gypsy jazz

A type of jazz that mainly took form in 1940-50 France, combining American jazz/blues harmony and improvisation with gypsy (Romani) rythms and approaches and different instruments. Generally played with gypsy guitars or classical guitars, upright bass, violin, clarinet, drums, accordeons, traditional percussions and singers. The most famous and genre-defining gypsy jazzmen is Django Reinhardt.

Nuages and Minor Swing are awesome gypsy jazz songs

Man let’s do a gypsy jazz jam.

Gypsy jazz guitar players are the best guitarists on earth.