Gypsy jazz fans are in for a real treat, as Dutch jazz violin sensation Tim Kliphuis and Minnesotan gypsy jazz guitar master Sam Miltich are coming to Bozeman and Livingston for two very special concerts. The Bozeman concert will be at the Story Mansion (811 S. Willson Ave.) on Tuesday, April 19th at 7pm. The Livingston concert will be at St. Andrew’s Church (310 W. Lewis St.) on Wednesday, April 20th at 7pm. T
ickets for both concerts are $17 in advance and $20 at the door. The City of Bozeman Parks and Recreation Department and The Bozeman Folklore Society are presenting the Story Mansion concert. Tickets are on sale now the Bozeman City Parks & Rec. office, located at 415 N. Bozeman, at Beall Park Center. Tickets to the Livingston concert are available at Conley’s Books & Music, located at 106 South Main Street in Livingston, or online at ticketriver.com/event/19008/ or montanamanouche.com/. There is no doubt that these two current-day Hot Club jazz greats, Tim Kliphuis and Sam Miltich, will bring back the sounds of the ever popular Parisian 1930s, while alternating moments of dazzling interplay with melancholy and sheer exhilaration. The evening show will feature selections from their brand new Duets album. Classically trained and widely regarded as Stéphane Grappelli’s heir, regularly on tour with the fiery European gypsy guitarists, Kliphuis is a highly personal and inspiring performer, composer, and educator. He has shared the stage with legends Frankie Gavin, Richard Galliano, and Les Paul and has been lauded for his musical genius by Nigel Kennedy. He was awarded the Scottish Jazz Award (International), has collaborated with the Richard Strauss Festival and Netherlands Chamber Orchestra and is the curator of the Fifty Fiddles Festival in Rotterdam’s De Doelen concert hall. Sam Miltich is a jazz guitarist born and raised in the woods of northern Minnesota. He is a musician by profession and plays regularly in the Upper Midwest as a soloist and with his band the Clearwater Hot Club. In addition to gypsy swing and traditional jazz, his musical interests include Brazilian choro, French musette, Eastern European tamburitza, and other forms of traditional folk music. •
