“But I’ve been playing for years and years,” he said. During the fiddle retreat, Knicely will offer workshops on bluegrass, swinging mandolin chords, gypsy jazz and swing fiddle.

For the last two decades, the 47-year-old artist, who studied as a teen with Texas fiddle champion Benny Thomasson and then apprenticed under fabled Gypsy jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli, has ...

With this past weekend’s Nat King Cole Society Jazz Festival still fresh on River Region residents' minds, now’s the perfect time for a heaping helping of Gypsy Cornbread. It’s jazz with a ...

Reinhardt was a Belgian-born Gypsy guitarist whose Quintet of the Hot Club of France popularized a style in the 1930s that showcased animated solos for guitar and violin, accompanied by a chugging ...

Tim’s Mel Bay tuition book “Stéphane Grappelli Gypsy Jazz Violin” is a bestseller and his Hot Jazz Violin DVDs received rave reviews. He is jazz violin teacher at the Conservatoire of Tilburg, Holland ...

Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra offers new work by Darrell Katz, Bob Pilkington, Bruno Raberg, Ken Schaphorst, and Nicolas Urie at Cambridge YMCA Theatre Nov. 7.

Hailing from Goleta, California, Coventry studied violin from an early age. At 12 he heard a recording of Stephane Grappelli and was determined to learn the swinging style of gypsy jazz violin.

Gypsy jazz is named in honor of Django Reinhardt, a composer and guitarist who, in the 1930s, worked with violinist Stéphane Grappelli to blend with the new American art form of jazz. Upbeat, high ...

"No drums, just two rhythm guitars, solo guitar, violin and a double bass." The Rhythm Future Quartet will be performing at Johnny D's in Somerville on Thursday, February 19.

BRATTLEBORO — The Vermont Jazz Center is hosting a night of "Gypsy Jazz" to benefit the Windham County Heat Fund. On Saturday, March 29, starting at 7:30 p.m., the Rhythm Future Quartet will present ...