Tim Kliphuis & Jimmy Grant: Gypsy Jazz Duets with Night Blooming Jasmine

Award-winning violin legend Tim Kliphuis (Holland) teams up with America’s rising star on Gypsy jazz guitar, Jimmy Grant (LA), to celebrate the music of famed musical duo, Stéphane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt.
Re-creating the 1930s in Paris, and drawing inspiration from current-day classical and folk music as well, they alternate moments of dazzling interplay with melancholy and sheer exhilaration, in an inspired conversational journey that is different every night.
Night Blooming Jasmine, a vintage jazz collective based out of Missoula since 2016, opens. The group features the angelic voice of Whitni Kent, Geoffrey Taylor's fine fiddling, John Rosett's swinging mandolin, Jon Schick's slick guitar and John Sporman's big double bass. Past festival performances include the Big Sky Gypsy Jazz Festival, Jazzoula, and the Northwest Folklife Festival.