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Bir

Read "Bir" reviewed by Jim Santella


Biréli Lagrène Live In Paris Dreyfus Records 2005 Biréli Lagrène and Gipsy Project interpret music from all over the world in this program of swing, bebop, blues and ballads. The New Morning nightclub is a large venue, but the set-up affords Lagrène's quartet intimacy and great acoustics. The ...

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Bir: Gipsy Project & Friends

Read "Gipsy Project & Friends" reviewed by Trevor MacLaren


Once again Django disciple Biréli Lagrène has released an exquisite record: Gipsy Project & Friends is one of the finest guitar jazz discs of the year! Pulling together players like Florin Niculescu on violin, Hono Winterstein and Holzmano Lagrène on guitar, and the great Henri Salvador on vocals, Biréli Lagrène has mined the depths of Django's ...

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Bir: Gipsy Project and Friends

Read "Gipsy Project and Friends" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


A Beautiful Throwback... Picking up where he left off with Gypsy Project , Biréli Legrène and friends delve further into the music of Django Reinhardt and associates on Gipsy Project and Friends, using qualitatively the same musicians as on the first album. The results on the new recording are the same, astonishing. While Englishman Gary Potter ...

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Bir: Gypsy Project

Read "Gypsy Project" reviewed by Jim Santella


Re-creating the music of Django Reinhardt, this time focused on the years after 1940, Biréli Lagrène brings back vivid memories: a two-step swing foundation without the usual rhythm section, a soaring Stéphane Grappelli violin melody, and Reinhardt's graceful guitar, trading improvised thoughts. Lagrène is superb. On “Vout et Moi," he transposes the rare solo that guitarist ...


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