Gypsy meets Groove - feat. Olivier Holland Bireli Lagrene a Hommage to Django by

a Hommage to Django by the Modern Jazz Quartet in the late 50s

to make a recording under the same conditions Django Reinhardt and all famous swing and jazz musicians had until the end of the 40s - direct-to-disc

The Collaboration between Joscho Stephan (guitar) and Matthias Strucken (vibes) is influenced by the Master of „Gypsy Swing“

Tommy Emmanuel

Gypsy meets Groove - feat. Olivier Holland Bireli Lagrene a Hommage to Django byBassist, composer and arranger Olivier Holland has again joined forces with Joscho Stephan to produce an album that pushes stylistic boundaries. Gypsy meets Groove skilfully combines Gypsy Jazz with elements from groove based music such as Funk, Soul or Reggae. Here is more than just playing jazz tunes with a different feel. On GMG, modern arranging techniques have been skilfully employed to blend different musical elements into an innovative work of