The Scottish Gypsy Swing Band
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Sharing a love of Swing music and the style of the great Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli, their “vigorous and vivacious” performances go “down a storm” with any audience as they serve up their 1930s ‘Hot Club’ standards, Gypsy Jazz favourites and self-penned originals with virtuosity, verve and panache recreating the excitement of Rive Gauche Paris.
Based in Glasgow, the quartet is fronted by an award-winning violinist and “sophisticated songstress” who has been voted Scottish Jazz Awards ‘Best Vocalist’ twice, and also plays with the Orchestra of Scottish Opera, the Tim Kliphuis Sextet and is presenter of BBC Radio Scotland.
With three albums recorded to date, they have headlined at all of the major Scottish jazz festivals, appeared at the celebrated Shetland Folk Festival, and toured Ireland performing at the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival.
They were delighted to have been voted ‘Best Band’ in the Scottish Jazz Awards, having been finalists in the previous two Scottish Jazz Awards, and are frequently played on BBC Radio Ulster, BBC Radio Scotland’s ‘The Jazz House’ and Jazz FM.
They have performed with world-famous virtuoso jazz guitarist Martin Taylor, German Gypsy Jazz star Joscho Stephan and they are involved in teaching and fundraising for The Clutha Trust charity. Two of the band's tracks are also featured on The Clutha Sessions charity CD.
"The hottest ticket in Scotland right now!"
JAZZ SCOTLAND
"Classy, very accomplished"
THE HERALD
"As close to the sound of the great Stephane Grappelli as I think you’re going to hear in Scotland"
BBC RADIO SCOTLAND
"They swing harder than an elm tree in a force nine English gale…"
SHETLAND NEWS
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The Scottish Gypsy Swing Band
The band were excellent, prompt and professional. So glad we chose them!!
Niamh Soraghan | July 2013
Based in Lanarkshire
