The other day while sitting on the bus coming home from work I, for some reason, wanted to hear some gypsy jazz aka. “jazz manouche”. Think about jazz with very many notes, played fast, with a touch of swing, and you might be very close to gypsy jazz.
Django Reinhardt was maybe the best known gypsy jazz guitarist of all times – he burnt his left hand paralyzing 2 fingers – but still he mastered his instrument in a way that’s amazed the world since 1930′s when he became popular with gypsy jazz. His group also made the jazz violin player Stephane Grappelli famous.
I ended up creating a small gypsy jazz Spotify playlist: spotify:user:rhkfin:playlist:5CJkkHEs7fp1lsteZd0mnH. Also check my Spotify tips.
Here are also some Youtube hilights for everyone to enjoy.
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Well now you’ve got some groovy jazz out there. Is there any gypsy jazz in Finland.
jep. kuuntelin pätkän jonka (risto) olit laittanu facebookiin. hemmot kyl osaa!
en voinu olla lähtemättä mielikuvamatkailee, millaset överi fiilikset niil oli/on siin jammaillessaan :)
weird t´ho… en pysty kommentoimaan linkkiä tai sun etusivua(profiilisivua)7näkemään kuvias?? kuis nyt niin..
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It is definitely refreshing to listen to music with a different flavor, other than pop or mainstream songs. Gypsy jazz is music that just comes from within, from the soul, thanks to the musicians inspired by the Django Reinhardt, jazz manouche will continue to be heard.