If you aren't familiar with this genre of music, you're in for a real treat! It has roots in folk, rural, local, and classical music. Django Rheinhart is probably the most well known and now here comes Jeremy Cohen drawing attention to an American artist who was also great in that field: Eddie South.
Here's my review of Cohen's group's CD: http://blogcritics.org/music/article/music-review-violinjazz-the-music-of/
And here's my telephone interview with the talented Mr. Cohen: http://blogcritics.org/music/article/violinjazzs-jeremy-cohen-talks-about-the/
You can hear samples at Amazon, please check it out.
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