Gypsy jazz is the first jazz style invented in Europe around 1930. 140 years earlier, the young Ludwig van Beethoven attracted attention at the Viennese court with unprecedented and innovative piano fantasies, created in the moment – thus also a precursor to jazz. What could be more natural than bringing together two great virtuosos of their instruments – Gypsy guitarist Joscho Stephan and classical jazz pianist Marcus Schinkel? The two musicians met in 2015 at the Dresden Jazz Festival, and after a night-long session, the idea for a combination of Gypsy jazz and classical music for "Classic meets Gypsy" was born. They draw on various melodies from Mozart's "Figaro", Schumann's "Kinderszenen", Debussy's "Reverie", the famous "Liebestraum" by Franz Liszt or Beethoven's "Wuth over the Lost Groschen" to a brilliant rumba version of Nino Rota's patent theme.
Line-up: Marcus Schinkel – Piano, Wim de Vries – Drums, Fritz Roppel – Bass, Joscho Stephan – Guitar
01 The rage over the lost swing
02 Swingin' Patétique
03 Echoes from the Theater
04 Love Dream
05 Four In Four
06 Reverie
07 Nothing More
08 Brucia La Terra (The Godfather)
09 Ode To New Joy
