Gypsy Rumble features French guitar maestro Stephane Wrembel with his trio, and special guest, legendary mandolinist, David Grisman. Gypsy Rumble is a culturally diverse musical performance fusing jazz, world, bluegrass, folk, and Latino and rock traditions.

Raised in Fontainebleau France, just outside of Paris, 30-year-old Stephane Wrembel began his guitar studies as a boy, using a cheap electric guitar given to him by his parents. He was first introduced to Gypsy Jazz while studying at the American School of Music in Paris. Wrembel says of the first time he heard Minor Swing by the legendary Django Reinhardt, “I fell in love with the music and dedicated my life to playing it.”

Wrembel started his own music school, in 1994, Musique Pour Tous, teaching guitar, harmony and composition. After attending the International Django Reinhardt Festival in Samois, France, he traveled with the gypsies, learning and playing the fine art of the Gypsy jazz guitar. Wrembel brought the music away from the campfires to festivals in clubs around France, making a name for himself performing traditional and Django-inspired Gypsy Jazz.

In 2000, after finishing his studies at the American School of Modern Music in Paris, Wrembel moved to Boston to attend the Berklee College of Music to study Contemporary Jazz, Indian, African and Middle Eastern music. After graduating, he moved to New York City where he has published jazz guitar instruction books and Cds and continues to record and perform.

David Grisman is a noted bluegrass/newgrass mandolinist and composer of acoustic music. He started the Acoustic Disc record label in an effort to preserve and spread acoustic or instrumental music. Grisman had a close friendship with Jerry Garcia and he appeared on The Pizza Tapes and also Grateful Dead’s American Beauty album.


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