Paulus Schäfer (born 31 March 1978) is a guitarist, composer, and arranger from the Netherlands. A member of the Dutch

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, he considers

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his idol. He has worked with

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, Tim Kliphuis,

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, Dominique Paats,

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, and

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Career

Schäfer was born in Gerwen, Nuenen into a Dutch Sinti community that was the home of

and

. This tradition of gypsy jazz was started by Wasso Grünholz. He replaced Jimmy Rosenberg as the leader of the band Gipsy Kids. In 2001 he formed the Paulus Schäfer Gipsy Band with rhythm guitarist Sendelo Schäfer, bassist Jozua Rosenberg, and violinist Martien Wagner in 2001. They recorded their debut album ''Into the Light'' during the next year. Soon after the release of this album, Jozua Rosenberg left the group to concentrate on

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and was replaced by Rinus Steinbach. In 2006, while recording ''Desert Fire'', Steinbach was replaced by Noah Schafer. Paulus Schäfer performed at the DjangoFest NorthWest, Langley WA (US), Django in June, Northampton, Massachusetts;

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(Budapest); Khamoro (Prague), International Gypsy Guitar Festival (Gossington UK),

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(France), Gipsy Festival Angers (FR), and the International Gipsyfestival (NL).

Discography

* ''Twelfth Year'' (Moncq, 2012) * ''Rock Django'' with Tim Kliphuis (Lowland, 2012) * ''Letter to Van Gogh'' (Sinti Music, 2015)

References

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schafer, Paulus Living people 1978 births Dutch jazz guitarists Gypsy jazz guitarists People from Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten Dutch Sinti people Romani guitarists 21st-century Dutch guitarists

Career

Discography

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