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another beautiful french guitarist

nicolin — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:32:52 -0800

To me, he embodies The classical guitarist with all the clichés attached. But he can also make any material his own, or use forms with humor. He's got good compositions too.

French guitar

nicolin — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 06:34:07 -0800

French jazz guitar is often mistaken for swing guitar, or gypsy style guitar. It's true that great french guitarists, like Bireli Lagrene or Christian escoudé, are still playing in this style. But curiosity is a trademark of most of the French guitarists, and even Bireli Lagrene gave a try to various kinds of jazz. French guitarists have been attracted to Be Bop from the start (btw, even Django has been). Maybe you've heard of Sacha Distel ? Well, Before he envoyed international exposure as a composer for Dionne Warwick (god, this should be a post about her), he had concentrated for years on the guitar (several excerpts in this article). Recently, French guitar has evolved in several directions, with the soft touch of Eric Lohrer (sounds under "écouter"), the infectious drive of Sylvain Luc (several vids), the coloured soloing of louis winsberg (before, in another project) over a French songbook, the rough sounds of Marc Ducret (Tim Berne's sideman) or of Manu Codjia, the virtuosity of Christophe Godin (slap lesson / one-man band). Make your picks.

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.

some beautiful guitarists from France

nicolin — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 09:56:02 -0800

Flamenco clearly belongs to spain. But so many immigrants came to France to find work or escape from the civil war that there is a small community of guitarists in southern France who are playing it with original voices. Bernardo Sandoval was the subject of a post in mefi music some time ago. Antonio "kiko" ruiz is about to come to the United States with Renaud-Garcia-Fons : their work can be seen here. Serge Lopez is another great guitarist who puts some guitar parts on his website. Salvador Paterna adds to the traditional sound of flamenco both the 'oud and the violin. They are all from or nearby Toulouse.