Comments on: some more french great guitar players from abroad

some more french great guitar players from abroad

nicolin — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:35:22 -0800

Some more great french guitar players. Nelson Veras first came to France to meet Pat Metheny (he was 14 then, it has been documented on video by Frank Cassenti) but upon meeting some other jazzmen , he decided to stay in France and to experiment in various settings. Robert Crumb isn't exactly a "great french guitar player", but his decision to move to France (his or his wife's decision) and later his responsability in the creation of Les Primitifs du Futur has played a part in the rebirth of ancient french styles ("musette") and the renewed interest in old jazz and blues forms. More significantly, some guitar players coming from (or whose families came from) the former french colonies include in their playing distinctive sounds from their own culture. Pierre Bensusan is well known for his use of the Dadgad tuning but echoes of his native Algeria can be heard in his music. Also from North Africa, Mamdouh Bahri, Tunisian, settled in southern France and plays some kind of oriental jazz guitar. Nguyen Le, From a vietnamese family, is a post-hendrix guitar player who has increasingly incorporated exotic sounds in his playing, and is currently backing a vietnamese singer, among many other projects.

By: chuckdarwin

chuckdarwin — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:49:36 -0800

Thanks for this.

By: beelzbubba

beelzbubba — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 05:09:14 -0800

Thanks for the link to the French tele archives. I spent too many minutes on random searches. Good stuff. The french guitarists? Not my cuppa, but diff'rent strokes as Arnold would say.

By: MtDewd

MtDewd — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 06:18:45 -0800

I like Bensusan a lot. Thanks. There's a guy from around here (northern VT) who goes over to Paris and plays with Django-style guitarists like Ninine Garcia.(In-line Realplayer)

By: doctor_negative

doctor_negative — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:35:54 -0800

Great post nicolin. Can anobody point me to any Mamdouh Bahri CD's? Amazon.fr shows only one that's unavailable.

By: wsg

wsg — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:43:54 -0800

I love this music and I love Robert Crumb, but I sure didn't love that banjo solo Crumb took on that tune at Les Primitifs du Futur myspace page.

By: doctor_negative

doctor_negative — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:53:19 -0800

I found it. It's on his website under Boutik.

By: nicolin

nicolin — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:43:49 -0800

yes, and there are two real cheap second-hand older ones here (can't put a direct link, you have to type a query in) but I don't know what the shipping fee will be for the states.

By: doctor_negative

doctor_negative — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:51:37 -0800

As a follow up, the CD is excellent.

By: nicolin

nicolin — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 08:18:44 -0800

Just a dream, the film about nelson veras and pat metheny (also a film about Pat Metheny's question and answer trio live) is online on the french Ina website. Excerpt is free (entire footage is 2 Euros for 24h or 6 Euros for unlimited download).