Looking forward to a great gig with Gypsy Dynamite Quintet on Friday May 11th at Brasserie Zédel in Soho, at 7 pm. Tickets are on sale here: https://www.brasseriezedel.com/live-at-zedel/gypsy-dynamite-may-2018?date=138353422 “The Gypsy Dynamite Quintet deliver a true explosion of sounds and vibrant melodies from the pure jazz of the early days’ to popular songs arranged in a fun…
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Playing in Barcelona with Gypsy Dynamite
Looking forward to a great mini-tour with Gypsy Dynamite in Barcelona next week. Giulio and me will be flying out next Thursday and we will be meeting two Barcelona -based musicians, Carlos Enrique Alvarez Menrath on double bass and ILya Matveev on saxophone, to form a quartet for the tour. 22/03/2018 – Harlem Jazz Club Barcelona – 10 pm…
Daryl Kellie & Filippo Dall’Asta – Gypsy Jazz Meets Travis Picking
I started a new musical collaboration with Daryl Kellie, a superb acoustic guitarist. Daryl’s style is very different to mine, and yet we spotted some similarities in our playing, hence we decided to have a jam to see how our sounds would blend. We are more than happy with the outcome! Daryl lives on a…
Playing with Harp Bazaar at Le QuecumBar on October 8th
Hi everybody, After last Sunday’s great gig at the Lamb in Surbiton, I am very looking forward to another gig with Harp Bazaar at Le QuecumBar – Hot Club of London, this Sunday October 8th. Harp Bazaar are: Tara Minton: Harp & Vocals Filippo Dall’Asta: Guitar Duncan Menzies: Violin & Mandolin Ed Babar: Double Bass You can…
Off to Italy for 3 Beautiful Gigs!
As you know tour time is my favourite time, and I am off to Italy tomorrow to play 3 beautiful gigs in Parma. 3rd of March: Gypsy jazz guitar duo with Corrado Caruana at Busky Viale Mentana, 130, 43121 Parma PR, Italy Corrado is a great guitarist and I can’t wait to share the stage…
John Wheatcroft and Filippo Dall’Asta Play “Djangology”
Hi everybody! Here is the second Gypsy jazz video I recorded with John Wheatcroft in October 2016. In this video we are performing “Diangology”, a tune written by Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli. John used to be my teacher back in 2010 and it’s a big honour to be performing with him, if you want to…
