Gypsy Mania CD Release

Saturday, June 6, 2009 - 9:00pm
7:00pm
$10.00
$12.00

Gypsy Mania Quartet features the music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli played by four of the Twin Cities 'most jammin' hot club artists. Fronting the band and playing most of the leads is Gary Schulte, in the vanguard of jazz violinists, well known for his passionate and virtuosic solos, and for his work with all manner of jazz and ethnic ensembles all over the Twin Cities. Rounding out the talent is master world-beat guitarist Glen Helgeson, jazz guitar virtuoso Reynold Philipsek, and jazz bassist extroadinaire Jeff Brueske. The quartet will be joined tonight by percussionist Michael Bissonnette, as they celebrate the release of their debut recording.

Tickets are on sale now from the Cedar Ticketline (612-338-2674 ext 2), Cedar outlets, and online at Ticketweb.

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Gypsy Mania
A spontaneous, vivid performance by some of Minnesota’s most stellar gypsy-jazz artists played in the Django Reinhardt French swing tradition of the 1930’s. Gypsy Mania features an exceptional stylistic dimension with prodigious improvisation – a group not...

Major Funders

This activity is funded, in part, by the Minnesota State Arts Board through the arts and cultural heritage fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the Legacy Amendment vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.Minnesota State Arts BoardThe McKnight FoundationTarget

This activity is made possible in part by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board, through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature from the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008