- Location:
- Dallas, Texas
- Travel Radius:
- Will travel up to 3000 miles from Dallas.
- Pay Range:
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$600-$6000 per event
- Member Since:
- 2005
- Primary Category:
- Jazz Band
- Additional Categories:
- 20s Band, 30s Band, 40s Band, 50s Band, Acoustic Band, Ballroom Dance Music Band, Big Band, Bluegrass Band, Cover Band, Dixieland Band, French Band, Oldies Band, Ragtime Band, Swing Band, Variety Band, Wedding Band, Western Band
- Influences:
- Django Reinhardt, Bob Wills, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Brian Setzer, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Tony Bennett ,Louie Jordan, Duke Ellington, The Beatles, Cab Calloway,Louis Armstrong,
Description
Formed in 2003 by experienced professional musicians including GRAMMY winners and musicians from many famous recording artists, this "RETRO ECLECTIC" band has established itself as a classy, unique and fun full time professional band with hundreds of successful performances and has sold thousands of their 3 CD's!
The band averages 150 performances a year and they have played for hundreds of events: major concerts, festivals, wedding receptions, corporate events, fundraisers and more!
We play many styles of music from BIG BAND standards (Sinatra,Buble), NEW ORLEANS Jazz, Gypsy Jazz (Django), WESTERN SWING (Bob Wills), BLUES, POP, 70's Classic Rock, 50'S, Dance and also many original songs too.
Some of the artists our band members have played with are: The Jacksons, Wings, Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald, Texas Playboys, Wynton Marsalis, Tony Bennett, Barbara Mandrell, Blues Brothers and many more!!
We have many recordings of the band playing not on this site
so email if you want to hear more!
Can provide solo musicians: Guitar, Sax, Piano..etc
We can play as an Acoustic Jazz trio all the way to large 10 piece big band!
Large Song list Available on Request!
Recent Highlights for Tx Gypsies:
Our Original song "Maxwell Swing" was used in the movie "The Smell of Success" (starring Billy Bob Thornton and Tea Leoni)
Select artist for Texas Commission on the Arts touring roster 2008-2014, The National Endowment on the Arts American Masterpieces, the Mid West Arts Alliance!
Grants available to non profits and city governments to have us perform there!
Featured review in Downbeat Magazine December 2009!
Voted "Best Of Bands" by The Knot Magazine!
2010 and 2011 "Best Band" award Wedding Wire!
WE RAISED $5000 TO DONATE TO "WIPE OUT KIDS CANCER"!
Winner of "The 2008 Swing Group of the Year"...by The National Academy of Western Artists!
Many National and Regional Newspaper,TV and Magazine
Press! Featured Band in INTERNATIONAL MUSICIAN Mag June 2007, The Dallas News Morning News Nov 2007...for new CD "Cafe du Swing"
On the 3rd Don't mess with Texas Cd !(CD review at swing music dot net.)
The First Tx Gyp CD was in the Grammy voting 2005! 2nd CD Cafe du Swing receives much critical praise!
"I Will Survive" (Yes the Disco song) was a #1 download on ITUNES!
Currently on Fox TV daily in North Texas performing the Theme song for Good Day! Fox 4 Holiday promo shown in December using our original Christmas song!
Headlining many festivals and concert series like Taste Addison, Brickfest, Wildflower, voted #1 act at Wildflower Festival 2006 in Dallas Tx above many famous Rock bands!
Available For:
Anniversaries, Bachelor Parties, Bachelorette Parties, Banquets, Birthday Parties, Children's Birthday Parties, Celebrations, Christenings, Christmas Parties, Church Services, Clubs, Community Events, Conventions, Corporate Functions, Dinner Dances, Festivals, Fund Raisers, Funerals, Graduation Parties, Grand Openings, Halloween Parties, Picnic, Private Parties, Proms, Restaurants, Reunions, Weddings, Wedding Ceremonies, Wedding Cocktail Hours, Wedding Receptions...and more.
Feedback
- Our themed event was the "Roaring 20's" and The Texas Gypsies were perfect for it. The music was exactly what we were looking for and the band even dressed in costume. The band was professional and easy to work with (thanks Steve!). -- Tina M, Bonham, TX, 4/20/2010
- The Texas Gypsies were incredible! I cannot say enough wonderful things about them. The guests had a great time dancing.. the band is a crowd-pleaser for all age groups. They are wonderfully talented; our guests are still talking about what a great job they did. On top of everything, they let my aging grandfather sit with them and play a few songs, which was incredibly special to my family. I would very highly recommend The Texas Gypsies to anyone!!! -- Abbie F, Denton, TX, 9/13/2008
- In a word...FABULOUS! These guys gave us just the sound we needed for our fun Prohibition-theme wedding. It is now two weeks later, and all we keep hearing is "Man, that band was fantastic!" They are worth the asking price (which is very reasonable to begin with!) Steve Curry is a great guy and very easy to deal with. I would recommend them without any reservations. -- Elizabeth A, Austin, TX, 2/17/2007
- We definitely recommend hiring the Texas Gypsies for your event! They played at our wedding reception and were amazing. So many people told us they loved their music. We really enjoyed dancing to their songs. They were wonderful to work with--on time, easy going, announced the cake cutting and first dance, took requests! They were fantastic! -- Christa B, Dallas, TX, 1/4/2009
- The Texas Gypsies are AMAZING! They sound even better live than they do in their recordings, and how often does THAT happen? Steve was fantastic at handling the business details with me, and the band absolutely killed during their performance at the wedding. Thanks again, guys! -- Justin B, Austin, TX, 4/13/2008
- The Texas Gypsies were incredible They played fabulously and everyone at the wedding continues to tell me how impressed they were with the band. I had such a wonderful time dancing and they were extremely accomodating by playing in two locations at the reception. Thanks Guys!
Clayton & Ann Medford -- Ann H, Austin, TX, 11/8/2008
- The Texas Gypsies were OUTSTANDING! Very talented musicians...very easy to work with. We have a small cafeteria, so we aim to keep volume low, and they were very accomodating and the strings are perfect for our setting.
The variety was great. Their style of music was a welcome change from typical country or top 40. I will strongly recommend these guys for other events.
Very professional, top notch performers. They were prompt for all 3 gigs (within 24 hours!).
Nate C. -- Nate C, Dallas, TX, 12/4/2007
- These Guys were awesome - they played our out door wedding in th middle of nowhere south of Dallas and they showed up on time. they let us use their sound system and they helped with announcements during the reception. Not only were they professional, but they had the music and talent to match. My wife and I both recieved many complements on the music and how it just made the nights. I really would recomend the Texas Gypsies. We got the best performers we could for the best money. Their bid was a little less than most and I know that they did a better job than the others.
Thank you guys fopr all you did
ben -- Ben M, Granbury, TX, 7/18/2008
- We were both extremely impressed by the band and really enjoyed the music. Even more telling was the number of comments we had from guests as we walked around during the reception.
The band is extremely talented and the music they played for us was perfect. They played two songs for us that weren't on their regular set list, and both were great.
We found these guys through Gigmasters, and were really pleased with their performance and professionalism. Anybody who likes well played gypsy, Dawg, or music that isn't cookie cutter will love these guys.
-- Dustin G, Dallas, TX, 6/2/2007
- They were awesome, professional and perfect for our event. -- Ashlee L, Dallas, TX, 3/31/2007
- It was fantastic. The professionalism of the group was great and they were extremely accomodating. The Texas Gypsies were easy to work with throughout the entire process. I would highly recommend them to anyone. -- Richard T, Fort Worth, TX, 4/21/2007
- The Texas Gypsies were a great pick for our grand opening event and were also very friendly and accommodating to work with. My customers truly enjoyed listening to them and had a fun time while they were playing. I will definitely use them again if I am doing another event in the area. Thanks again Texas Gypsies. -- Henry A, Arlington, TX, 5/9/2007
- The band was great. We gave them very little guidance for our wedding and they did an awesome job. Our wedding went very well overall, and one of the things I kept hearing was "the band is great where did you find these guys!?"
Thanks alot Steve and the band you guys did a great job making our wedding more memorable.
Laura & Eric Knipp -- Eric K, Richardson, TX, 4/29/2006
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