BIENVENUE AU PROJECT GADJi•O! • Welcome to The Gadji•o Project!
THE GADJI•O PROJECT blends musical influences of traditional gypsy jazz, classic American jazz, ChamberSoul, and Pop of all eras to create a sound that's eclectically vintage...with an updated twist.
"Gadjo" (feminine "Gadji"; pronounced GAH-jee-YO) is a term used to reference "outsider" neighbors living within a Gypsy community or people who participate/associate with Gypsy culture, but are not of Gypsy origin. We chose a combination-name of "Gadji•o" to reflect our appreciation and love for traditional gypsy jazz music, but to also state that the music we create is influenced by -- not an attempt to recreate -- gypsy jazz music, as well as all the other music we like to play and compose.
(And also...because there are guys and girls on the project, we figured we should be grammatically correct. Hence, the combined "Gadji•o".)
The project has a broad vision of incorporating a revolving-door of musicians, but the core duo is SAMI SAULA (guitar, djembe, caisa [hang drum]) and SHANA TUCKER (vocals, cello, guitar). Shana & Sami perform often as a duo, incorporating loop pedals and hand percussion to round out the sound, and occasionally with the featured talents of accordion players, percussionists, and other instrumentalists.
> > Watch VIDEO SAMPLES
> > CONTACT us for info about Upcoming Performances...
"Gadjo" (feminine "Gadji"; pronounced GAH-jee-YO) is a term used to reference "outsider" neighbors living within a Gypsy community or people who participate/associate with Gypsy culture, but are not of Gypsy origin. We chose a combination-name of "Gadji•o" to reflect our appreciation and love for traditional gypsy jazz music, but to also state that the music we create is influenced by -- not an attempt to recreate -- gypsy jazz music, as well as all the other music we like to play and compose.
(And also...because there are guys and girls on the project, we figured we should be grammatically correct. Hence, the combined "Gadji•o".)
The project has a broad vision of incorporating a revolving-door of musicians, but the core duo is SAMI SAULA (guitar, djembe, caisa [hang drum]) and SHANA TUCKER (vocals, cello, guitar). Shana & Sami perform often as a duo, incorporating loop pedals and hand percussion to round out the sound, and occasionally with the featured talents of accordion players, percussionists, and other instrumentalists.
> > Watch VIDEO SAMPLES
> > CONTACT us for info about Upcoming Performances...