The Annual Midwest Gypsy Swing Fest is the premier acoustic, gypsy jazz music festival – held on a beautiful horse farm just south of Madison Wisconsin on September 13 & 14, 2019.
Featuring:
Harmonious Wail from Madison WI
Joscho Stephan from Germany
La Pompe Jazz from Denver Colorado
Milwaukee Hot Club — from …..? Milwaukee Wisconsin
Alfonso Ponticelli and Swing Gitan from Chicago IL
Art in the Barn
(5927 Adams Rd., Fitchburg, WI)
For sponsorship / reserved seating info email
sims@wail.com
Food Carts / Beer and Wine will be available.
Don Stiernberg Trio
While still in his teens, Don Stiernberg learned to play the mandolin from the innovative and influential virtuoso Jethro Burns. Jethro referred to Don as his “graduate student”, hired him to play in his band, and guided him to a career as a professional musician which has already lasted for decades. A leading exponent of
Joscho Stephan
Joscho Stephan – Gypsyswing His roots lie in Gipsy Swing music, the style pioneered in the 1930s by the legendary jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt. Joscho Stephan has not merely absorbed this music, but also interprets it on the highest level and is actively engaged in extending its boundaries. Despite his youth, after four highly acclaimed
Milwaukee Hot Club
http://milwaukeehotclub.com/ Milwaukee Hot Club plays “gypsy jazz”, the music of the late great Django Reinhardt and his modern descendants. Our music is a high energy mix of swing, bossa, and gypsy samba rhythms. Although we are primarily instrumental, vocal tunes comprise up to 30% of our set. MHC is 2 gypsy guitars, upright bass, and
Alfonso Ponticelli and Swing Gitan
Alfonso Ponticelli and Swing Gitan https://www.facebook.com/ChicagoGypsyJazz/ http://www.swinggitan.com/ Chicagos premier Gypsy-jazz band. The music of Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan is a vibrant, upbeat and passionate blend of American Jazz, Gypsy jazz, Flamenco and world folk music threaded together through virtuostic improvisation. Composer and band leader Ponticelli invites some of Chicagos top talent for musical conversation
Harmonious Wail
Smoldering vocals laced among the jazzy mandolin and guitar; an infectious blend of continental jazz, swing, gypsy music and melodic vocals …
— A huge Thank You to ALL for an extremely successful 2018 MGSF !! —
Schedule
Friday, September 15
in the barn
7:15 – 8:15 – Harmonious Wail
8:30 – 9:30 – Anouman
9:45 – 10:45 – Joscho Stephan
10:45 – 11:00pm – monster Djam
11:00pm- ? – Campfire jam
Saturday, September 16
in the tent
1:00 – 1:45 – Alfonso Ponticelli with Swing Gitan
2:15 – 3:00 – Harmonious Wail with many guests
3:30 – 4:15 – Russel Welch
4:45 – 5:30 – Christine Tassant et les impostuers
in the barn
noon – 1:15 pm – Getting deeper into Jazz manouche workshop
with Jack Soref
1:30 – 2:15 – Django 101 – a discussion of Django, his life, his music his beginnings and how we get to Now – his legacy.
2:45 – 3:30 – players in the round; featuring Jack Soref, Sims DP, Russel Welch, Christine Tassant, Jeffo and Alfonso plus ?????
4:15 – 5:00 – tales from the road – all these road warriors have stories of famous people they have met, odd interactions with music biz peeps and other interesting humans out there.
6:00 – 7:00 – Alfonso Ponticelli with Swing Gitan
7:15 – 8:15 – Harmonious Wail
8:30 – 9:30 – Russel Welch
9:45 – 10:45 – Christine Tassant et les impostuers
10:45 – 11:00pm – Monster Djam on stage /
11:00pm- ? – Campfire jam
