Giovanni Weiss
Giovanni Weiss at the St. Ingbert Jazz Festival
Giovanni Weiss (born December 10, 1980 in Hamburg ) is a German jazz guitarist .
Weiss, who comes from a Sinti family with many musicians living in Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg , has been playing the guitar since he was twelve. Together with Kohé Reinhardt, a nephew of Django Reinhardt , as the second solo guitarist, Robert Weiss ( rhythm guitar ) and Jeffrey Weiss ( double bass ), he founded the band Django Deluxe , which released their first album Wilhelmsburg in 2012 . In 2013 Weiss was awarded an Echo Jazz as “best guitarist (national)”. For the second album, Driving , the one with the NDR big bandwas created, he also received an Echo Jazz in 2016. Weiss runs a scrap metal company full-time .
Web links
- Django Deluxe website
- Wilhelmsburger Stolz , Die Welt , August 24, 2012
- Review of the album Days Like This
Individual evidence
- ↑ Elbinsel-Gypsy-Festival 2014 ( Memento from March 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ ECHO Jazz 2013 ( Memento of the original from March 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Gipsy swing meets big band jazz
- ↑ Django Deluxe: Swing with the Sinti Quartet , Hamburger Abendblatt , August 21, 2012
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Weiss, Giovanni |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz guitarist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 10, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |