Jimmy Rosenberg & Friends

Jimmy Rosenberg comes from a Sinti (Gypsy) family and was born 10th. April 1980 in Helmond, in the southern region of The Netherlands. Jimmy played on stage with Stéphane Grappelli, James Brown, Les Paul, Biréli Lagrène, Willy Nelson, Eric Clapton, Stochelo Rosenberg (his cousin) and many others. Jimmy is known and respected by musicians worldwide. Cover of DVD Django Legacy.

Jimmy made his debut outside the Gypsy world as early as 1989 at the age of nine years in John Jeremy's British television documentary Django Legacy. In this documentary, Jimmy appeared with the trio named The Gipsy Kids, with Falko Reinhardt and Sani van Mullum.

In 1991 Jimmy appeared for the first time on Dutch television, and he played at the Django Reinhardt Festival in Samois sur Seine, France. He also played a duet with Stéphane Grappelli in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. It became clear that Jimmy was a world phenomena. Playing with the greatest living musicians in the genre as their equal. Cover of CD Safari, in sepia colors.

In 1992 The Gipsy Kids did their first CD recording, entitled Safari, in June/July in Studio 88 in Hilversum in the Netherlands.

In 1993 Jimmy played at the Django Festivals in Oslo in Norway, and again in Samois sur Seine. He did his first recordings with Hot Club de Norvège i.e. Hot Club Records, entitled The Incredible Jimmy Suite. Jimmy did concerts with Biréli Lagrène, Stochelo Rosenberg, Angelo Debarre, Philip Catherine and many others.

(More biography here soon on his website)