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gypsy jazz

Last updated: Mon Nov 03 2025 11:40:50 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)

Description

Gypsy jazz is a vibrant acoustic style born in 1930s Paris, blending Romani musical traditions with American jazz improvisation. The sound features rapid-fire guitar strumming, intricate melodic runs, and a distinctive swing rhythm driven by acoustic instruments like violin and double bass. Its passionate, virtuosic playing evokes both the romance of European cafés and the nomadic spirit of Romani culture.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
98		1961	Django Reinhardt	Best of Django Reinhardt	jazz jazz guitar	jazz guitar # 98
37		1972	Various Artists	Gypsy Jazz School	gypsy jazz
90		1978	Django Reinhardt	Djangology (feat. Stéphane Grappelli)	gypsy gypsy jazz	gypsy # 59
2		1978	Django Reinhardt	Djangologie Vol14 / 1943 - 1946 (.)	gypsy jazz jazz swing
3		1978	Django Reinhardt	Djangologie Vol19 / 1949 - 1950 Inédits (.)	gypsy jazz jazz swing
4		1978	Django Reinhardt	Djangologie Vol18 / 1949 - 1950 (.)	gypsy jazz jazz swing
5		1978	Django Reinhardt	Djangologie Vol11 / 1940 (.)	gypsy jazz jazz swing
6		1978	Django Reinhardt	Djangologie Vol20 / 1949 Derniers Inédits (.)	gypsy jazz jazz swing
7		1978	Django Reinhardt	Djangologie Vol16 / 1947 - 1949 (.)	gypsy jazz jazz swing
9		1978	Django Reinhardt	Djangologie Vol13 / 1942 - 1943 (.)	gypsy jazz jazz swing
10		1978	Django Reinhardt	Djangologie Vol12 / 1940 - 1941 (.)	gypsy jazz jazz swing
12		1978	Django Reinhardt	Djangologie Vol17 / 1949 (.)	gypsy jazz jazz swing
14		1978	Django Reinhardt	Djangologie Vol10 / 1940 (.)	gypsy jazz jazz swing
16		1978	Django Reinhardt	Djangologie Vol9 / 1939 - 1940 (.)	gypsy jazz jazz swing
17		1978	Django Reinhardt	Djangologie Vol1 / 1928 - 1936 (.)	gypsy jazz jazz swing
25		1978	Django Reinhardt	Djangologie Vol15 / 1946 - 1947 (.)	gypsy jazz jazz swing
51		1982	Biréli Lagrène	Routes to Django	jazz
8		1983	Biréli Lagrène	15	gypsy jazz jazz
20		1986	Sarane Ferret	Gypsy Jazz School	gypsy jazz
46		1987	Biréli Lagrène	Inferno	gypsy jazz
18		1987-12-25	Bireli Lagrene	Fifteen	gypsy jazz jazz swing
29		1988	Stéphane Grappelli	Stardust	gypsy jazz jazz swing
35		1988	Biréli Lagrène	Foreign Affairs	gypsy jazz
42		1988	Django Reinhardt	Nuages	jazz
40		1989	Stéphane Grappelli	Parisian Thoroughfare	gypsy jazz jazz swing
53		1989	Lhasa	La Llorona (Remastered Edition)	bossa nova contemporary folk gypsy jazz latin
58		1989	Django Reinhardt	Quintette du Hot Club de France	gypsy jazz jazz jazz guitar
70		1989	Stochelo Rosenberg	Seresta	gypsy jazz
89		1989	Eddie Lang	Jazz Guitar Virtuoso	gypsy jazz
54		1990	Biréli Lagrène	Acoustic Moments	gypsy jazz
34		1991	The Rosenberg Trio	Gypsy Summer	gypsy jazz jazz
100		1992	Django Reinhardt	Djangologie Vol6 / 1937	acoustic gypsy gypsy jazz jazz unplugged	unplugged # 85 gypsy # 92
56		1992-08	The Rosenberg Trio	Impressions	gypsy jazz jazz
82		1993	The Rosenberg Trio	Live At The North Sea Jazz Festival '92	gypsy jazz jazz
39		1994	Django Reinhardt	Gypsy Jazz	jazz
45		1994	Biréli Lagrène	Live in Marciac	gypsy jazz
68		1994	The Rosenberg Trio	Caravan	gypsy jazz jazz swing
33		1995	Hot Club De Norvege	Portrait of Django	gypsy jazz swing
80		1995	The Rosenberg Trio	Gypsy Swing	gypsy jazz swing
95		1996	Django Reinhardt	Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli	jazz gypsy jazz
94		1997	Kočani Orkestar	L'Orient Est Rouge	balkan gypsy jazz	balkan # 68
85		1997	The Hot Club of San Francisco	Swing This	gypsy jazz
59		1998	Bireli Lagrene Ensemble	Routes To Django & Bireli Swing '81	gypsy gypsy jazz jazz jazz guitar
13		1999	8 1/2 Souvenirs	Twisted Desire	jazz swing
36		1999	Latcho Drom	La Verdine	gypsy jazz
62		1999	Joscho Stephan	Swinging Strings	gypsy jazz
83		1999	Pearl Django	New Metropolitan Swing	gypsy jazz
99		1999-08-24	Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire	Oh! The Grandeur	gypsy jazz jazz
63		1999-10-01	The Rosenberg Trio	Noches Calientes	gypsy jazz jazz latin jazz
88		2001	Biréli Lagrène	Gipsy Project	gypsy gypsy jazz jazz jazz guitar	jazz guitar # 22 gypsy # 53
48		2001	The Rosenberg Trio	Sueños Gitanos	gypsy jazz jazz
81		2001	Carmen McRae	Jazz Club Vocal	jazz
19		2002	Karpatt	À l'ombre du ficus	chanson gypsy jazz
69		2002	Samarabalouf	la valche folle	gypsy jazz jazz
77		2002	Biréli Lagrène	Gipsy Project & Friends	jazz gypsy jazz jazz guitar
96		2002	Darko Rundek	Ruke	folk rock gypsy jazz
92		2003	Nigel Kennedy and Kroke	East Meets East	balkan gypsy jazz	balkan # 62
22		2003	Rodolphe Raffalli	Gypsy Swing Guitar	gypsy jazz
74		2003	Pearl Django	Swing 48	gypsy jazz
47		2003-10	Les Doigts de l'Homme	Dans Le Monde	gypsy jazz jazz
38		2003-12	The Rosenberg Trio	Live in Samois (Tribute to Django Reinhardt)	gypsy jazz jazz swing
21		2004	Szakcsi Lakatos Trio	Na Dara!	gypsy jazz hungarian hungary jazz	hungary # 35
84		2004-03	Estradasphere	Passion for Life	death metal electronic gypsy jazz jazz
55		2004-06	Les Doigts de l'Homme	Gipsy Jazz Nucléaire	gypsy jazz jazz
75		2004-10-11	Biréli Lagrène	Move	gypsy gypsy jazz jazz jazz guitar	gypsy # 7
87		2005	Django Reinhardt	Electric Django: Radio Recordings 1947	gypsy gypsy jazz jazz	gypsy # 45
91		2005	Django Reinhardt	The Best Of Django Reinhardt	jazz jazz guitar	jazz guitar # 93
30		2005	David Krakauer	Bubbemeises: Lies My Gramma Told Me	breakbeat folk fusion gypsy jazz
50		2005	Django Reinhardt	In Solitaire: Complete Recordings for Solo Guitar	gypsy jazz jazz
67		2005-11-02	Les Doigts de l'Homme	Les doigts de l'homme	gypsy jazz jazz
72		2006	Karpatt	Dans d'beaux draps	chanson gypsy jazz
1		2007	Palinka	Un malin plaisir - Palinka	gypsy french	nouvelle scene francaise # 16 gypsy # 42
76		2007	The Cook Trio	Villa Said	french gypsy jazz jazz trio	trio # 86
31		2007	Django Reinhardt	Nuits De Saint Germain Des Prés	jazz
32		2007	Django Reinhardt	Nuits De Saint Germain Des Pres	jazz
57		2007	Caravan Gypsy Swing Ensemble	Caravan Gypsy Swing Ensemble	gypsy jazz jazz jazz guitar swing
61		2007-04-23	Kate Schutt	No Love Lost	gypsy jazz jazz
97		2007-07-14	The Rosenberg Trio	Roots	gypsy jazz jazz swing
11		2007-09-15	La Pompe	Rue De Thoiry	gypsy jazz swing
93		2008	Kocani Orkestar	L'Orient Est Rouge	balkan gypsy jazz	balkan # 67
27		2008	Waldeck	Waldeck´s Gramophone - Vol.1: Swing & Champagne
65		2008-01	Samarabalouf	Bababa	gypsy jazz jazz
49		2008-03-06	Les Doigts de l'Homme	Les doigts dans la prise	gypsy jazz jazz
64		2008-11-01	DUO MOSÏK	JOHANN	gypsy jazz
28		2009	[dunkelbunt]	Raindrops and Elephants-Piranha Re:interpretations	ambient bounce breakbeat breaks broken beat dubstep electro folk gypsy jazz klezmer reggae swing uk garage	bounce # 54
79		2009	Caravan Gypsy Swing Ensemble	An Evening At The Brink Lounge	gypsy jazz jazz guitar swing
71		2009-03-30	Karpatt	Montreuil	chanson french gypsy jazz nouvelle scene francaise	nouvelle scene francaise # 62
41		2009-07-28	Koby Israelite	Is He Listening?	gypsy jazz jazz klezmer
52		2010-03-11	Les Doigts de l'Homme	1910	gypsy jazz jazz
66		2010-10-08	Kiosk	Triple Distilled: Live At Yoshi's	blues gypsy jazz
73		2011-12-05	Karpatt	Sur le quai	chanson gypsy jazz
86		2012	Lollo Meier	Hondarribia	gypsy jazz
15		2015	Jazz Cigano Quinteto	Jazz Cigano Quinteto	gypsy jazz
26		2017	Three for Silver	Three for Silver	gypsy jazz
24		2018-01-05	Caro Emerald	Emerald Island EP
44		2018-08-17	Brandon Campbell	Ten from the Galley	gypsy jazz psychobilly
78		2020	Samarabalouf	Couscous frites mescal	gypsy jazz jazz
23			Jonny Kerry	Castelfidardo	gypsy jazz
43			Andrei Krylov	Gypsy Jazz Cafe Manouche Music for Guitar and Violin Traditional and Folk Russian Tzigane Songs	gypsy jazz
60			Swing Amor	Gypsy Swing Jazz	gypsy jazz

Related genres

• jazz
• swing
• jazz guitar
• gypsy
• chanson
• klezmer
• folk
• balkan
• french
• bass