Standing apart from a host of Bay Area groups who have embraced the "jazz manouche" sound pioneered by Django Reinhardt, Beso Negro has taken a decidedly au courant approach, infusing classic French Romani jazz with a passionate, contemporary sensibility and modern rock energy. The band, scalable from a trio to a quintet, counts Andrew Bird, Nick Cave, and Tom Waits among its influences, which blend harmoniously with the improvisatory style popularized by Reinhardt and violinist Stéphane Grappelli in the 1930s.
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Dance to a vibrant, new gypsy swing. Beso Negro is internationally experienced and on a mission to shed new light on Gypsy Swing. Their love for tradition along with modern sensibility is transforming the genre into a vibrant new beast. Darker, faster, more danceable, more bluesy, and more Gypsy, Beso Negro's indelible fingerprints form and rearrange Jazz Manouche.
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Dance to a vibrant, new gypsy swing. Beso Negro is internationally experienced and on a mission to shed new light on Gypsy Swing. Their love for tradition along with modern sensibility is transforming the genre into a vibrant new beast. Darker, faster, more danceable, more bluesy, and more Gypsy, Beso Negro's indelible fingerprints form and rearrange Jazz Manouche.
Standing apart from a host of Bay Area groups who have embraced the "jazz manouche" sound pioneered by Django Reinhardt, Beso Negro has taken a decidedly au courant approach, infusing classic French Romani jazz with a passionate, contemporary sensibility and modern rock energy. The band, scalable from a trio to a quintet, counts Andrew Bird, Nick Cave, and Tom Waits among its influences, which blend harmoniously with the improvisatory style popularized by Reinhardt and violinist Stéphane Grappelli in the 1930s.
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Dance to a vibrant, new gypsy swing. Beso Negro is internationally experienced and on a mission to shed new light on Gypsy Swing. Their love for tradition along with modern sensibility is transforming the genre into a vibrant new beast. Darker, faster, more danceable, more bluesy, and more Gypsy, Beso Negro's indelible fingerprints form and rearrange Jazz Manouche.
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Dance to a vibrant, new gypsy swing. Beso Negro is internationally experienced and on a mission to shed new light on Gypsy Swing. Their love for tradition along with modern sensibility is transforming the genre into a vibrant new beast. Darker, faster, more danceable, more bluesy, and more Gypsy, Beso Negro's indelible fingerprints form and rearrange Jazz Manouche.
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