Jimmy Rosenberg The Best of Jimmy Rosenberg
Tracks: Jimmy the Kid (Jon
Larsen); Swing for Ninine (Romane); Just One Of Those Things (Cole
Porter); Rose Room (art Hickman/Harry Williams); Nature Boy (Eden
Ahbez) ;Place De Broukere (Django Reinhardt); Love Is Back (Stephane
Grappelli); Cherokee (Ray Noble); Joseph, Joseph (traditional Jewish);
Arabian Nights (Alan Menken); Manoir De Mes Reves (Django Reinhardt);
Noto Swing (Lulu Reinardt); Pent-Up House (Sonny Rollins); Nits Des
Saint-Germain (Django); Caravan (Ellington, Tizol); Them There Eyes
(Pinkard, Tracy, Tauber); Dans Le Regard De Laura (Romane); Limehouse
Blues (Braham, Furber); I Found A New Baby (Williams, Palmer)
Artists:
Jimmy Rosenberg, guitar; Bireli Lagrene, guitar; Angelo Debarre,
guitar; Jon Larsen, guitar; Romane, guitar; Reinier Voet, guitar; Stian
Carstensen, accordion; Ola Kvernberg, violin; and others.
This is
really an unusual CD - one of the best accoustic guitar players in the
Django Reinhardt school, ever! Jimmy Rosenberg comes from a Sinti
family in Asten, in the southern Netherlands, the son of Papi (mother)
and Macky Rosenberg. He made his debut outside the gypsy world as early
as in 1989, clearly inspired by Stochelo Rosenberg, in John Jeremy's
British television documentary Django's Legacy. There Jimmy appeared
with the trio named The Gypsy Kids, which later became Sinti. Jimmy
made his mark as a notable guitarist early. At the age of 13 he had
already played with all of the greats, from Stochelo, Dorado, Jo Privat
and Philip Catherine to Bireli Lagrene and Stéphane Grappelli. At the
same time he made his first recording for HCR, the incredible Jimmy's
Suite. The subsequent year brought new record contracts for Sinti, and
concert tours to Oslo, Paris, New York, and throughout the United
States, all thanks to their mentor, Hans Meelen. Recently, Jimmy
Rosenberg has recorded with Babik Reinhardt, Hot Club de Norvège,
Romane, Bireli Lagrene, Angelo Debarre, and Frank Vignola. Still very
young, Jimmy Rosenberg is obviously one of the most promising talents
in the gypsy jazz today. – Jon Larsen