Mon Feb 23
Tim Kliphuis and Jimmy Grant - Recording Release - Emerging Artist Mondays
7PM / $25 | $7 Fees Get Tickets
Tim Kliphuis
"Under Paris Skies" brings the Gypsy Jazz of Django Reinhardt to life
Award-winning violin legend Tim Kliphuis (Holland) teams up with America’s rising star on gypsy jazz guitar Jimmy Grant (LA) to celebrate the music of famed musical duo, Stéphane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt.
“Django Under Paris Skies” celebrates the European gypsy jazz created in the 1930s and 40s. Find out the hidden World War II message in “J’Attendrai”, experience the melancholy of “Je Suis Seule Ce Soir”, and walk through the bustling streets of “Ménilmontant”: these wartime hits were sung by famous chansonniers Édith Piaf, Yves Montand and Charles Trenet. To top it off, the iconic waltz “Sous Le Ciel de Paris (Under Paris Skies)” – everyone knows it!
Drawing inspiration from Django jazz, current-day classical and folk music, Tim and Jimmy alternate moments of dazzling interplay with melancholy and sheer exhilaration, in an inspired conversational journey that is different every night.
“Superb ... a provocative meeting of minds” - Sunday Times
Tim Kliphuis is a master of the violin and a wizard of sound. Using classical, gypsy jazz and folk he has created a unique style that is making waves in concert halls across the globe. His recent successes have led to a Sony Classical recording contract a performance for the Dutch King and Queen and at the United Nations.
Tim has shared the stage with legends Frankie Gavin, Richard Galliano, Daniel Hope and Les Paul and has been lauded for his musical genius by Nigel Kennedy. He was awarded the Scottish and Polish Jazz Awards, has collaborated with the Richard Strauss Festival, Netherlands and Tallinn Chamber Orchestras, the Cape Town Philharmonic and curates the international Night of the Violin festival back home in The Netherlands.
Tim Kliphuis is a Pirastro and DPA artist.
Jimmy Grant grew up with bluegrass, folk, celtic and classical and soon gravitated towards the music of Django Reinhardt, studying with acclaimed jazz guitarists Jim Nichols and Howard Alden. He cites Bach, Joe Pass and Benny Goodman as his main influences.
Jimmy has performed with David Grisman and European musicians Ludovic Beier (accordeon) and Paulus Schäfer (gypsy guitarist), as well as the Hot Club of San Francisco. He has performed from coast to coast with Velvet Caravan, a Savannah-based internationally touring group, and currently heads his own Quartet.
Jimmy Grant uses Favino guitars.
Co-Presented with the Embassy of the Netherlands
7PM / $25 | $7 Fees Get Tickets
1. Final sale, no refunds, not transferable.
2. $15 food/beverage minimum per person not included in ticket price.
3. Seating first come at the door. Doors open 6 PM & 8:45 PM respectively Monday thru Saturday, and 4:30 PM & 7:15 PM Sundays.
4. No Photography or Recording of any kind during the performance.
5. Keep conversation to a minimum during the performance.