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Special Guests

By Bireli Lagrene

Label: Jazzpoint Records
Released: 1999

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Bireli Lagrene: Routes To Django/Bireli Swing '81

by Douglas Payne
August 1, 1999

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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Bireli Lagrene w/Larry Coryell & Miroslav Vitous: Special Guests

by AAJ Staff
June 1, 1999

“Are you ready?” Bireli Lagrene shouts with excitement. “Yeah...I am,” says Larry Coryell; he sounds testy but all is forgotten as we dive in a bed of strings. The crowd is still: the two strum mightily and then Bireli starts the theme, a Coryell line with a bit of flamenco. Notes wiggle and twist, with a ...

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Blue Eyes

By Bireli Lagrene

Label: Dreyfus Records
Released: 1998
Track listing: A Foggy Day; Witchcraft; The Lady is a Tramp; I've Got a Crush on You; My Kind of Town; I've Got You Under my Skin; It's Alright With Me; You Make Me Feel So Young; Come Fly With Me; Here's That Rainy Day; Luck Be a Lady; April in Paris; Autumn in New York.

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Spaces Revisited

By Larry Coryell

Label: Grammy
Released: 1998
Track listing: The Dragon Gate; Hong Kong Breeze; Spaces Revisited; Variations On Good-Bye Pork Pie Hat; Blues For Django And Stephane; Morning Of The Carnival; Oleo; Introduction To 'Ruby'; Ruby My Dear;

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Bireli Lagrene: Blue Eyes

by John Sharpe
August 1, 1998

Recorded in June 1997, Blue Eyes showcases Europe’s master guitarist riffing on 13 classic tunes made famous by “The Voice." It’s a relaxed, yet hard-swingin’ session, highlighted by Lagrene’s fluid guitar stylings and Maurice Vanders’ joyful piano solos. Lagrene even includes a couple of vocals to the set and his renditions of The Lady Is A ...

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Bireli Lagrene: Blue Eyes

by Jim Santella
August 1, 1998

This straight-ahead jazz session from guitarist Bireli Lagrene, pianist Maurice Vander, bassist Chris Minh Doky, and drummer Andre Ceccarelli features songs identified with Frank Sinatra. It was recorded in June 1997 as a tribute to the singer who influenced each of the quartet's members as they were growing up and listening to music from all around ...

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Viaggio

By Richard Galliano

Label: Dreyfus Jazz
Released: 1993
Track listing: Waltz For Nicky; Java Indigo; Viaggio; Billie; Tango Pour Claude; Christopher's Bossa; Coloriage; Romance; Little Muse; La Liberte Est Une Fleur;

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Foreign Affairs

By Bireli Lagrene

Label: Blue Note
Released: 1988
Track listing: Timotheé; Josef; Jack Rabbit; Foreign Affairs; Passing Through The Night; Senegal; Rue De Pierre (Part III); Saint Jean; I Can't Get Started;

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