The Gadjo Players

Art in the cafe...

Laurel Statz


"The Spectator"


December 2025



Laurel Statz is a painter and Madison area native. Her work, while figurative, is influenced by abstraction and minimalism. The paintings often have a quick and instinctual nature, capturing just what’s needed. While she often times herself to eliminate extra details and over-precision, she has ventured into more detailed works as well. Laurel does not attach narrative to her pieces. Rather, she thinks of them like a journaling process for her scatter-brained psyche. The figures in the pieces are meant to be processing tools for the artist and the viewer. She hopes that seeing these figures helps the...
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Saturday, June 24, 2006

The Gadjo Players is a jazz group from Madison, WI.

They play a wide variety of music ranging from 1920's style acoustic swing all the way to 1970's style fusion with drums and electric guitars. Their sets often include bluegrass and celtic tunes!

The Gadjo Players, although only a year old, have been spotted playing in cafe's, jazz clubs, and at festivals.

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