The violin was partly responsible for bringing non-Americans to jazz. In the very early days of the genre, it was a European, Stephane Grappelli,... Swing Strings: Five Jazz Violinists Swing Strings: ...

The String Jumpers, a newly-formed acoustic swing band, will play at Wild Joe's Coffee 7-9 p.m., Saturday, March 22. Their range of repertoire includes Gypsy jazz, western and old-time swing, ...

I hate to confess this, but I've never been that keen on Stephane Grappelli's playing, as masterful and brilliant as he assuredly was. ("He plays with an accent," violinist and Berklee professor Rob ...

This EP consists of 6 songs written by British composers Cyril and Clifford Hellier, who were the grandfather and great-uncle of Down for the Count Orchestra's violinist Rose Hinton. We believe that ...

Like many other violinists, Detroit-native Regina Carter began by studying classical music. In high school, a friend in the orchestra introduced Carter to the music of Noel Pointer, a trailblazing ...