindhart.

By Alex Browne - Peace Arch News Published: January 25, 2012 3:00 PM Updated: January 25, 2012 3:18 PM The virtuoso Romanian-born violinist has a soulful tone that speaks of generations of music tradition in his own family - and a staggering technique refined through years of classical music studies and performance.

English jazz guitar great Martin Taylor is, very likely, the only six-string practitioner whose name evokes the world's top two acoustic guitar manufacturers, Martin and Taylor .