ROSENBERG TRIO (concert)

The Rosenberg trio consists of the three cousins Nonnie, Nous'che and Stochelo Rosenberg.
All three have been playing music since their childhood days. As Children, they have learnt by listening and watching their family members at celebrations and gatherings. Following the great gipsy musical traditioon, they were tought to play by ear, and to practice restlessly, playing the classics over and over again. Neither of the three can actually read or write music, but they are nonetheless one of today's most impressive jazz bands, and certainly the best around when it comes to "Gipsy Jazz".
The cohesion of the trio, the strength, might and precision of Nonnie and Nous'che's breathtaking rhythms and uncatchable tempo, the ease with which Stochelo's lead guitar sings and swings above this impressive rhythmic section, makes this band a truly unique act in the world of Jazz, both in their own rendering of standards, of Django's classic compositions and in the greatly melodic original tunes that Stochelo himself manages to compose... Perhaps it was why they were adopted by Maestro Stéphane Grappelli, who, after seing and hearing them for the first time, immediatly invited them to play with him, taking them worldwide, across Europe, and also to celebrate his 85th birthday at New York's Carnegie Hall... This Friendship was not to end until Stéphane's death, and they recorded together on Stéphane's birthday album "85 and still swinging", on the Rosenberg Trio's "Caravan" (Verve, 1994) and on Manhattan Transfer's 1997 album "Swing"... In 2008 The rosenbergs paid a wonderful tribute to their long-time friend on what would have been his 100th birthday.