The Stochelo Rosenberg Trio is a group of three extremely talented Dutch gypsy musicians. The three of them come from a family of musicians.
Stochelo is the youngest of the three and the lead guitar player. The trio is joined on this CD by none other than Stéphane Grappelli, the world-renowned French jazz violinist, who played in the '40s and '50s with
Django Reinhardt. For
Grappelli, they are the best gypsy musicians he has played with since he played with
Reinhardt. In 1993, they did
Grappelli's first part of his Carnegie Hall concert in New York, and afterward they produced this CD together.
Stochelo was then only 17 years old. They play some original pieces, but as well old successes from
Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli,
Duke Ellington,
George Gershwin,
Sonny Rollins, and others. They are joined also by two known Dutch musicians,
Jan Akkerman on guitar and
Frits Landesbergen on vibraphone. A must! ~ Bruno Deschênes