Results for "Bireli Lagrene"

Tcha Limberger: Gypsy In The Footsteps Of Bela Bartok

by Raul d'Gama Rose
May 25, 2010

The hair of the bow gently caresses the string, catching an “A" high on the upper register. Then, in a series of sweeping glissandos, it descends the diatonic scale in a minor mode. I am caught in its downdraft like a bird on a rapidly cooling thermal, falling... falling through air thick with saddening notes. The ...

Take Five With Ameranouche

by AAJ Staff
March 5, 2010

Meet Ameranouche: The award winning Ameranouche trio features the melodic virtuosity of guitarist Richard Sheppard, the vehement rhythm chops of guitarist Ryan Flaherty and the dulcet low end of upright bassist Xar Adelberg. Together, this rip-roaring ensemble is a super force of hot acoustic jazz, sometimes referred to as hot swing or Gypsy jazz. The contrast ...

Take Five With Thomas McElroy

by AAJ Staff
February 15, 2010

Meet Thomas McElroy:Started playing at the age of 16 with classical lessons. Studied at Cornish Institute from 1979-1981. Left Cornish to go on the road. Moved to Dallas Texas and gigged with James Clay Marshall Ivery and Red Garland. Moved back to Seattle and have worked with everyone in town at one point or ...

Take Five With The Rosenberg Trio

by AAJ Staff
February 11, 2010

Meet The Rosenberg Trio:After learning as gipsy boys do, by ear and restless practice since childhood days, Stochelo Rosenberg, Nonnie Rosenberg and Nous'che Rosenberg have become The Rosenberg Trio, the world's most prestigious and longest running band in the Style of Django Reinhardt. Stéphane Grappelli himself adopted them, toured and recorded with them, whom ...

AAJ's Top 15 Interviews of 2009

by AAJ Staff
December 31, 2009

With nearly 150 interviews published in 2009, AAJ continues to provide the most extensive jazz coverage on the web. We also expanded our interview coverage to include, for those surrounding new CD releases: associated Daily Download tracks; accompanying CD reviews; contest giveaways; and more. As always, AAJ provided coverage of well-known artists ...

Guitarist Vic Juris Interviewed at AAJ

July 28, 2009

Vic Juris is one of the premier jazz guitarists in the business today. Perhaps less known than some of his peers, he is nevertheless admired by all of them and has accumulated, since his emergence on the scene in the 1970s, an impressive portfolio of live performances and recordings. His international career has included associations with ...

London Jazz Festival 2008

by Frederick Bernas
December 2, 2008

London Jazz Festival 2008 London, England Nov. 14-23, 2008 Ken Vandermark, Barry Guy, Mark SandersThe VortexNovember 14 In a meticulously unplanned concert, the music often seemed like a sonic battle between these three renowned improvisers. Sporting a black fitted tee and a hairstyle that could be straight from the ...

Daphne

Featuring the music of Bireli Lagrene
Duration: 4:14
September 4, 2008

Gypsy Guitar Master Bireli Lagrene to Make a Rare US Appearance in May

April 9, 2008

GLOBALLY CELEBRATED GUITAR VIRTUOSO BIRELI LAGRENE TO MAKE A RARE US APPEARANCE (May 2 & 3) IN LINCOLN CENTER CONCERT CELEBRATING TWO JAZZ GUITAR HEROES: DJANGO REINHARDT AND CHARLIE CHRISTIAN. LAGRENE - VIEWED BY MANY AS THE GREATEST LIVING INTERPRETER OF DJANGO REINHARDT - WILL MAKE HIS FIRST US APPERANCE IN THREE YEARS CO-STARRING WITH THREE ...

Super Guitar Trio Live At Montreux 1989

By Larry Coryell

Label: Eagle Eye Media
Released: 2007
Track listing: PSP No. II; Tango Suite (For Two Guitars); Orient Blue Suite / Traces Of A Tear; Musette De Paris Avec La Rue Dupierre No.5; Waltz; Braziliance; No Mystery; Spain;