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Guitarist Michael Joseph Harris
2nd Annual Gypsy Jazz Fest at Star Bright Farm
Star Bright Farm
2950 Garrett Rd
White Hall, MD 21161
May 31, 2025
3:00 PM EDT
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About this concert
The second annual Summer Gypsy Jazz Fest at Starbright Farm on May 31st will include inspiring performances by Hot Club of Baltimore with special guests Alexis Tantau on vocals, Strathmore Artist Max Jacobs on violin, Kai Knorr on upright bass, Kris Belgica on rhythm guitar and guitarist Michael Joseph Harris leading the ensemble.
Expect a rich repertoire of Paris-inspired swing music, mesmerizing Gypsy Jazz, virtuosic musette waltzes, and familiar American Broadway show tunes done in the Django Reinhardt style.
Be sure to arrive early because everything will be kicking off with an acoustic jam session in the barn near the entrance ( starting at 3:00pm) Followed by Guitar and Violin workshop with the featured musicians ( 4:00-5:00pm)
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June 11th 2022
It was a nice intimate setting. The music was amazing, rich and complicated. Their two guests from Paris were incredibly talented and lived up to the promise of providing a "Ferrari" night of music!
Baltimore, MD@An die Musik LIVE
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Guitarist Michael Joseph Harris Biography
Baltimore-based Ultrafaux Ensemble, led by guitarist/composer Michael Joseph Harris, performs original acoustic music influenced by Django Reinhardt, Balkan music, be-bop, afro-cuban, funk, Brazilian Choro, and French musette. The band is an acoustic powerhouse featuring two guitarists who share lead roles, trading dazzling solos over rich harmonies. The band includes violin, accordion, and clarinet for it's 4th album "Tangent" set for release in March 2020.
Ultrafaux has performed at top jazz festivals all over the world including Django by the Sea, Django-a-gogo, Festival Django Reinhardt in France, Midwest Gypsy swing Festival, Preston Jazz and Improvisation Festival UK, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Charm City Django Jazz Festival, Napa Valley Jazz Society, IMT Folk Series and recently won a scholarship to attend the folk Alliance International conference in New Orleans 2020.
Tracks from Ultrafaux and Hot Club of Baltimore albums were featured on Django Festival volume #9, #10, #11, and #13, a compilation of the finest Gypsy Jazz in the world produced by Jon Larsen.
Michael Joseph Harris is the founder and artistic director for Charm City Django Jazzfest, the only annual Jazz festival in Baltimore. He has been featured multiple times in The Baltimore Sun, on CBS News, WTMD, WPFW and was recognized as one of the top ten musicians in 2016 by Baltimore Style Magazine.
Quotes from the press:
"We sometimes forget that jazz was first and foremost a people's music meant for dancing and socializing. One evening with Ultrafaux demonstrates why jazz has been so irresistible to listeners all over the world." Ken Avis, BJA
"Baltimore's own authentic gypsy jazz band featured on Baltimore Hit Parade." WTMD
"The fresh faces of gypsy jazz right here in our own backyard." Tom Cole, WPFW & NPR
Read MoreUltrafaux has performed at top jazz festivals all over the world including Django by the Sea, Django-a-gogo, Festival Django Reinhardt in France, Midwest Gypsy swing Festival, Preston Jazz and Improvisation Festival UK, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Charm City Django Jazz Festival, Napa Valley Jazz Society, IMT Folk Series and recently won a scholarship to attend the folk Alliance International conference in New Orleans 2020.
Tracks from Ultrafaux and Hot Club of Baltimore albums were featured on Django Festival volume #9, #10, #11, and #13, a compilation of the finest Gypsy Jazz in the world produced by Jon Larsen.
Michael Joseph Harris is the founder and artistic director for Charm City Django Jazzfest, the only annual Jazz festival in Baltimore. He has been featured multiple times in The Baltimore Sun, on CBS News, WTMD, WPFW and was recognized as one of the top ten musicians in 2016 by Baltimore Style Magazine.
Quotes from the press:
"We sometimes forget that jazz was first and foremost a people's music meant for dancing and socializing. One evening with Ultrafaux demonstrates why jazz has been so irresistible to listeners all over the world." Ken Avis, BJA
"Baltimore's own authentic gypsy jazz band featured on Baltimore Hit Parade." WTMD
"The fresh faces of gypsy jazz right here in our own backyard." Tom Cole, WPFW & NPR
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