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Guitarist Patrick Saussois was born in Paris as the son of a Breton/Basque father and a mother with gypsy origins. As a child he became fascinated by the guitar thanks to his father and he mastered the instrument over the years as a true autodidact. It should be noted that he, a left-hander, learned to… Continue lendo PATRICK SAUSSOIS – Le Jazz Gitano Parisien
RTF, Jazz Memories n°16: "Hommage à Django Reinhardt"Présentation: Simon Copans, Maurice Culaz, Charles Delaunay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs1OksZnBqs Nuage 00:05Biographie de Django (par S. Copans) 00:48Valse en La (ou "Montagne Ste Geneviève", ou "Valse à Django" ) 01:59Matelo & Maurice Ferret, (guitare), Jean-Baptiste "Mac Kac" Reilles (batterie), Emmanuel Soudieux (basse)Biographie de Django (suite) 03:28Tears 04:19Matelo Ferré, Maurice Ferret… Continue lendo Hommage à Django Reinhardt (1960)
“Dark Eyes” is a well-known Russian romance folk song. The lyrics were written by the Ukrainian poet and writer Yevhen Hrebinka. The first publication of the poem was in Hrebinka’s own Russian translation in Literaturnaya Gazeta in 1843. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua-MWLJvGvM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF275_DXP1o
Jean Reinhardt (23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953), known by his Romani nickname Django (French: [dʒãŋɡo ʁɛjnaʁt] or [dʒɑ̃ɡo ʁenɑʁt]), was a Romani-French jazz guitarist and composer. He was one of the first major jazz talents to emerge in Europe and has been hailed as one of its most significant exponents. Before he had… Continue lendo DJANGO REINHARDT – Sultan of Swing [fvll albvm] (1936-53)
José María Lucchesi was born José Marcos Lucchesi in Sorocaba, Brazil, in 1897. Lucchesi played mainly the accordion, but also piano, harmonica and guitar. Lucchesi went to France in the 1920s and became a French citizen in 1942. He died in Paris on February 10th, 1989. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I049Yqu519M Very little information on Lucchesi is available on… Continue lendo José Lucchesi: a mysterious tango musician (made in Brazil)
Gypsy jazz inherited of Django Reinhardt, sometimes called Gypsy swing, is the only non-american form of jazz recognized by the people who created Jazz. A purely French Jazz, that has crossed many borders, a festive and happy music that now belongs to more than a people’s patrimony. Different generations of his most brilliant heirs shares… Continue lendo Les Enfants de Django [fvll film]
Tchavolo Schmitt (born 1954 in Paris) is a gypsy jazz guitarist. Schmitt performed as a member of various ensembles in the 1970s. Then he settled in Strasbourg and left the professional circuit for a time, releasing solo albums in 2000. He played Miraldo in the Tony Gatlif film Swing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzM9WsG-zpc In 2000, he released the… Continue lendo TCHAVOLO SCHMITT – Tchavolo’s Spleen
Oscar Marcelo Alemán (February 20, 1909 – October 14, 1980) was an Argentinian jazz multi instrumentalist, guitarist, singer, and dancer. Alemán was born in Machagai, Chaco Province, in northern Argentina. He was the fourth child of seven born to pianist Marcela Pereira, a native Argentine, and Jorge Alemán Morales, of Uruguayan descent, who played guitar… Continue lendo OSCAR ALEMÁN: Vida Con Swing (documental 2002)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQhTpgicdx4 Uniquely, Django Reinhardt fits several simultaneous archetypes. He is the streetwise kid turned celebrity. He is the miraculous surivor of an accident who went on to overcome his handicap. He is the illiterate who used musical notes as a universal language. He is the whimsical musician who defied every setback. Django was already a… Continue lendo DJANGO REINHARDT: Three-Fingered Lightning
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