The Gypsy Jazz Festival of London

Gismo Graff Trio

The Pheasantry (Chelsea)

Gismo Graf, one of the fastest rising stars of Gypsy Jazz, brings his stellar German trio to perform at the annual ‘Gypsy Jazz Festival of London’. Over the last few years Gismo has seen a meteoric rise in notoriety  and has been regularly touring across the world to play at top clubs and jazz festivals. Notable appearances include at the world famous ‘Festival Django Reinhardt’ in France, Porgy and Bess Vienna and Stockholm Jazz Festival. Gismo also regularly plays with some of the worlds most respected jazz musicians, including Stochelo Rosenberg and Tim Kliphuis.

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Gismo’s trio is made up of his father and mentor Joschi Graf on Rhythm Guitar. Joschi provides a masterful accompaniment, and a rock solid ‘La Pompe’ (the name of the Rhythmic style employed in Gypsy Jazz.) Joel Locher is on Double Bass. Together they have released several albums. 

The Gypsy Jazz Festival of London, curated by violinist and producer Tobie Medland, is a showcase of some of the worlds finest cutting-edge musicians specialising in the style affectionately known as ‘Gypsy Jazz’. The festival has become one of the world’s most prestigious showcases of the distinctly European jazz style. Determined to break stereotypes associated with the style, GJFL promotes modern, cutting edge, diverse and forward-thinking original gypsy jazz and related styles. 

Support: Matt Holborn & Kallai Janos Trio

Matt Holborn is a jazz violinist, composer and educator at the forefront of the UKs Django Reinhardt scene. This is a project born from Matt's interest and study of Romani violin styles. He is collaborating here with Hungarian Romani musician Kallai Janos, a virtuoso of the Cimbalom and bassist Andras Lovaszi. The trio will be playing a mixture of Romanian and Moldovan music in the Muzica Lautareasca style.