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Move

Label: Dreyfus Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Un Certain je ne Sais Quoi; Melodie au Cr

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Bireli Lagrene and Gipsy Project: Move

Read "Move" reviewed by Jim Santella


In a celebration of the music of Django Reinhardt, Biréli Lagrène uses his virtuostic technique to interpret classic songs from several different jazz eras. The album's title track, by Denzil Best, was one of bebop's early anthems. Reinhardt originals recall the swing tradition that the gypsy guitarist espoused, while fresh originals honor his memory with a ...

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Gipsy Project & Friends

Label: Dreyfus Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: 1. Djangology
2. When Day Is Done
3. Bei Dir War Es Immer So Schon
4. Babik
5. On Es-tu Mon Amour?
6. Les Yeux Noirs
7. Envie De Toi
8. Minor Swing
9. Laura
10. Artillerie Lourde
11. Place De Broukere
12. Songe D'automne
13. Une Histoire Simple
14. Ma Premiere Guitare

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Gypsy Project

Label: Dreyfus Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Blues Clair; Coquette; Si Tu Savais; Belleville; Daphne (long version); Je Suis Seul Ce Soir; Swing 42; Embraceable You; Vous et Moi; Festival 48; Viper's Dream; What Is This Thing Called Love; La Mer; Lime House Blues; Daphne (short version).

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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: 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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Super Guitar Trio & Friends

Label: TDK (3)
Released: 2001
Track listing: P.S.P; Orient Blue; Untitled; Rhapsody Of Fire; Mediterranean Sundance; Tango Suite For Two Guitars ; Spain; No Mystery;

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Special Guests

Label: Jazzpoint Records
Released: 1999

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Bireli Lagrene: Routes To Django/Bireli Swing '81

Read "Routes To Django/Bireli Swing '81" reviewed by Douglas Payne


Close your eyes and play any one of the 28 songs on this two-disc set. Guess when the recordings were made, who's playing and how old the player is. It sounds like the catchy, acoustic guitar swing pioneered by Django Reinhardt at the Hot Club de France in Paris during the 1930s.Hard as it ...


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