Biréli Lagrène, Sylvain Luc - Best Moments

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:51
Size: 104,0 MB
Art: Front

(4:02)  1. Isn't She Lovely
(7:12)  2. Can't Take my Eyes off You
(4:07)  3. So What
(4:14)  4. Time After Time
(6:37)  5. Wave
(5:43)  6. Stompin' at the Savoy
(0:44)  7. Interlude
(4:12)  8. Zurezat
(3:18)  9. Made in France
(1:58) 10. Looking Up
(2:39) 11. Got a Match

An adept French guitarist, Biréli Lagrène has drawn praise for his fertile blend of swinging continental jazz, post-bop, and fusion. Emerging with Routes to Django: Live in 1980, the then 13-year-old guitarist was quickly praised as an heir to the legendary Django Reinhardt. Over time, however, he broadened his approach, exploring artists like Wes Montgomery, Larry Coryell, and Jimi Hendrix, influences he displayed on 1988's Inferno and 2008's Electric Side. Nonetheless, as evidenced by 1992's Standards, 2005's Move, and 2018's Storyteller, Lagrène remains a leading proponent of both the straight-ahead and gypsy jazz traditions. Lagrène was born into a Romani family on September 4, 1966, in Saverne, Alsace, France. Both his father and grandfather had been prominent guitarists, and Lagrène was first introduced to the instrument around age four. Under his father's influence, Lagrène was soon absorbing the music of guitarist Django Reinhardt, as well as recordings by violinist Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club of France. By age seven, he was already a gifted performer and garnered increasing attention throughout the 1970s, especially after he won a prize at a festival in Strasbourg in 1978 and performed on television as part of an appearance at a Gypsy festival broadcast. In 1981, he made his solo debut with Routes to Django: Live. The studio-album Fifteen followed a year later, featuring more Reinhardt songs and jazz standards. During his late teens, Lagrène's musical taste began to evolve as he started playing electric guitar and absorbing players like Wes Montgomery, John McLaughlin, Larry Coryell, and Jimi Hendrix. In 1984, he appeared at the Django Reinhardt Tribute at Fat Tuesdays in New York, where he showcased his stylistically expansive sound. He signed to Blue Note and issued a handful of genre-crossing albums: 1988's Inferno, 1989's Foreign Affairs, and 1990's Acoustic Moments. All of these albums found the guitarist exploring a mix of post-bop, fusion, and Reinhardt-style pieces. The straight-ahead Standards, with bassist Niels Pedersen and drummer Andre Ceccarelli, arrived in 1992. With 1995's My Favorite Django, Lagrène returned to his love of traditional gypsy swing. Over the next decade, he made occassional forays into fusion, while continuing to balance his love of Django Reinhardt, straight-ahead jazz and bop influences. 

He also kept a steady live schedule, appearing live at Marciac in 1994 and at New York's Blue Note in 1997 with Larry Coryell and Billy Cobham. In 1998, he issued the Frank Sinatra tribute Old Blues Eyes, with pianist Maurice Vander, bassist Chris Minh Doky, and drummer Ceccarelli. In 2002, he issued Gypsy Project, yet another album that found him returning to Reinhardt and the classic jazz songbook. Similar albums followed, including 2005's Move, 2006's Djangology, and 2007's Just the Way You Are. A year later, he issued the fusion-influenced Electric Side. He then paired with guitarist Hono Winterstein and bassist Diego Imbert for 2009's Gipsi Trio. That same year, he also released his own Summertime. In 2012, he recorded a straight-ahead jazz set for Universal entitled Mouvements with saxophonist Franck Wolf, drummer Jean-Marc Robin, and Hammond organist Jean-Yves Jung. Also in 2012, Lagrène was asked to participate in the 50th career anniversary celebration for violinist Jean-Luc Ponty, during which he appeared in a trio with Ponty and bassist Stanley Clarke. Inspired by their chemistry on stage that night, the trio stayed in touch, and in 2015 paired again for the studio album D-Stringz on Impulse! In 2018, the guitarist issued Storyteller, featuring bassist Larry Grenadier and percussionist Mino Cinélu. ~ Matt Collar https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bir%C3%A9li-lagr%C3%A8ne-mn0000082316/biography

French guitarist Sylvain Luc has honed his jazz improvisations since the 1980s, when he first discovered jazz as a teenager. He studied at the prestigious Academy de Bayonne as a child, mastering the guitar, cello, violin, and mandolin, but jazz shed a different light on Luc's musical ambitions. He spent time with the Bubble Quartet, discovering an appreciation for South African music in his twenties. Luc combined his love for jazz with worldbeat sounds and carved a career for himself. He issued his first album, Duet, in 2000. Sud followed shortly thereafter. A third album, Trio Sud, was issued in spring 2002 and featured collaborations with Jean-Marc Jafet and Andre Ceccarelli. ~ Mackenzie Wilson https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sylvain-luc-mn0000756290/biography

Featuring :Bireli Lagrene (guitar), Sylvain Luc (guitar),

Best Moments

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Vincent Peirani - Gunung Sebatu

Styles: Accordion Jazz
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:57
Size: 121,5 MB
Art: Front

(3:50)  1. Truc'Muche'
(7:20)  2. Untitled Suite
(3:49)  3. Ballade en re bemol
(3:01)  4. Anataule Ondulee
(5:06)  5. Les Yeux du jour
(5:08)  6. Gunung Sebatu
(3:55)  7. Every little thing she does is magic
(4:23)  8. Miniature
(3:51)  9. 56 33
(5:50) 10. My Little Girl
(6:38) 11. Still Song

The eleven poetic themes proposed here by accordionist Vincent Peirani in collaboration with saxophonist Vincent Lê Quang and, here and there, the remarkable guitarist Sylvain Luc , is a luminous testimony of wandering and friendship. The all-out opening to free music as the air allows them to run sometimes under the feverish light of flickering lanterns of a nostalgic musette ("Truc'Muche", which opens the album), sometimes looking for a Balinese melody gleaned by a heart exalted by the journey. This is the case of "Gunung Sebatu", which gives its title to this album; this beautiful and tender evocation of Sebatu - a Bali village between sea and rice field - allows Serena Fisseau to gently stir the sensitivity of a skin-deep theme. This delicacy of the compositions and their nomadic membership to fantasized landscapes imbue the disc with a subtle essence. The spontaneity and the diversity of the themes were forged in the intimist improvisations behind the scenes, without virtuosity misplaced but with an obvious jubilation, in the periods of waiting, in particular at the time of the bel Air Libre of Muvien, Céléa and Humair ... It is these encounters, and the notion of exchange attached to it, that found this "world" music in the sense that it travels freely, without contingencies. There is in Gunung Sebatu all the poetry of the stolen moments to see the fluffy atmosphere of the "Ballad in D flat", which allows to appreciate the depth of the sound of Lê Quang to the soprano, or the mischief almost childish d "Wavy Anatas", when Peirani and his saxophonist play hide-and-seek in a frenzied pursuit with rhythm. A rhythm that we find at the corner of a dilettante visit in the Indian modes and cycles on the beautiful "Untitled Suite". Drunk with travel and contrasting colors, Gunung Sebatu offers itself a few suspended moments of wandering poetry, letting go that take you into the universe of two accomplices, who take an undeniable pleasure to give the keys. A delightful crossing without compass. (Translate by Google) https://www.citizenjazz.com/Vincent-Peirani,3463878.html

Personnel:  Vincent Peirani (acc), Vincent Lê Quang (ss), Sylvain Luc (gu), Serena Fisseau (voc)

Gunung Sebatu

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Richard Galliano & Sylvain Luc - La Vie En Rose: Rencontres Avec Edith Piaf Et Gus Viseur

Size: 116,7 MB
Time: 49:19
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Jazz
Art: Front

01. Douce Joie (3:31)
02. L'Accordeoniste (2:56)
03. Les Amants D'Un Jour (3:28)
04. La Chanson Des Forains (3:05)
05. Flambee Montalbanaise (2:38)
06. La Foule (3:07)
07. La Goualante Du Pauvre Jean (2:40)
08. L'Hymne A L'Amour (4:23)
09. Je M'En Fous Pas Mal (3:36)
10. La Vie En Rose (1:46)
11. Je Ne Regrette Rien/Passage (3:45)
12. Jeannette (2:56)
13. Mon Dieu/Aria (2:57)
14. Paris (2:42)
15. Sous Le Ciel De Paris/Je N'en Connais Pas La Fin (2:56)
16. Swing Valse (2:45)

Richard Galliano, one of the greatest accordionists of the modern era, and unimpeachable jazz guitarist Sylvain Luc collaborated in the ’90s before going their separate musical ways. The two musicians now reunite their talents for this duo project dedicated to the grande dame of French chanson. The result is a virtuoso jewel, showcasing and reawakening the freshness of the Piaf repertoire in this, the 100th anniversary of her birth.

La Vie En Rose

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Biréli Lagrène and Sylvain Luc - Summertime

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:53
Size: 135,5 MB
Art: Front

(6:02)  1. Summertime
(4:09)  2. So What
(3:52)  3. On The Fourth Of July
(6:19)  4. Spain
(3:51)  5. My One And Only Love
(6:39)  6. Wave
(5:00)  7. All The Things You are
(2:41)  8. Got A Match
(7:14)  9. Can t Take My Eyes Off You
(6:27) 10. On Green Dolphin Street
(0:46) 11. Interlude
(4:46) 12. Someday My Prince Will Come

Guitar duets should all be precious as this one from Bireli Lagrene and Sylvain Luc, as they mutually share musical thoughts, feelings, and honest emotions via a stack of familiar jazz standards. As equally talented players whose virtuosity is not staggeringly overwhelming, these two present a good deal of symmetry and balance, neither dominating the other. Unless you are personally familiar with the stylistic differences of the gypsy driven Lagrene or more contemporary Luc, it's likely their pure sound rather than technique sets them apart. Luc plays Godin guitar, while Lagrene prefers a Barault model, both relatively unamplified or processed, lending to the organic feel of these standards everybody knows. A resonant and languid version of "Summertime" is quite differently rendered in ringing. solemn, patient tones, with no worries or rushed-through cadences, but a bit of speedy soloing. The quick counterpoint and unison playing during "So What" lend toward mixed messages, but within a straight bop framework. 

Chick Corea's "Spain" and "Got a Match" give the two a chance to show off a bit, not so much on the former icon of contemporary repertoire as much as the latter track, which lets them charge ahead full steam in flurries of sixteenth and thirty-second notes. Steady tunes such as "Wave," "My One & Only Love," and "Someday My Prince Will Come" are more liquid and flowing, while the popping, crackling chords setting up "On Green Dolphin Street" and the percussive improv "Interlude" proved stellar examples of Lagrene and Luc's brilliance. Two pop tunes are included a gypsy bop take of James Taylor's "On the Fourth of July," and the old Four Seasons hit "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" in a tango mode. Overall, this is a solid recording that should please fans of these two great musicians, not a stunning or risk-free effort, but somewhere satisfyingly in the middle. 

~ Michael G.Nastos   http://www.allmusic.com/album/summertime-mw0000815899

Summertime

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Biréli Lagrène & Sylvain Luc - Duet

Styles: Gypsy Jazz
Year: 1999
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:28
Size: 127,0 MB
Art: Front

(4:16)  1. Time After Time
(4:03)  2. Douce Ambiance
(4:12)  3. Estate
(3:20)  4. Made In France
(6:43)  5. La Ballade Irlandaise
(4:04)  6. Isn't She Lovely
(4:20)  7. Road Song
(4:14)  8. Zurezat
(5:45)  9. Stompin' At The Savoy
(4:39) 10. Les Amoureux Des Bancs Publics
(3:24) 11. Blackbird
(4:23) 12. Syracuse
(1:58) 13. Looking Up

“Relaxed” isn’t the word used to describe jazz at the close of the 20th century. Whether you’re a Wynton, Anti-Wynton, M-BASE, free jazz, Swing, post-bop, etc. fan, jazz is/has been about attitude and posturing. Although the rest of the world is oblivious to it, the wars that rage around modern jazz prove to be wearisome. Then along comes an unassuming document like Sylvain Luc and Bireli Lagrene’s Guitar duets. I bet they don’t even call this music jazz. We won’t either, because it would automatically lose numerous listeners sure to enjoy it. The French born Sylvain Luc has studied guitar, cello, violin and mandolin. His Paris jazz career has taken him through rock-fusion to classical and South American music. Like Luc, Bireli Lagrene was born in France but his Gypsy heritage was inspiration for his Django Reinhardt guitar style. 

As a child prodigy, he recorded at age 13. Soon he shed Gypsy jazz for rock fusion and after several albums (and tours with Jaco Pastorious) his music seemed to dead end. His rebirth came with a return to his Django’d roots. Luc and Lagrene’s duets range from pop tunes like Cindy Lauper’s “Time After Time,” Lennon/McCartney’s “Blackbird,” to Stevie Wonder’s “Isn’t She Lovely.” They swing a bit with “Stompin’ At The Savoy,” touch on jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery “Road Song,” a waltz “La Ballade Irlandaise,” and a bit of Django “Douce Ambiance.” When all is said and done, they haven’t shaken the world, but this relaxed session was never meant to be anything but comfortable-jazz (maybe not an oxymoron!). ~ Mark Corroto  

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=5500#.Uo0MG-Jc_vs

Duet

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