Richard Smith’s virtuoso finger-style guitar skill makes his six-string acoustic instrument sound like a miniature orchestra. Nonetheless, Smith plays well with others. A native of England, Smith ...
7 p.m. Friday. Meetinghouse Arts Gallery & Stage, 40 Main St., Freeport, $20 in advance, $25 at the door, $15 in advance for students, $20 at the door. meetinghousearts.org The sound of gypsy jazz ...
Gypsy jazz — that wonderfully infectious style of music played in smoky Parisian jazz clubs and swanky dance halls during the 1930s and ‘40s — is making a comeback. The man who is credited with ...
Django Reinhardt has achieved an almost godlike status among those who love jazz guitar. When he and violinist Stephane Grappelli formed the Quintet of the Hot Club of France in 1934, they created a ...
With this new project, Eva-Marie, known for her innovative takes on Gypsy jazz and Parisian café music, brings her signature sound and playful charm to beloved songs from animated Disney classics.
Gypsy jazz -- recalling the 1930s heyday ofguitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stephane Grappelli -- is the specialty of the Hot Club of Davenport, which will play at 9 p.m. Thursday, June 30, at ...
On a recent Saturday afternoon, guitarist Evan Perri rested on a sectional sofa that consumed most of his bachelor pad in Grosse Pointe Park. Perri fiddled with the strings on his new acoustic guitar ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Led by “The Jazzy Violinist” Tomoko Iwamoto, with Jack Clark, clarinet; Jack Soref ...
After a long hiatus from music gatherings, the Gypsy Parlor Jazz Jam returns to Buffalo. The Jazz Jam takes place the first Monday of each month (8-11 pm) at the Gypsy Parlor. Owner Gabrielle Mattina, ...
I found Monti Eaton sitting on Fourth Avenue, singing away and playing on what appeared to be a mini-banjo, which I later found to be called a banjolele. He looked vaguely familiar to me, so I decided ...
This is a gypsy combo of the Django Reinhardt persuasion, rather than being fully-crazed wedding party cacophony. In fact, reedman Ken Peplowski makes matters even more specialized by concentrating on ...