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Blues Clair - Lagrene Bireli 2002 Talking about effects, frontrunner in gyspy music Bireli Lagrene continues to amaze fans around the world. This clip was recorded in front of a 8000 strong audience in France. Recorded live at the International jazz festival in Vienne in 2002. Vienne is approx. 15 km south of Lyon. Bireli of course plays the solo guitar with members Romanian Florin Niculesco on violin, Hono Winterstein and Thomas Dutronc on rhythm guitars and with Diego Imbert on the double bass.

Coquette, Lagrene Bireli 2002 Of course my opinion is just subjective, but at least I can say, that I have some experience in listening and appreciating all kinds of jazz. I have heard Django Reinhardt play this tune together with Bill Coleman in 1936. I first heard it being played on a recording by Paul Whiteman from 1928. To me this Bireli genius beats every guitarist in today's jazz world. Of course he has been influenced by many of the famous traditional jazz stars, but what has resulted gets to me stronger than all of his previous teachers could do. I have LP's of Bireli when he was just a kid in the eighties, but now he is the absolute master! The Bireli Lagrene Quartet performs at a jazzfestival in Vienne France in 2002. Next to lead guitarist Bireli we see and hear Romanian violinist Florin Niculesco, Hono Winterstein and Thomas Dutronc on rhythm guitars with bassist Diego Imbert.

Swing 42 – Stephane Grapelli 1988 Django Reinhardt composed Swing 42 and recorded this on October 1 1940 with his Hot Club de France group where Stephane Grapelli was the violinist. Stephane now plays it during a concert in London in 1988 celebrating his 80th birthday. His group consist of British guitarist Martin Taylor, French guitarist Mark Fosset and Dutch bassist Jack Sewing. Grappelli was born in Paris, France to Italian parents. Sent to an orphanage as a youth after his mother died when he was 4 and his father left to fight in World War I, Grappelli started his musical career busking on the streets of Paris and Montmartre with a violin. He began playing the violin at age 12, and attended the Conservatoire de Paris studying music theory, between 1924 and 1928. He continued to busk on the side until he gained fame in Paris as a violin virtuoso. He also worked as a silent film pianist while at the conservatory and played the saxophone and accordion. He called his piano "My Other Love" and released an album solely playing piano of the same name. His early fame came playing with the Quintette du Hot Club de France with Reinhardt.

Blues clair Lagrene Bireli 2002 Of course my opinion is just subjective, but at least I can say, that I have some experience in listening and appreciating all kinds of jazz. To me this Bireli genius beats every guitarist in today's jazz world. Of course he has been influenced by many of the famous traditional jazz stars, but what has resulted gets to me stronger than all of his previous teachers could do. I have LP's of Bireli when he was just a kid in the eighties, but now he is the absolute master! The Bireli Lagrene Quartet performs at a jazzfestival in Vienne France in 2002. Next to lead guitarist Bireli we see and hear Hono Winterstein and Thomas Dutronc on rhythm guitars with bassist Diego Imbert. Halfway they are joined by Romenian violinist Florin Niculesco.

I get a kick out of you Grapelli Stephane 1986 Stephane Grapelli appeared at the 1986 Bern International Jazz Festival and plays "I get a kick out of you". I'm not certain who th bass player is , but Stephane's guitarist is Mark Fosset

Pentup house Grappelli Stephane Stéphane Grappelli (January 26, 1908 -- December 1, 1997) was a pioneer jazz violinist who founded the quintet of the "Quintette du Hot Club de France" with Django Reinhardt. It was among the first all-string jazz bands. From this concert he is accompanied by guitarist Martin Taylor from Britain, guitarist Marc Fosset from France and bassist Brian Torff from USA

Sweet Georgia Brown Grappelli During a concert in what I think is in the mid or late eighties in Usher Hall in Edinbrough Scotland, famous French jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli and his trio are joined by classical cellist Julian Lloyd Webber. It is certainly interestting to see and hear how a totally classically trained musician handles a jazz tune like Sweet Georgia Brown. In Grappelli's trio are guitarists Diz Disley and Martin Taylor with Jack Sewing on bass

Sweet Georgia Brown Lagrene 2003 A couple months ago a friend in Ontario gave me Bireli's DVD as a present. I have never seen anything like it. Bireli is the very best in this kind of music and his solo partner, the Bucharest born violinist Florin Niculescu is the obvious successor to Stephane Grappelli. This is a clip from a 2003 concert in Vienne just south of Lyon, France before a crowd of more than 8000. The DVD is available from Amazon.com and it will be a worthwile investment for your collection.

Sweet Georgia Brown Lafertin Fapy 1985? Fapy Lafertin Quartet in concert. The 3 guitarists from left to right are: LAURENT BAJATA rhythm guitar RAPHAEL FAYS 1st. solo guitar and Fapy LAFERTIN 2nd. solo. CLAUDE MOUTON bass.

Djangology Samois 1991 Django Reinhardt spent the last years of his life in Samois sur Seine in France. He died in May 1953. Each year, usually in June, since 1983 a Django festival is being held in Samois. Musicians who play in the Django tradition are feaured. Big names, unknown ones, all gather for the trhee day event. Here in 1991 we see a clip of one of the greatest Django style artists, French guitarist Bireli Lagrene. He started and made fame in the early eighties as a 12 year old, switched to rock- jazz for a number of years, but came back to continue to play in he Django way. He is jamming with Django's son Babik

Dark Eyes Rosenberg Stochello 1990 Gerven Holland. A group of very young gypsy guitar players jam with famous guitarist Stochello Rosenberg sitting in for a few chorusses

Gypsy swing Rosenberg Jimmy 1990 During a Gypsy get together in Gerwen, Brabant in the Southern part of the Netherlands three "zigeuner" kids play their guitars in the Django manner. Sam, Talko and Jimmy. Full fletched soloist Jimmy doesn't look much older than 12 years. Note: What happened to this Jimmy? Here is his bio. Jimmy Rosenberg comes from a Sinti (gypsy) family in Asten, in the southern region of The Netherlands. Clearly inspired by one of Europe's favorite sons - gypsy jazz guitarist Stochelo Rosenberg - Jimmy made his debut outside the gypsy world as early as 1989 in John Jeremy's British television documentary Django's Legacy. There, Jimmy appeared with the trio named The Gypsy Kids, who later renamed themselves Sinti. Making his mark early as a notable guitarist at the tender age of 13, he had already played with all of the greats including Stéphane Grappelli, Bireli Lagrene, and Stochelo Rosenberg, to name a few. The subsequent year brought new record contracts for Jimmy, and concert tours to Oslo, Paris, and the United States, which included a performance at the world famous Carnegie Hall in New York City. He returned to The Big Apple in 2000 at the age of 20 when he was one of the star attractions at the first ever US Django Reinhardt Festival hosted by legendary jazz club Birdland, performing a solo set as well as sharing the stage with fellow guitar prodigy Bireli Lagrene and the late Babik Reinhardt (Django's only son), who collectively SOLD OUT ALL 8 SHOWS. Still very young, Jimmy Rosenberg is obviously one the most promising talents in gypsy jazz today, and chooses to live a traditional gypsy life -- in a caravan, without an address.

Dorado Schmitt plays violin and his cousin Tchavalo guitar in this swinging melody. Just say the name of Dorado SCHMITT, to make the gypsy jazz lovers kill themselves! This manouche guitar legend (born in Forbach, Lorraine, France) was revealed to the general audience thanks to the "Latcho Drom" movie, telling the real story of the Rom people moving from India to the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts, that he created the Original Soundtrack. Latcho Drom (Safe Journey) is a sensual and sensuous visual and aural tribute to gypsy culture by Tony Gatlif. The filmmaker calls it "a tone poem." It opens with a band of Indian gypsies, or Rom, crossing a desert and then settling down beneath a tree for an extended ritual. For these people, music, song, and dance are food for the soul. Without narration or dialogue, the film moves next to the slums of Istanbul, and then to Romania where an old man chronicles in a ballad the downfall of the dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. An elderly woman sings about those who lost their lives at Auschwitz. In France and Spain, gypsies express their joys and sorrows, the ups and downs of their vagabond existence as outsiders. This spellbinding film, with its passionate dance sequences and its dramatic music, will bring out the gypsy in you. Although I believe only in VHS video format this 1993 movie is available through Amazon.com

J’Attendrai - A famous French melody is performed at the 2002 Sienne France Jazz Festival 15 km south of Lyon in France by three top gypsy guitarists. From left to right are Tchavolo Schmitt, Dorado Schmitt and Stochelo Rosenberg .Each of these Django inspired giants approach this beatiful tune in their own style and it appears that they are enjoying each others company as if they were playing together in a small living room rather than on a stage with 8000 people in the audience.

Coquette - Bireli Lagrene 1936 One of my favourite recorded songs is the tune Coquette as done in 1936 by trumpeter Bill Coleman with an all French cast of musicians. I’m not sure if the guitarist was Django Reinhart but I notice that today’s top gypsy playing guitarist Bireli Lagrene has used this as his opening tune at his 2002 Sienne France Jazz Festival concert. Sienne is some 15 km south of Lyon. Some 8000 people attended this event. American Bill Coleman would have loved to be there if still alive. Next to Bireli on solo guitar we also hear Florin Niculesco violin, Hone Winterstein rhythm guitar and Diego Imbert bass