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The first ever International Gypsy Jazz Festival is going on today, September 22nd, in Moscow, allowing leading musicians to showcase their various talents. The Moscow International Performing Arts Center is hosting the event, headed up by an Artistic Director, award-winning French guitarist Frederic Belinsky. Musicians such as French violinist Didier Lookwood and Dutch guitarist Stochelo Rosenberg are also on hand to perform.
Gypsy jazz was born in Paris in the 1930s. Internationally, this energetic style of jazz is better known as “jazz manouche” or gypsy swing. It was the first type of non-American jazz to receive any recognition. The popularity of the genre is survived by the legacy of guitarist Django Reinhardt.
At today’s international gypsy jazz gathering, artists will surely to pay tribute to this celebrated musician and the humble cultural roots of this unique style of music.
For more information on Django Reinhardt, click here.
And if you’d like to hear Reinhardt’s gypsy jazz, head here or enjoy this video!
Alisa Hathaway
September 2010
