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Bireli Lagrene. (Briefly Noted).(Gypsy Project)
Bireli Lagrene. Gypsy Project. Dreyfus Jazz FDM 36626-2, 2001.
The heady music made in the 1930s by legendary guitarist Django Reinhardt and his Quintet of the Hot Club of France remains some of the most influential jazz ever recorded, and Reinhardt's unique guitar style still spawns acolytes to this day. Perhaps the most celebrated and widely recorded Reinhardt disciple is the brilliant young Frenchman Bireli Lagrene, who exploded onto the jazz scene in 1980 at age thirteen and has since experimented with other jazz styles before returning triumphantly, on this album, to the gypsy jazz that gave him his start. Accompanied by rhythm guitarists Holzmano Lagrene and Hono Winterstein, bassist Diego Imbert and the ...
- Danilo Perez/Bireli Lagrene
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Mike Joyce September 18, 1995 700+ words
Leading a quartet for the first time at Blues Alley Thursday night, pianist Danilo Perez and guitarist Bireli Lagrene left the impression that they've been collaborating for years. The two initially found inspiration in a pair of arrangements...
- CD reviews: JAZZ CD OF THE WEEK.
- Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) November 24, 2001 700+ words
...sound of the Quintet of the Hot Club of France is guaranteed to...mature but equally proficient Bireli Lagrene with his violinist Florin...to return to the original Hot Club recordings, too. HHHH BIRELI LAGRENE Gipsy Project (Disques Dreyfus...
- Gypsy Soul.(jazz guitarists)
- Magazine article from: Guitar Player Ross, Michael April 1, 1999 700+ words
...under a Gypsy spell. The Hot Club of San Francisco As a teen, the Hot Club of San Francisco's Paul...albums such as Swing This [Hot Club Records], where Mehling...heard French Gypsy guitarist Bireli Lagrene in the '80s that he realized...
- Sinti Swing
- Newspaper article from: Monterey County Weekly Gilbert, Andrew May 22, 2008 700+ words
...since the Quintette of the hot Club of France became the rage...past decade, however, hot Club combos haw proliferated...from Europe, such as Bireli Lagrene; Dorado Schmitt and his...extroverted version of the hot Club sound. "My music is...
- Hotfingers: Bireli Langrene wicked licks & Gypsy riffs.(Interview)
- Magazine article from: Guitar Player Gold, Jude December 1, 2003 700+ words
Bireli Lagrene inspires different emotions in guitar players who watch him perform for...Dreyfus Jazz]--both fiery, all-acoustic tributes to the music of the Hot Club of France's legendary melodic tag-team, Reinhardt and violinist...
- Jazz Notes: Goings on in the jazz world.
- News wire article from: United Press International March 30, 2003 700+ words
...Saxophonist Gato Barbieri is at the Blue Note. Guitarist Bireli Lagrene's Gypsy Project is at Iridium this week. Trumpeter Dave...Orleans jazz scene... Earl Brown is at Cafe Sbisa. The Hot Club of New Orleans swing band is at the Circle Bar. The Shannon...
- SOUND CHECK.(U) (sound recording review)
- Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) February 15, 2002 700+ words
...or is he merely content to play one on TV? - Fred Shuster BIRELI LAGRENE: ``Gypsy Project'' (Dreyfus) Three and one half stars...guitar, bass, violin lineup that mimics Reinhardt's famous Hot Club quintet. More than an exercise in nostalgia, though, the...
- SOUND CHECK.(U)
- Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) March 4, 2005 700+ words
...among the generous 21 tracks. Groovy, baby! - Fred Shuster BIRELI LAGRENE & GIPSY PROJECT: ``Move'' (Dreyfus) - Four stars...There are five Reinhardt compositions, sure to please Le Hot Club de France fans, but, as with all Lagrene's recent work...