Jelle van Tongeren inherited his affinity for music from a luthier father and an artist mother. His musical voyage began with classical strains before the jazz current swept him away at 16, inspired by Django Reinhardt and Fats Navarro’s music. […]
Winter Jam
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Thomas Baggerman is the foremost player and teacher in Holland in the style of Stochelo Rosenberg. Inspired by the Rosenberg Trio, Thomas and his brother Max set up their own band that after a few years started touring internationally, to […]
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 […]