Beso has upbeat songs with a Gypsy/Folk/Rock/Punk edge. If you like Gogol Bordello, Mumford & Sons or Django Reinhardt, you'll love Beso Negro! This is Django Reinhardt-syle jazz with an acoustic rock attitude!

Beso features an all-star lineup of internationally experienced musicians who have brought drive and passion to Gypsy Swing. The love for tradition has collided with a modern sensibility and has transformed the genre into a vibrant new beast. Darker, faster, more danceable, more blues, more Gypsy, Beso Negro's indelible fingerprint brings Jazz Manouche to a new generation and to the 21st century.

Paul Liberatore of the Marin Independent Journal wrote “Beso Negro's not your father's gypsy jazz band”. 

Guitar World Magazine named Beso Negro one of the top 10 surprises at the South by Southwest Music Festival.

San Francisco Magazine said the band's edgy style of gypsy jazz made them one of the top 10 performances at the last Outside Lands in San Francisco.


New Orleans Manifesto offers up all the various flavors of New Orleans Jazz with flair, funk and finesse. Everything from exciting groove oriented music to a beautiful New Orleans serenade.

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