Biréli Lagrène Explained

Biréli Lagrène
Birth Date:4 September 1966
Birth Place:Soufflenheim, France
Genre:Gypsy jazz, swing, jazz fusion
Occupation:Musician
Instrument:Guitar
Years Active:1978–present
Label:BMG Rights Management,Blue Note, Dreyfus
Associated Acts:Larry Coryell, Jaco Pastorius, Miroslav Vitouš, Sylvain Luc

Biréli Lagrène (born 4 September 1966)[1] is a French jazz guitarist who came to prominence in the 1980s for his Django Reinhardt–influenced style. He often performs in swing, jazz fusion, and post-bop styles.

Biography

Lagrène was born in Soufflenheim, Alsace, France, into a Romani family and community. His father and grandfather were guitarists, and he was raised in the Gypsy guitar tradition. He started playing at age four or five and by seven was improvising jazz in a style similar to that of Django Reinhardt, whom his father admired and wanted his sons to emulate. In 1980, while in his early teens, he recorded his first album, Routes to Django: Live at the Krokodil (Jazzpoint, 1981).[2] [3]

During the next few years, Lagrène toured with Al Di Meola, Paco de Lucía, and John McLaughlin, all of them guitarists, and played with Benny Carter, Benny Goodman, and Stéphane Grappelli.[1] He joined Larry Coryell and Vic Juris in New York City for a tribute to Reinhardt in 1984 and went on tour with Coryell and Philip Catherine. He also performed with Jaco Pastorius, Stanley Clarke, the Gil Evans Orchestra, Christian Escoudé, and Charlie Haden. In 1989 he performed in a duo with Stanley Jordan.[2]

His collaboration with Italian guitarist Giuseppe Continenza, with whom he has performed in numerous concerts and festivals, including the Pescara Jazz and the Eddie Lang Jazz Festival, began in 1998, when the two met behind the scenes of a festival and started talking about each other's musical interests.[4] [5] [6]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Colin Larkin. Guinness Publishing. 1992. First. 0-85112-939-0. 1419.
  2. Book: Ferguson . Jim . Kernfeld . Barry . Kernfeld . Barry. The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz . 2002. Grove's Dictionaries . New York . 1-56159-284-6 . 536 . 2 . 2nd.
  3. Web site: Lankford Jr.. Ronnie D.. Biréli Lagrène . AllMusic . August 6, 2016.
  4. Web site: Williams. Charles. Bireli Lagrene and Giuseppe Continenza, European Masters. 5 November 2021. jazzguitartoday.com. 12 November 2019 . en-US.
  5. Web site: Jazzitalia - Media Center - Biréli Lagrène & Giuseppe Continenza - "Sunny" (Eddie Lang Jazz Festival 2013). 5 November 2021. jazzitalia.net.
  6. Web site: PescaraJazz 2017. 5 November 2021. Pescara Jazz. it-IT.
  7. Web site: Live at Montreux 1989. AllAboutJazz. 16 January 2008 .
  8. Web site: Live at Montreux 1989. JazzTimes.
  9. Web site: Biréli Lagrène Album Discography AllMusic. AllMusic. 7 August 2016.
  10. Web site: Bireli Lagrene: "Voila!" Guitar Course - Presented By TAGA Publishing. Media. ALH. tagapublishing.com. en-US. 2018-02-06.

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