Simba Baumgartner & Adrien Marco
Simba Baumgartner is the great-grandson of Django and grew up in Samois-sur-Seine surrounded by music and his family’s legacy. He plays in the authentic Jazz Manouche way, having learned it directly from his elders and some the greatest musicians of the style. Proud of his origins, he represents his musical culture by paying homage to his ancestors, while also revealing his own vision.
Adrien Marco grew up not far from Samois where Django spent his last years and the home of the original Django Reinhardt Festival. He was drawn to learning the guitar after hearing Django’s music, and taught himself to play by trying to recreate what he heard. His graceful and dynamic playing makes him a sought after musician on the world stage.
Giangiacomo Rosso & Filippo Dall’Asta
For one week in September 2024, The Piedmont Hot Club presented two very talented up-and-coming European guitarists in the Django tradition: Filippo Dall’Asta and Giangiacomo Rosso.
Filippo Dall’Asta is an Italian-born guitarist, composer, bandleader and arranger, mixing the sounds of Gypsy jazz with bebop and classical music, to forge his own style of progressive guitar playing. Filippo began playing at the age of 5 in Parma, Italy, and studied music in his native country as well as Germany, France, Holland and India. He is the founder of the Master Accelerator and Gypsy Jazz Guitar Makeover Coaching programs. His touring resume covers Germany, India, Italy, France, Spain, England, Malta and Russia, with notable appearances at The Royal Albert Hall, Glastonbury Festival, the House of Parliament, the Tower of London, the Union Chapel, and many festivals in France and Italy. Filippo is currently based in Spain and is working on his next album "The Hot Club of Tenerife", which will be released in October 2024.
Giangiacomo Rosso, inspired by Django Reinhardt, is a self-taught gypsy jazz musician and has been influenced by well-known contemporary artists such as Bireli Lagrene and Adrien Moignard. After honing his skills with renowned musicians, he began a successful career as a soloist with the Gipsy Accident Trio and now leads the quintet "Hot Club de Turin", which is reminiscent of Django Reinhardt's legendary group. Rosso is planning new musical projects with Manouche Jazz musicians from all over Europe and will perform at major European Manouche Jazz festivals, including the Django Reinhard Festival in Fontainebleau and Festival Django L'H in Barcelona.
Sam Farthing
In April 2024, The Piedmont Hot Club hosted Sam Farthing, an incredibly talented young guitarist from Baltimore, MD. Sam picked up the guitar at a very young age and it wasn’t long before he discovered Django - and that was it! He’s dedicated himself to Django and other gypsy music ever since and is fast being recognized as one of the top young Django-inspired guitarists in the world! We were fortunate to host him for two weeks, playing a number of events in the area. He’s appeared at music festivals all over the U.S. and has started to appear at festivals and on recordings in Europe. We sincerely hope we can catch this rising star again soon!