Articles by Hot Jazz / Gypsy Jazz

Radio & Podcasts

Dolly Parton By Jazz Artists, New Music By Steve Rawlins, Candice Hoyes, Jonathan Karrant, Emma Dayhuff, Nicole McCabe & Savannah Harris

by Mary Foster Conklin
September 14, 2026

This broadcast features Dolly Parton songs covered by jazz artists, along with new music from Steve Rawlins, Candice Hoyes, Jonathan Karrant, Emma Dayhuff, Nicole McCabe & Savannah Harris, plus birthday shoutouts to Teri Thornton, Kristina Koller, Claire Martin, Valerie Simpson, Akiko Tsuruga, Sinne Eeg, Sherrie Maricle, Lois Deloatch, Gabrielle Stravelli, Julia Dollison and Tomoko Omura, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them live, buy their music so they can continue to comfort, distract, provoke and ...

Interview

Clément Reboul: How to Love and Learn Gypsy Jazz

by Scott Lichtman
August 20, 2026

While searching for gypsy jazz videos to spotlight on All About Jazz, this interviewer discovered the music of Frenchman Clément Reboul. Performing as “Clément Reboul's Jazz Manouche," he and his collective had produced a zesty version on YouTube of “Take the 'A' Train," among other gypsy jazz songs and adaptations. Having launched his gypsy jazz educational YouTube channel in 2009, Reboul possesses a well-thought-out framework for explaining the genre--what to listen for and how to get started playing--that ...

In Pictures

Joscho Stephen Trio at Chicago Temple

by Sandra Kozintseva
June 20, 2026

What was scheduled as a single performance on June 9, 2026 at The Chicago Temple quickly became two shows on the same day after the first one sold out. By the time the evening performance began, there wasn't an empty seat in the house. Joined by guitarist Sven Jungbeck and bassist Volker Kamp, Joscho Stephan delivered a masterclass in gypsy jazz--virtuosic, joyful, and effortlessly musical. The trio's chemistry was remarkable, with dazzling solos, tight interplay, and an energy ...

Radio & Podcasts

James Suggs, Ted Rosenthal, Steve Houghton & Sacha Boutros

by Joe Dimino
November 9, 2025

We step boldly into the 931st episode of Neon Jazz with the brilliant artist, singer, and peace activist Sacha Boutros, spotlighting her enchanting new 2025 release, Paris After Dark--a record brimming with elegance, emotion, and late-night allure. Keeping with the Halloween spirit, we spin Heather McKay's hauntingly fun track “Boo" from her 2025 album Life Got in the Way. The journey continues through the sounds of veterans and jazz luminaries like Neil Gray, Ted Rosenthal, Irving Flores, James Suggs, and ...

Radio & Podcasts

Mid Century Modern Jazz

by David Brown
September 24, 2025

This week, the show kicks off with recent releases form Anat Fort, Matthew Shipp and Sumi Tonooka We then jump back to the 1950s for some mid-century modern recordings from Benny Golson, Gerry Mulligan, Roy and Diz, Louis Armstrong, Al Haig, Milt Jackson, June Christy The Four Brothers, Dorothy Donegan, The Joe Newman Octet, Terry Gibbs, Don Fagerquist, Warne Marsh, Bob Brookmeyer, Jimmy Giuffre, Ray Charles, Ornette Coleman and Charlie Parker's then 5-year-old son Charles Baird Parker. Old, new, in, ...

Live Review

Stella Heath Sextet at Joe Henderson Lab

by Steven Roby
September 12, 2025

Stella Heath Sextet Joe Henderson Lab Tribute To Billie Holiday San Francisco, CA September 7, 2025 The Joe Henderson Lab was full, the kind of sold-out where strangers sit shoulder to shoulder and the air sharpens with anticipation. It carried a small-room charge--as if we'd all agreed to listen harder. An hour is not a long time, yet this set unfolded like a compact short story: precise scenes, careful silences, a ...

Radio & Podcasts

Lady Day Reimagined: Stella Heath’s Jazz Story

by Steven Roby
August 31, 2025

Vocalist Stella Heath describes Billie Holiday the way a director describes a great actor--precise about choices, attentive to subtext, and focused on how a story resonates in the room. “Stories are front and foremost for me," she says. Heath's connection to Holiday starts with feeling. What drew her in wasn't just her timbre or repertoire, but the uncanny way Holiday “makes you feel a song." Heath perceives emotional accuracy--how a single line can convey witness, tenderness, or a ...

Take Five With...

Take Five with Bassist Phil Ravita

by AAJ Staff
July 24, 2025

Meet Bassist Phil Ravita One of the Mid-Atlantic's most versatile and sought-after bassists, Phil Ravita leads Ravita Jazz and appears with many other jazz and classical ensembles and orchestras. He is also host of a weekly radio program on WMTB 89.9 FM. Tune in on Mondays at 8 PM EST. He has shared the stage with music legends Joe Coleman, Jimmy Heath, Bobby Shew, Claudio Roditi and Ruby Glover, appearing in countless clubs, concert halls, and festivals. He can be heard ...

Profile

Swingbooty: Reviving Gypsy Jazz with a Modern Twist

by Kris Smith
January 23, 2025

In the '70s Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) brought classical music to the foreground of the Woodstock generation releasing songs like “Roll Over Beethoven" and blending orchestral elements with rock. Today, Swingbooty, a seven-piece gypsy swing band, is taking a page from the ELO playbook. In their home base of East Tennessee, Swingbooty brings jazz manouche to a scene more familiar with rock and pop--and their shows are a visual feast of dance, live art, and poi or fire spinning. As ...

Radio & Podcasts

Matthew Whitaker: On their shoulders, An organ tribute

by Ngwako Malakalaka
August 6, 2024

At 23 years old, Matthew Whitaker is called a “genius" by Jon Batiste, and is internationally recognized more for his prodigious talents and inspirational story. On Their Shoulders: An Organ Tribute is a soulful, seven-track shout-out to the Hammond B-3 organ pioneers who paved the way for him including Jimmy Smith, Charles Earland, Dr. Lonnie Smith and Joey DeFrancesco. Matthew stopped by “The K Jazz Show" to tell us all about it and we also got to explore his upbringing ...