Eva Slongo trained as a classical violinist and then switched to jazz while tutored by Pierre Blanchard and Didier Lockwood. She moves from Switzerland to Paris, where she shared the stage with Bireli Lagrene, Wawau Adler, Sébastien Giniaux and many […]
We are honoured to have with us the great Mozes Rosenberg. Born into the Rosenberg he grew up with music surrounding him. He played prestigious festivals such as Festival Django Amsterdam and Samois-sur-Seine. He played on many albums and is […]
Nick has been an active teacher and performer in the early Django style in the Netherlands and France since moving to Europe in 2011. He has recorded with Stefan Koppenaal, Rino Van Hooijdonk, and just released a CD with Duved […]
Simon Ort grew up to the sound of Django Reinhardts records due to his father beeing a guitarist and guitar merchant, with whom he made his first steps in gypsy jazz early on. He started to pick up the musical […]
Passionate about violin from an early age, Caroline Bugala won the National classical music contest in Lyon at age 10. She continued her classical violin studies at the National Conservatory of Lyon, from which she graduated with a médaille d’or at 17. Then […]
Violinist and vocalist Seonaid Aitken is one of the busiest players on the UK scene. She is a winner of the Scottish Jazz Award both for her work with gypsy jazz band, Rose Room, and for her singing. She works […]
Karin van Kooten is a classically trained but broadly oriented improvising violinist with a great love for swing, performing in many styles like classical, jazz, gipsy and folk music. After taking lessons with Oene van Geel and Tim Kliphuis, she […]
A central source of inspiration for Reinier’s playing is Django Reinhardt although more modern guitarists like Jim Hall, Jimmy Raney, Pat Martino, the Frenchman Boulou Ferre and Eastern European (gypsy-) music have also been a big influence. Having supported Fapy […]
Award-winning Dutch violinist Tim Kliphuis breathes new life into existing styles with a high-energy blend of classical, gypsy jazz and folk music. His gypsy jazz career took off with Fapy Lafertin, Angelo Debarre and the Rosenberg Trio and established him […]
Belgian-born gypsy Fapy Lafertin is the doyen of guitarists – he has influenced every player you will every hear play gypsy jazz, directly or indirectly. With his band “Waso” he kickstarted the revival in the seventies; since then Fapy has […]