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All this talk lately about Gypsy Jazz had made me visit the YouTube. :D

 

This is the Rosenberg Trio featuring Stochelo Rosenberg:

Watch this until the end to see brilliant timing and in my mind the definition of "tight"...absolutely amazing musicianship and they make it look so effortless......:confused:

 

[YOUTUBE]aIRTASuG4GY[/YOUTUBE]

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It has to be said that this version owes a lot to Django, though. ;)

 

Anybody heard the latest Rosenberg Trio CD? It's supposed to be great...

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It has to be said that this version owes a lot to Django, though.
;)

Anybody heard the latest Rosenberg Trio CD? It's supposed to be great...

 

I've been looking for it all over here, but couldn't find it.I was told Nous'che's rhythm work is particularly good in it.

 

The rosenberg trio is great, and of late I've even managed to get into their "suenos gitanos" cd, which is no way near gypsy jazz. Stochelo is one of the greatest modern players, and the family chemistry is always evident.

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By the way, speaking of stochelo rosenberg, check this video out. It might not be too good for those of you with slow connections, as its VERY long, but its a full romane and stochelo show...so its worth it.

 

Its really only gypsy jazz influenced...there's even a drummer in there. But its amazing in my opinion. I would suggest you take a while to load it up first.

 

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3499888316189040754&q=romane+stochelo&total=35&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

 

If you can, I'd suggest finding the time to sit down and watch it fully...otherwise just let it load and skip around.

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All this talk lately about Gypsy Jazz had made me visit the YouTube.
:D

...absolutely amazing musicianship and they make it look so effortless......
:confused:

 

All that and no pins! Gotta love it.

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Hey, Laurent, I spent a few summers up in Groningen. Where do the Rosenbergs and you come from?

 

 

Groningen is in the very North of the Netherlands. I live in Eindhoven, a bit bigger town than Groningen (but not nearly as beautiful) which lies in the South, not far from the Belgian border.

The Rosenbergs come from a couple of villages east of Eindhoven, Nuenen and Gerwen.

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Amazing musicianship is 100% correct. I personally do not enjoy this type of music though.

 

 

That's the nice thing about git playing. We can all admire someone who exhibits such skill even though we don't usually listen to their particular genre.

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Back in '94, when Roseberg was like 14 or so, he had a group called Sinti that put out an album by the same name ("Sinti")...that album was so good, because, while he was very fast even back then, he put a lot more gypsy soul into the songs...

 

Look for this album...it's the real deal! CD_Sinti.jpg

 

Edit: Ooops, my mistake...Jimmy is Stochelo's younger cousin, but if you get a chance to hear Jimmy, I think you'll agree that that kind of techniques and speed mixed with some Gypsy Soul, is amazing stuff!

 

http://www.jimmyrosenberg.nl/page3EN.html

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Back in '94, when Roseberg was like 14 or so, he had a group called Sinti that put out an album by the same name ("Sinti")...that album was
so
good, because, while he was very fast even back then, he put a lot more gypsy soul into the songs...


Look for this album...it's the real deal!
CD_Sinti.jpg

Edit: Ooops, my mistake...Jimmy is Stochelo's
younger cousin
, but if you get a chance to hear Jimmy, I think you'll agree that that kind of techniques and speed mixed with some Gypsy Soul, is amazing stuff!


http://www.jimmyrosenberg.nl/page3EN.html

 

 

Some folks rank Jimmy better than Stochelo. Apparently for quite a number of years Jimmy had developed a heroin addiction and spent some time in Jail. He more or less had not been playing but now...he is back out of jail and clean and playing as good as ever. :thu: Good for him (and us) since the kid is only 27 yrs old and has a lifetime of music ahead of him to share.

 

Jimmy at 12 yrs old:

 

[YOUTUBE]OWl2nZ4_S7k[/YOUTUBE]

Jimmy now, from the new DVD "Jimmy Rosenberg is back!":

 

[YOUTUBE]sX6JYdbDgfg[/YOUTUBE]

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By the way, speaking of stochelo rosenberg, check this video out. It might not be too good for those of you with slow connections, as its VERY long, but its a full romane and stochelo show...so its worth it.


Its really only gypsy jazz influenced...there's even a drummer in there. But its amazing in my opinion. I would suggest you take a while to load it up first.




If you can, I'd suggest finding the time to sit down and watch it fully...otherwise just let it load and skip around.

 

 

So ... I'm checking it out now and I just heard their version of "Nature Boy"! Lush. And now they're kicking into "R n Bis"!!!! One of my favs off Double Jeu!

 

EDIT: And Blue Rondo a la Turk!!! Such an inventive version. Also off Double Jeu. I guess this show was in support of that disc?

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EDIT: And Blue Rondo a la Turk!!! Such an inventive version. Also off Double Jeu. I guess this show was in support of that disc?

 

Yes, they did a European tour with that band. I saw them in the South of France. Great, great concert. :thu:

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Lucky you!

 

I admit I loved elegance just as much though.

 

Wait till they get to "accent groove" though. GREAT performance of that piece.

 

I also got the live cd+dvd. I've been unable to see the DVD as I'm in Israel now, but the cd was pretty good.

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Some folks rank Jimmy better than Stochelo. Apparently for quite a number of years Jimmy had developed a heroin addiction and spent some time in Jail. He more or less had not been playing but now...he is back out of jail and clean and playing as good as ever.

 

He's been in and out of jail a few times.... and the last time I heard (mid December) his concerts in Paris were cancelled at the last minute. Whether he is back in jail or not, I don't know, but it seems to be drug-related again. So... well, bad news. :(

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So ... I'm checking it out now and I just heard their version of "Nature Boy"! Lush. And now they're kicking into "R n Bis"!!!! One of my favs off Double Jeu!


EDIT: And Blue Rondo a la Turk!!! Such an inventive version. Also off Double Jeu. I guess this show was in support of that disc?

 

 

A child prodigy for sure....but "My dear fellow, there are in fact only so many notes an ear can hear in the course of an evening."

take out a few and it will be perfect"

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A child prodigy for sure....but "My dear fellow, there are in fact only so many notes an ear can hear in the course of an evening."

take out a few and it will be perfect"

 

 

I kinda gotta disagree here. The first piece might be a little like that, but even then, I find it very musical.

 

These players are strongly jazz influenced, in which, in my opinion, slow soulful playing doesn't always work. This "all over the place" sound really adds to the overall feel.

 

Lets call it opinion:thu:

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