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Gypsy jazz players usually couple the guitar with light, silver-plated, copper-wound Argentine strings made by Savarez (or copies of these), and heavy plectrums, traditionally of tortoiseshell. Today, the Selmer guitar is almost completely associated with Django Reinhardt and the "gypsy jazz" school of his followers. From the 1930s through to ...
Tchavolo Schmitt (left) with Steeve Laffont, playing their brand of gypsy jazz at la Chope des Puces, Paris, in 2016. Gypsy jazz (also known as sinti jazz, gypsy swing, jazz manouche or hot club-style jazz) is a musical idiom inspired by the Romani jazz guitarist Jean "Django" Reinhardt (1910–1953), in conjunction with the French jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli (1908–1997), as expressed ...
A cousin of Stochelo Rosenberg, Jimmy Rosenberg started playing guitar when he was seven years old. Two years later he led his own trio, the Gypsy Kids, which played in the Gypsy jazz tradition [2] and appeared on the British documentary Django Legacy. The trio released its first album, Safari, when Rosenberg was twelve.
Romane also works in the educational field, having published several methods of guitar, opened a school of gypsy swing music (the Swing Romane Academy [1]), launched a magazine (French Guitare) and was the first director of the Village Musiques Actuelles ATLA [2] founded by Noëlle Tatich in 1994.
Gypsy Guitar Masters with Romane (Iris Music, 2006) Tribulations with Romane (Universal, 2010) With the Rosenberg Trio. Gipsy Summer (Universal, 1991) Impressions (Universal, 1992) Caravan (Universal, 1994) Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival '92 (Universal, 1993) Gipsy Swing (Universal, 1995) Noches Calientes (Universal, 1998)
Ian's acoustic guitar (and occasional banjo) repertoire is based firmly on music of the jazz era from the 1920s onwards, with a particular affinity for the virtuoso gypsy jazz style, with excursions to 1950s material and later, and also to elements of classical guitar and world music genres; when playing electric jazz guitar he favours a bebop ...