Charlie and the Gypsy is a jazz duet. Recording fresh takes on old tunes as well as premiering original music. Exhibiting a stylistically diverse array of sounds. Their influences run the spectrum of sounds from world music, neo-soul to rock, blues and straight ahead jazz.
Written back in 2014 during our years in the Emerald city (Seattle). It was a lyrical and musical expression inspired by the lost and forgotten who roam the streets. No home, no family, left behind by society, written off by the world. The lyric was an attempt at capturing those moments. Moments of loss, of madness, and of redemption.
A raw and honest Podcast sharing songs, poetry, thoughts, rants, and who knows what else...
Dec 1 2022
Hello!
This month we wanted to share our reimagining of the Christmas classic O Come O Come Emmanuel.
We hope you enjoy it.
Instrumentation:
Lead Vocals: Charlie
Backing Vocals: The Gypsy
Guitar: The Gypsy
Arco Bass: Charlie
Steele Tongue Drum…
Read moreAug 29 2022
In this episode we discuss our newest single and original song I Ain't Comin' Home. This is a raw and candid talk, unedited and unfiltered. The song will be officially released in all the places next week, but if you…
Read moreJul 23 2022
As we consider the world we inhabit, the atrocities and hardships endured and overcome perhaps a refrain we can all come to understand and agree upon is... I'm Still Here.
The Langston Hughes poem Still Here inspired this song and…
Read moreMar 31 2022
Its been a wild ride lately. This is a live take on one of our original compositions. We hope you enjoy it!
The song is called: Life's Got Me Down. We use a modified minor blues form.
The blues has…
Read moreJan 17 2021
Needless to say that Summer Time by George Gershwin is a timeless standard which needs no introduction. Part of the Jazz-Pop musical Porgy and Bess. This tune never gets old!
Dec 20 2020
We decided to take an extended jam on this minor blue: Why Don't You Do Right?
Written and by "Kansas Joe" McCoy and Herb Morand in 1936.
We hope you will enjoy this improvised jam on a theme of Why…
Read moreDec 13 2020
Todays Sunday Standard is a departure from the jazz repertoire into the realm of 80s brit pop. We ope you enjoy our cover of Holding Back The Years from the band Simply Red.
Sep 20 2020
Aug 16 2020
Adapted from the instrumental version used in the film Modern Times (1936). This famous Charlie Chaplin song has been recorded by everyone from Nat King Cole to Micheal Jackson. Chaplin composed the music in 1936. But the lyric was written…
Read moreAug 9 2020
Gee Baby - as we often refer to it. Is a fantastic jazz standard written by Andy Razaf and Don Redman in 1929. It has been recorded by virtually every notable
jazz musician since the 30's and continues in the…
Read moreAug 2 2020
Moonlight in Vermont was one of the first jazz tunes I arranged for solo guitar. I first heard it on the Johnny Smith record which featured Stan Getz. If you have never heard his record titled "Moonlight in Vermont" I…
Read moreJul 26 2020
When Sunny Gets is written by Marvin Fisher (music) and Jack Segal (lyrics). Something about the lyric melodies and harmonies speak deeply to us. The composition lends its self well to our reimagining. Evoking that deep blue place within each…
Read moreJul 19 2020
We hope you enjoy our reimagining of this great standard - My Funny Valentine. Originally a show tune from the 1930's composed by Rogers & Hart for the musical Babes in Arms.
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Read moreMay 24 2020
Please enjoy our interpretation of "Água de Beber" ("Water To Drink") a bossa nova. Composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim and originally recorded in the key of A minor ( we perform it in Bb minor). The portuguese lyrics were written…
Read moreMay 17 2020
We love this classic song from the great American songbook! Music composed by Cy Coleman. Lyrics written by Joseph McCarthy, Jr. Another interpretation of this song is performed by Fiona Apple (which we love). This was just a sound check…
Read moreWe hope you enjoy our reimagining of this timeless Christmas classic!
Written back in 2014 during our years in the Emerald city (Seattle). It was a lyrical and musical expression inspired by the lost and forgotten who roam the streets. No home, no family, left behind by society, written off by the world. The lyric was an attempt at capturing those moments. Moments of loss, of madness, and of redemption.
Written and performed by Charlie & The Gypsy
Charlie: Vocals and Bass The Gypsy: Guitar
Solitude - An album to be enjoyed with wine or your drink of choice. Sit back pour a glass and light your favorite smoke while you relax into the solitude of these timeless standards.
