Gypsy Fire

Saturday 25th February, Tickets £12, Doors 7pm, Show 9pm (2 sets, approx finish 11.30pm)

Stunning acoustic instrumental performers Gypsy Fire

Creating stunning acoustic instrumental performances, combining breathtaking musical virtuosity and exhilarating dynamics, breathing new life into music from the worlds of classical, jazz, Latin, rock, blues and beyond, their music is filled with passion and flair, utterly engaging audiences and surprising with twists and turns of harmony and rhythm.

Stuart Carter-Smith - guitar
Ben Travers - guitar
Ben Holder - Violin
Paul Jefferies - Double Bass

This is Gypsy Jazz with a difference; it’s not just the rocket propelled violin and guitar solos, nor the bitter sweet bowed nuances from our bassist, or pin-point accurate rhythms driving every number inexorably forward – they’ve also worked hard to create a show which truly entertains – a mix of highly arranged, yet jazz inspired pieces spanning classic Gypsy Tunes, Gershwin, Vittoro Monti, The Who, Rodrigo and of course Django! The show looks great, sounds dynamic and has audiences enthralled. They Headlined The Bakewell Acoustic Music Festival, The International Gypsy Guitar Festival and the Oxford Jazz festival in 2010.

Stuart Carter-Smith

Stuart Carter-Smith has a well-earned reputation as a top class Gypsy Jazz guitarist. Following a classical guitar studies and performances in the 90’s, he fell in love with the music of Django Reinhardt and he has worked with some of the finest names in that genre both in the UK and overseas.

Ben Travers

Ben’s early influences were a mix of rock, jazz and punk and his style now pulls on the best elements of all these genres. A graduate of Academy of Contemporary Music, Stuart has had a meteoric rise to success in the Gypsy Jazz world, his lightening fast command of the fingerboard is astounding.

Ben Holder

We believe Ben Holder is one of the most gifted and exciting young jazz violinists in the UK. Taught classically from the age of six, he studied at the Birmingham Conservatoire. He now brings truly astoundingly energetic edge to Gypsy Fire, where he mixes classical accuracy with a deep understanding of the Gypsy Jazz tradition.

Paul Jefferies

Known for his superb sense of 'time' and 'musicality' he is an inventive and lyrical bassist and he appears regularly with a wide range of musical ensembles and musicians including, Frank Hockney Project, Rob Terry Trio, Sophie garner Jazz Project Art Themen, Tommaso Starace, Tina May, Juliet Kelly, Nicolas Meier, Steve Waterman and Roger Beaujolais.