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Gypsy jazz CD release party at BIMA

Published 11:00 am Friday, November 18, 2016

Gypsy jazz CD release party at BIMA
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Gypsy jazz CD release party at BIMA
Photo courtesy of Ranger and the Re-Arrangers Ranger and the Re-Arrangers will celebrate the release of their new CD, “Swing 16,” with a special concert event at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art auditorium later this month.

Ranger and the Re-Arrangers will celebrate the release of their new CD, “Swing 16,” with a special concert event at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art auditorium later this month.

The concert is 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 25.

Special soloists will be featured on violin, clarinet and mandolin with the band.

Admission is free, but seat reservations are recommended. Email info@rangerswings.com to lay claim to your spot, and visit www.rangerswings.com for more information.

Ranger and the Re-Arrangers evoke the spirit of a Paris cafe and the raucous energy of a Gypsy campsite with their version of Gypsy jazz. Frontman Ranger Sciacca and his father Michael formed the band in 2006, after a pilgrimage to the world’s foremost Gypsy Jazz event, the Django Reinhardt festival in Samois Sur Seine, France. The band has now released four CDs and performs more than a hundred times each year at music festivals, concerts in the park, swing dances, weddings and other events of all sorts.

The band includes Ranger Sciacca on violin, Mike Sciacca on rhythm guitar, Dave Stewart on mandolin, Mick Nicholson on bass, and percussion by Jeffrey Moose. The group has racked up some impressive accolades, including “Finalist for Best World Traditional Song” at the Independent Music Awards in 2007 and 2010, and celebrated performances at Djangofest Northwest, North America’s foremost gypsy jazz festival, in 2011 and 2016.

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