Jazz Articles about Sylvain Luc

About Sylvain Luc

Album Review

The acoustic timbres and sensual approach to jazz bring Sylvain Luc’s trio in line with Django Reinhardt. Born in Bayonne, France, Luc comes from a family of traditional Basque musicians. To his natural heritage, the guitarist has added South American and South African tinges, and timeless, straight-ahead colors to his palette. Sud has been together for several years. Their empathy produces a well-structured program with seamless transitions between solo and group voices. Luc delivers a powerful performance, steeped in tradition ...

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Sylvain Luc: Sud

by AAJ Staff
August 1, 2000

In the midst of jazz jam groups and releases by more widely known masters of the guitar, it could be easy for Sylvain Luc's release, “Sud", to be lost in the shuffle. That would be too bad.A native of France and performing for the most part continuously throughout Europe, Luc possesses a mastery of the guitar that enthusiasts of the instrument would find as exciting in its understated and energetic way as some of the American-bred performers.

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Sylvain Luc/ Birelli Lagrene: Duet

by Mark Corroto
May 1, 2000

“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 ...