Occupation(s) Musician Years active 1978–present | Name Bireli Lagrene Role Guitarist | |
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Born 4 September 1966 (age 57)
Soufflenheim, Bas-Rhin Alsace, France ( 1966-09-04 ) Instruments Guitar, Bass guitar, Violin, vocal Associated acts Jaco Pastorius, John McLaughlin, Bireli Lagrene Gipsy Project Movies Super Guitar Trio: Live at Montreux 1989 Genres Gypsy jazz, Swing music, Jazz fusion, Post-bop Albums Gipsy Project, Gipsy Trio, Gipsy Project & Friends, Electric Side, Stuttgart Aria Profiles | ||
Bireli lagrene performance clinic at mi 2005
Biréli Lagrène (born September 4, 1966) is a French jazz guitarist. He came to prominence in the 1980s for his Django Reinhardt-influenced style. He often performs in swing, jazz fusion and post-bop styles.
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Bireli lagrene clinic at musician institute 2005
Biography
Lagrène was born on September 4, 1966, in 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 Django Reinhardt's, who his father admired and wanted his sons to emulate. In 1980, while still in his early teens, he recorded his first album, Routes to Django: Live at the Krokodil (Jazz Point, 1981).
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 Grappellii. 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.
Lagrène recorded Gipsy Project (Dreyfus, 2001) and Gipsy Project and Friends (Dreyfus, 2002). With his usual cohorts Diego Imbert (double bass) and Hono Winterstein (rhythm guitar), the latter session featured Henri Salvador and Thomas Dutronc (son of Françoise Hardy and Jacques Dutronc).
Discography
Filmography
Songs
Isn't She lovelyDuet · 2000
Donna LeeLive in Marciac · 1994
Songe d'AutomneGipsy Project & Friends · 2002