Jelle van Tongeren

Jelle was born in 1980.

At the age of seven Jelle van Tongeren started to play classical

violin. When he was seventeen he first

listened to gypsy jazz and was

overwhelmed!

He started to play along with

recordings of Stephane Grappelli.

Later he enrolled in the Conservatory

of Amsterdam, working with

Rob Madna and Daniel Otten.

Other than the swing in the Grappelli/Reinhardt style, Van Tongerens unique way of playing is also influenced by the the modern approach of the early Jean Luc Ponty and other great artists like Fats Navarro, Clifford Brown, Sonny Rollins and Charlie Parker.



Discography



Hot club de frank

'bella ciao'



Nikitov

'Vanderlust'



Jelle van Tongeren Group

'Earbeat'



Hot Club De Frank

'Swing de Paris'



Nikitov

'Amulet'



Mens en van Tongeren

'Tastisch'



Hot Club De Frank

'Op de Bonnefooi'



Siegfried Swingmates

'Live'



Django Festival

'Vol. 4'



Ost Klub

'Kapitel 1'



Fredie Kuiper

'Wat heb je te verliezen'