John Jorgenson

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Start with Franco-American Swing (2004) album, Debut release that launched his gypsy-jazz quintet

Bio

John Jorgenson (b. July 6, 1956, Madison, Wisconsin) is a Grammy-winning American multi-instrumentalist and a pioneer of the American gypsy-jazz movement. Best known earlier for the Desert Rose Band and The Hellecasters, he assembled a virtuoso gypsy-jazz ensemble in 2004 to bring the Hot Club sound of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli to modern audiences. He won a 2008 Grammy for Best Country Instrumental Performance and portrayed Django Reinhardt on film in Head in the Clouds

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