Alexandre Cavalière After being discovered by Didier Lockwood and Babik Reinhardt at a young age, Alexandre worked with Dorado Schmitt, Bireli Lagrene, Stochelo Rosenberg, Toots Thielemans, and was a guest at the Birdland Django festival in New York. As a […]
Roy Percy As well as touring UK and European Festivals, Roy has been a frequent transatlantic visitor appearing at the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee, L.A.’s Sweet and Hot Festival, and Canada’s Victoria Jazz Festival. Nearer home, he has backed many visiting […]
Christophe Lartilleux is one of the top French innovators in the Django style. With his group Latcho Drom he made international waves in the early 2000s, featuring solo partners such as violinist Florin Niculescu. Christophe has taught far and wide, […]
Jimmy grew up with Gypsy Jazz from a young age and is at the forefront of the American revival that really got started around 2007. His main guitar influences besides Django are Angelo Debarre and Howard Alden. Jimmy also has […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
