Biography
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Born
14 June 1961
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Born In
Berlin, Germany
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Died
25 February 2024 (aged 62)
“The creative transposing of the world into notes” is the decisive element in the
music of the Sinti and Roma Gypsies. Violinist, Guitarist and Singer Martin
Weiss has taken the responsibility to modernize the playing style of Sinti-Jazz.
In his quartett own compositions influenced by Latin American rhythms and
Spanish Gitano music are combined with another to an original in its entirety.
Therefore its important for Martin Weiss to convert the principle “less is
more”. In the Martin Weiss Quartett you hear world music in the best meaning of
the word. Martin Weiss is a big fan of the famous „Crooners of Swing“ like Frank
Sinatra, Joe Williams and others, who performed together with the great big
bands from Count Basie, Nelson Riddle or Duke Ellington and created unmistakable sounds, formed out of ease and precision.
The arrangements are tuned to Martin Weiss and his violin and on a few
classics he also grabs the microphone and pays homage to his idols. The project
MARTIN WEISS GYPSY CELEBRATION is a must for all festivals in this world.” (C)
(from : qblog.nov.ru)
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