Stochelo Rosenberg

Stochelo Rosenberg
Stochelo Rosenberg in concert, Netherlands, 2002
Background information
Born	(1968-02-19)February 19, 1968 Helmond, Netherlands
Genres	Gypsy jazz, swing
Occupation	Musician
Instrument	Guitar
Years active	1980s – present
Website	www.therosenbergtrio.info

Stochelo Rosenberg (born 19 February 1968) is a Gypsy jazz guitarist who leads the Rosenberg Trio.

Biography

Rosenberg started playing guitar when he was ten years old. ^[1] A member of the Sinti, he heard music often at home and from relatives. ^[1] With his cousins Nonnie Rosenberg and Nous'che Rosenberg he started the Rosenberg Trio in 1989, playing in the annual Django Reinhardt festival in Samois. ^[1] In the 1990s they accompanied Stephane Grappelli on tour and recorded with him, including a concert at Carnegie Hall that celebrated his 85th birthday. ^[1]

He started the Rosenberg Academy, an online school devoted to teaching Gypsy jazz. ^[2]

Discography

As leader

• Seresta (Hot Club, 1990)
• Elegance with Romane (Iris Music, 2000)
• Double Jeu with Romane (Iris Music, 2004)
• Ready 'n' Able (Iris Music, 2005)
• Gypsy Guitar Masters with Romane (Iris Music, 2006)
• Tribulations with Romane (Universal, 2010)

With the Rosenberg Trio

• Gipsy Summer (Universal, 1991)
• Impressions (Universal, 1992)
• Caravan (Universal, 1994)
• Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival '92 (Universal, 1993)
• Gipsy Swing (Universal, 1995)
• Noches Calientes (Universal, 1998)
• Deine Kusse Sind Susser with Herman van Veen (Polydor, 1999)
• Je Zoenen Zijn Zoeter with Herman van Veen (Polydor, 1999)
• Suenos Gitanos (Universal, 2001)
• Live in Samois (Universal, 2003)
• Louis Van Dijk and the Rosenberg Trio Live (Pink, 2003)
• Roots (Iris Music, 2007)
• Tribute to Stephane Grappelli (FM Jazz, 2008)
• Cor Goes Gipsy with Cor Bakker (Foreign Media Music, 2008)
• Djangologists (Enja, 2010)
• La Familia (Coast Music, 2015)
• Django (Impulse!, 2017)

As sideman

• BZN, The Best Days of My Life (Mercury, 1999)
• Boulou Ferre, Elios Ferre, Angelo Debarre, Django 100 (Jms, 2009)
• Laura Fygi, Rendez-Vous (Universal, 2007)
• Stephane Grappelli, 85 and Still Swinging (Angel, 1993)
• Bireli Lagrene, Gipsy Project & Friends (Dreyfus, 2002)
• The Manhattan Transfer, Swing (Atlantic, 1997)
• Paulus Schafer, Twelfth Year (Moncq, 2012)
• Paulus Schafer, Letter to Van Gogh (Sinti Music, 2015)
• Joscho Stephan, Guitar Heroes (MGL/In Akustik 2015)

References

1. Yanow, Scott (2013). The Great Jazz Guitarists. San Francisco: Backbeat. pp. 168–169. ISBN   978-1-61713-023-6.
2. "Welcome to the Rosenberg Academy". RosenbergAcademy.com. Retrieved 19 May 2018.

External links

• Official website for Rosenberg Trio