Stephane Grappelli News

Born and raised in Seattle, O'Connor was always a bit out of sync with his teenage peers.

Given the unexpected popularity of our first gift suggestion, The Godfather: The Coppola Restoration , we go with the theme and switch to music.

Most jazz artists would agree that a skilled bassist can be pivotal to the success of an ensemble's music.

John Etheridge, who lives in Hampstead, is also widely recognised as one of the best guitarists in the world.

David Grisman is normally associated with the bluegrass wing of country music, but his music owes almost as much to jazz as it does to traditional American folk influences.

Album Review: A Hot Club Christmas : Elegant and entertaining Given his untimely death in 1953, there are many great jazz standards that Sinti jazz pioneer Django Reinhardt never had the chance to cover.

Given his untimely death in 1953, there are many great jazz standards that Sinti jazz pioneer Django Reinhardt never had the chance to cover.

Rightly or wrongly, Columbus has been called a "Cowtown." Last night, it truly was when the Hot Club of Cowtown played two red-hot sets at a CityMusic concert in the Fawcett Center Auditorium.

Once, as they were jamming, Duke Ellington 's drummer Sam Woodyard called out to Danish violinist Svend Asmussen, "Man, you play your ass off," to which The Fiddling Viking replied, with that charmingly naively innocent wit so typical of his homeland, "From now on then my name is only Mussen." There is just one Svend Asmussen and today, at the age ...

A lot of guitar players talk about Django Reinhardt as a major influence. The Belgianborn Reinhardt was a gypsy musician - he combined fastmoving swing with distinctly European forms of percussive rhythms, quicksilver chordal patterns and, most importantly, a rippling violin as a duet partner for his guitar.

The impact of Sinti gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt is hard to overestimate. He is in the pantheon of early guitar greats with the likes of Robert Johnson, Charlie Christian and Eddie Lang -- and with only two fingers on his fret board hand.

Dr. J's writing combines her love of jazz with her fascination with psychology; she enjoys focusing on where they intersect -- in the celebration of the individual spirit.

Category: Wedding Music The Tipsy Gypsy Trio is a jazz group focusing on the pioneering music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli.

Your Reader Tips are, as always, welcome in the comments. Posted by Vitruvius at October 28, 2009 12:01 AM Comments I was always a huge Stephane Grappelli fan and about 30 years ago him and Yehudi Menuhin were doing their first North American show together.

Django Reinhardt is regarded as a guitar genius for many reasons. The legendary Belgian-born composer, who in 1930s Paris introduced the world jazz manousche, commonly known as gypsy jazz or gypsy swing - a fusion of American swing and acoustic folk of the Romani people of Eastern Europe and Central Europe - was technically and musically unmatched ...

Ask the members of Ranger and the Re-Arrangers "Why Django Reinhardt?" and there's a moment of thoughtful silence.

Blue Ash is days away from a faux French invasion. Acoustic gypsy jazz swingers, The Faux Frenchmen kick-off the 2009-2010 Rhythm a na Blue Ash Concert series on Saturday, October 24.

Who is this man? He has lifted the Big Bands of Benny Goodman and the Tonight Show with his thumping acoustic rhythm guitar.

SOURCE: Terri Hinte Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli never recorded an album of holiday music, but the Hot Club of San Francisco--who've long been inspired by those gypsy-jazz pioneers--always wished they had.

GUITARISTS and anyone who appreciates musical excellence should head to The Grand, in Clitheroe, on Wednesday, September 23rd.