Stochelo Rosenberg (born 19 February 1968) is a

Gypsy jazz Gypsy jazz (also known as gypsy swing, jazz manouche or hot club-style jazz) is a style of small-group jazz originating from the Romani guitarist Jean "Django" Reinhardt (1910–53), in conjunction with the French swing violinist Stéphane Gr ...

guitarist who leads the

Rosenberg Trio The Rosenberg Trio is a Dutch jazz band consisting of lead guitarist Stochelo Rosenberg, rhythm guitarist Nous'che Rosenberg and bassist Nonnie Rosenberg. The band is influenced by Django Reinhardt, the gypsy jazz guitarist of the 1930s. The ...

Biography

Rosenberg started playing guitar when he was ten years old. A member of the

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, he heard music often at home and from relatives. With his cousins Nonnie Rosenberg and Nous'che Rosenberg he started the

in 1989, playing in the annual Django Reinhardt festival in

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. In the 1990s they accompanied

Stephane Grappelli Stephane may refer to: * Stéphane, a French given name * Stephane (Ancient Greece) A stephane (''ancient Greek'' στέφανος, from ''στέφω'' (stéphō, “I encircle”), '' Lat.'' Stephanus = wreath, decorative wreath worn on the head ...

on tour and recorded with him, including a concert at Carnegie Hall that celebrated his 85th birthday. He started the Rosenberg Academy, an online school devoted to teaching

. Guitars of Stochelo: -Leo Eimers -Cyril Gaffiero
Stankevičius

Discography

As leader

* ''Seresta'' (Hot Club, 1990) * ''Elegance'' with Romane (Iris Music, 2000) * ''Double Jeu'' with Romane (Iris Music, 2004) * ''Ready 'n' Able'' (Iris Music, 2005) * ''Gypsy Guitar Masters'' with Romane (Iris Music, 2006) * ''Tribulations'' with Romane (Universal, 2010) With the

* ''Gipsy Summer'' (Universal, 1991) * ''Impressions'' (Universal, 1992) * ''Caravan'' (Universal, 1994) * ''Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival '92'' (Universal, 1993) * ''Gipsy Swing'' (Universal, 1995) * ''Noches Calientes'' (Universal, 1998) * ''Deine Kusse Sind Susser'' with Herman van Veen (Polydor, 1999) * ''Je Zoenen Zijn Zoeter'' with Herman van Veen (Polydor, 1999) * ''Suenos Gitanos'' (Universal, 2001) * ''Live in Samois'' (Universal, 2003) * ''Louis Van Dijk and the Rosenberg Trio Live'' (Pink, 2003) * ''Roots'' (Iris Music, 2007) * ''Tribute to Stephane Grappelli'' (FM Jazz, 2008) * ''Cor Goes Gipsy'' with Cor Bakker (Foreign Media Music, 2008) * ''Djangologists'' (Enja, 2010) * ''La Familia'' (Coast Music, 2015) * ''Django'' (Impulse!, 2017)

As sideman

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, ''The Best Days of My Life'' (Mercury, 1999) *

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, Elios Ferre, Angelo Debarre, ''Django 100'' (Jms, 2009) *

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, ''Rendez-Vous'' (Universal, 2007) *

, ''85 and Still Swinging'' (Angel, 1993) * Bireli Lagrene, ''Gipsy Project & Friends'' (Dreyfus, 2002) *

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, ''Swing'' (Atlantic, 1997) *

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, ''Twelfth Year'' (Moncq, 2012) * Paulus Schafer, ''Letter to Van Gogh'' (Sinti Music, 2015) * Joscho Stephan, ''Guitar Heroes'' (MGL/In Akustik 2015)

References

External links

Official website for Rosenberg Trio
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