ACOORDING to a Hungarian proverb, all a man needs to get drunk is a glass of water and a gypsy fiddler. A real gypsy. Most of the primases (leaders) that you hear these days in the night clubs of New ...

My husband’s got this gypsy thing. He sits alone with a guitar whenever he can, picking through brisk Django licks he can never quite catch up to. When he isn’t doing that, he’s studying the history ...

This article first appeared in Jersey Jazz Magazine. Jazz guitarist Stephane Wrembel first saw violinist Daisy Castro play nine years ago when she was 15. "Her tone," he said, "was already powerful.

From the Performance Today Encore department, a few violinists let loose. Violinist Vadim Gluzman, in concert with pianist Jonathan Feldman, at the University of Miami last month plays a gypsy piece, ...

Copenhagen-based Gypsy Vendetta is an experience of extraordinary energy and creativity. Having existed for almost a decade, the band has established itself as a leading ensemble in the Gypsy- jazz ...

SOMETIMES we hear of musicians who have music in the blood. But rarely do we get the chance to hear from one with music as deeply embedded in his genetic code as Roby Lakatos. The Hungarian violinist ...

We hear music Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) originally wrote for violin and piano. He later crafted another version pairing the violin with orchestra. It's called "Tzigane," which means "gypsy." The ...

Some 20 years ago, when a musical group known as Bleu Django formed, it needed a bit of a support system to form as well. Violinist Carolyn Dutton of Nashville remembers. “We initially weren’t quite ...

If you have yet to check out the gypsy jazz scene now’s your chance. And you have several dates to choose from as this year’s gypsy jazz event, DjangoFest NW — in its 11th season — goes for five days ...