{{short description|German jazz guitarist (born 1979)}}
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Joscho Stephan | image = Joscho Stephan 1.jpg | caption = Joscho Stephan with his Volkert D-hole guitar | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|6|23}} | birth_place = Mönchengladbach, West Germany | genre = Gypsy jazz | occupation = Musician | instrument = Guitar | years_active = | label = | website = [http://www.joscho-stephan.de/en Official site] }}
'''Joscho Stephan''' (born 23 June 1979 in Mönchengladbach, West Germany) is a German jazz guitarist who is known for his interpretation of classical, jazz and pop standards in the style of Gypsy jazz. He began playing the guitar at the age of six, influenced by his father who had been a member of a cover band.<ref>[http://www.fingerstyleguitarists.com/news/48-just-in-case-you-ve-never-heard-of-gypsy-jazz-our-Joscho-Stephan-interview "FingerstyleGuitarists.com Interview with Joscho Stephan"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109003209/http://www.fingerstyleguitarists.com/news/48-just-in-case-you-ve-never-heard-of-gypsy-jazz-our-Joscho-Stephan-interview |date=2018-01-09 }} FingerstyleGuitarists.com Interview</ref>
== Discography == * ''Swinging Strings'' (Acoustic Music Records, 1999) * ''Swing News'' (Acoustic Music, 2001) * ''Django Forever'' (Acoustic Music, 2003) * ''Acoustic Live'' (Acoustic Music, 2006) * ''Django Nuevo'' (Acoustic Music, 2009) * ''Live at Satyrblues Fest. 2009'' (Tarnobrzeskie Stowarzyszenie Oko, 2010) * ''Gypsy Meets the Klezmer'' (MGL, 2012) * ''Joscho Stephan's Acoustic Rhythm'' (MGL, 2013) * ''Joscho Stephan Trio'' (MGL, 2014) * ''Guitar Heroes'' with Tommy Emmanuel, Stochelo Rosenberg and Biréli Lagrène (MGL, 2015)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wa.de/kultur/neue-joscho-stephan-guitar-heroes-tommy-emmanuel-stochelo-rosenberg-bireli-lagrene-4973888.html|title=Neue CD: Joscho Stephan: Guitar Heroes|date=5 May 2015}}</ref> * ''Paris-Berlin'' (Berliner Meister Schallplatten, 2018) * ''Salon 18'' (MGL, 2019) * ''Transatlantic Guitar Trio'' with Richard Smith and Rory Hoffman (MGL, 2020)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mobilefidelity-magazin.de/transatlantic-guitar-trio-transatlantic-guitar-trio|title = Transatlantic Guitar Trio – Transatlantic Guitar Trio | Plattenkritik › mobilefidelity magazin}}</ref> * ''Sundowner'' with Peter Autschbach (Timezone, 2021)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rheinpfalz.de/lokal/kaiserslautern_artikel,-gitarristen-gespann-autschbach-stephan-legt-neue-cd-vor-_arid,5176981.html?reduced=true|title = Gitarristen-Gespann Autschbach & Stephan legt neue CD vor - Kaiserslautern| date=7 March 2021 }}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{commons}} * {{Official website|http://www.joscho-stephan.de/en|Official website}} * [http://www.6moons.com/worldmusic/djangoforever.html Album review] * [http://www.pagex.info/old_server/akustik-gitarre.com/direktlinks/joscho.html Interview (in German)]
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