RJS Presents Gypsy Roots

Richmond Jazz Society’s Guest Educators Series Back by Popular Demand GYPSY ROOTS Virginia’s Premiere Gypsy Jazz Ensemble Tuesday, May 12, 2009, 7PM Doors open at 6PM Capital Ale House Downtown Music Hall 623 East Main Street Free Deck Parking at 6th & Main Fully Accessible Full Service Restaurant Smoke-free Environment Advance Tix: $7 with valid […]

May 11, 2009; 12:00 PM • by Dean Christesen

Richmond Jazz Society’s Guest Educators Series

Back by Popular Demand

GYPSY ROOTS

Virginia’s Premiere Gypsy Jazz Ensemble

Tuesday, May 12, 2009, 7PM

Doors open at 6PM

Capital Ale House

Downtown Music Hall

623 East Main Street

Free Deck Parking at 6th & Main

Fully Accessible

Full Service Restaurant

Smoke-free Environment

Advance Tix:

$7 with valid RJS, Altria or Student I.D. Card

Call RJS at 804-643-1972 – Credit Card only

$10 General Public – www.capitalalehouse.com

$12 Everyone Day of Show

For more info contact RJS at (804) 643-1972 or info@vajazz.org

Major support for this and other RJS programs is provided by The Community Foundation – Serving Richmond and Central Virginia, Chevron Corporation, The Altria Group, Inc., The Arts & Cultural Funding Consortium: The City of Richmond and the Counties of Chesterfield, Hanover and Henrico, The Virginia Commission for the Arts, The National Endowment for the Arts, Verizon, Bank of America, and The ArtsFund & Its Major Investors.

Who Is “Gypsy Roots”?

Legendary guitarist Django Reinhardt, loved Jazz music and, in the 1930’s with violinist Stéphane Grapelli, gave birth to a new sound – Gypsy Jazz. Guitarist/composer Thomas Wakefield, violinist Larry Lyles, guitarist Jeff Powell, accordion wizard Robert Jacobs, and bassist Rusty Farmer as Gypsy Roots keep the tradition swinging with their brand of “Jazz Manouche”!