Gipsy Project & Friends

Gipsy Project & Friends

ASIN: B00006JTH5

Editorial Reviews
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Of all the gypsy guitarists to follow the path blazed by Django Reinhardt, Bireli Lagrene has perhaps inherited more of Reinhardt's restless musical spirit than any other. Since making his recorded debut in 1980 at the age of 13, Lagrene has experimented with a wide variety of styles, including fusion and hard bop. Gypsy Project and Friends is the second CD from Lagrene and the band he formed to play Hot Club-style swing. The selections include a well-chosen mix of popular Reinhardt-Grappelli compositions such as "Djangology" and "Minor Swing," along with less familiar tunes like "Ma Premiere Guitare," which was written by the French guitarist Sacha Distel. Lagrene's band features the amazing Romanian fiddler Florin Niculescu, who plays swing with a fiery passion. The friends include guitarists Thomas Dutronc, "Hono" Winterstein, and Stochelo Rosenberg, who is one of the most technically accomplished guitarists playing in the gypsy jazz style. Lagrene and his companions play these songs in a way that perfectly balances respect for the tradition with the desire to innovate and move the style into the future. --Michael Simmons

Product Description
Thomas Dutronc - Guitar Diego Imbert - Double Bass Bireli Lagrene - Guitar Holzmano Lagrene - Guitar Florin Niculescu - Violin Stchelo Rosenberg - Guitar Hono Winterstein - Guitar Henri Salvador - Vocals (on Envie De Toi)

Gipsy Project & Friends

Tracks:

Gypsy in My Soul
Taking a Chance On Love
What a Little Moonlight Can Do
Embraceable You
It's All Right With Me
Dans Mon Ile
Deed I Do
Down With Love
Jim
The Way You Look Tonight
In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
Cheek to Cheek

Album Description

Internationally acclaimed vocalist, Sara Lazarus set out to reinvent the vocal jazz record with her latest offering, It's All Right With Me. For her sophomore release, the singer brought along some HEAVY friends - and a whole new sound is born!

It's All Right With Me marries the Great American Songbook with the incomparable gypsy swing of Bireli Lagrene's Gipsy Project for one of the most exciting and original vocal jazz records in recent memory.

Move
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Excellence!

Beautiful guitar a la Django

An immense talent still in search of a direction.

the best of Bireli's 'Gypsy Project' series

Stunning new take on Gypsy Jazz

Move
Bireli Lagrene & Gipsy Project
Manufacturer: Dreyfus
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00075149E
Release Date: 2005-02-22

Tracks:

Un Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi
Melodie Au Crepuscule
Hungaria
Clair De Lune
Place Du Tertre
Troublant Bolero
Move
Nuages
Cherokee
Danse Norvegienne
This Can't Be Love
Victor
Mimosa
Jadis

Album Description

On "Move," Bireli Lagrene modernizes the classic gypsy jazz sound of Django Reinhardt with breathtaking results. Using a smaller group and new instrumentation (including brilliant sax work by Franck Wolf), this new Gipsy Project now employs a versatile quartet to delve further into the melodic subtleties and dynamic depth of gypsy jazz music.

Customer Reviews:

Excellence!.......2007-03-25

This is possibly the best jazz album I have heard, only likely contenders being some of Birel's other cd's. Bireli has two sides to him. There is the straight ahead bebop style ala George Benson and Wes Montgomery and then there is the jazz manouche side pioneered by Django Reinhart in the '30s. On this album, you are treated to both seperately as well as together. Such songs as "Hungaria" and "Troublant Bolero" stand out as being purely gypsy while "Place Du Tertre" and "Cherokee" stand out as straight ahead jazz masterpieces. There is not a bad or boring song on the whole album which is very rare to find in any genre. Some highlights would be "Un Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi" written by bassist Diego Imbert, "Hungaria", "Danse Norvegiene", "Mimosa", "Place Du Tetre", "This Can't Be Love", and "Troublant Bolero". For some of the best jazz, gypsy swing, gypsy music, you should BUY THIS CD!

Beautiful guitar a la Django.......2006-08-30

Sometime not too long ago, Bireli Lagrene decided to stop running away from his God-given talent to play exactly as Django Reinhard, and instead embrace it. This record is in my opinion far better than Gypsy Project, which suffers from some highly irritating violin playing. For some viciously swinging gypsy jazz featuring Bireli's astounding lines, I recommend Move! as well as the even better Routes to Django, recorded when Bireli was 13 years old.

An immense talent still in search of a direction........2006-04-17

When a fellow student (I'm a jazz guitarist and teacher) ask me "who's the greatest guitarist in the world" meaning technical skills, the answer is easy: Bireli Lagrene. There is no limit in what this guy can do on the guitar, he can play better than Django, Jimy Hendrix. Wes Montgomery etc. He can play in whatever style he wants. He can be lyrical and make you move and cry, or fast as a lighting and aggressive as a panzer, playing the most intricate and incredibly difficoult things with absolute souplesse and easyness, like drink a glass of water. Awesome, astounding, incredible, unbelievable, say as you like. BUT. Ther is a but. It seems that he still don't know exactly what kind of road follow, what music, what style, what esthetic develop in his musicians life. You see him one day playing bebop, one day playing jazz/rock fusion, another day playing Django... he seems to me a bit confused. In this CD he plays a sort of "Django Style" project music together with a though rhythm section (Hono Winterstein on guitar and Diego Imbert on bass) and a completely out of contest sax player (Franck Wolf), probably more suitable as section player in an orchestra rather than stand out as a Bireli sideman. The final result is disappointing. After a couple of enjoyable listening to the Bireli's funambolyc virtuosysm, the music gets boring, repetitive, confused. If you want to listen to the best Bireli, get "Viaggio" by Richard Galliano. Will Bireli finally find a deeper personal musical way or will he forever act the "fastest gun in the West" role?

the best of Bireli's 'Gypsy Project' series.......2005-11-04

When most people hear the term "gypsy jazz" they think of that classic pre-WWII Hot Club sound that Django and Stephane Grappelli pioneered. Much has happened in the past 6 decades within the genre, although one wouldn't guess it by the sound of Bireli's two previous "Gypsy Project" albums. With 'Move' Bireli takes a step away from the cliches (how many times has Minor Swing been recorded now?) and offers up some fresh thoughts and playing (even if Django and his contemporaries also recorded with saxophonists) with the great rhythm guitarist Hono Winterstein and the lyrical Frank Wolf on sax. If you're looking for predictable licks and pyrotechnic shredding on the guitar, you won't find them here. But maybe there's a Joscho Stephan album somewhere for you.

Stunning new take on Gypsy Jazz.......2005-05-03

Bireli is not only one of the best living guitar players in gypsy jazz - he is also one of the most creative. On this album, he gives us a new take on Django's music that is simply stunning. "Move" has a smaller, more focused sound that it's predecessors, and the addition of the saxophone brings a really fresh twist to this great old music.

Bireli is one of the hottest jazzmen around - this disc is all the evidence you'll need to draw the same conclusion. Bravo!

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Amazing
Not as Enjoyable as most of Bireli's CDs
Brilliant
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Gipsy Project & Friends
Bireli Lagrene
Manufacturer: Dreyfus
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Come into My Swing

ASIN: B00006JTH5
Release Date: 2002-10-08

Tracks:

Djangology
When Day Is Done
Bei Dir War Es Immer So Schon
Babik
On Es-tu Mon Amour?
Les Yeux Noirs
Envie De Toi
Minor Swing
Laura
Artillerie Lourde
Place De Broukere
Songe D'automne
Une Histoire Simple
Ma Premiere Guitare

Amazon.com

Of all the gypsy guitarists to follow the path blazed by Django Reinhardt, Bireli Lagrene has perhaps inherited more of Reinhardt's restless musical spirit than any other. Since making his recorded debut in 1980 at the age of 13, Lagrene has experimented with a wide variety of styles, including fusion and hard bop. Gypsy Project and Friends is the second CD from Lagrene and the band he formed to play Hot Club-style swing. The selections include a well-chosen mix of popular Reinhardt-Grappelli compositions such as "Djangology" and "Minor Swing," along with less familiar tunes like "Ma Premiere Guitare," which was written by the French guitarist Sacha Distel. Lagrene's band features the amazing Romanian fiddler Florin Niculescu, who plays swing with a fiery passion. The friends include guitarists Thomas Dutronc, "Hono" Winterstein, and Stochelo Rosenberg, who is one of the most technically accomplished guitarists playing in the gypsy jazz style. Lagrene and his companions play these songs in a way that perfectly balances respect for the tradition with the desire to innovate and move the style into the future. --Michael Simmons

Album Description

Thomas Dutronc - Guitar Diego Imbert - Double Bass Bireli Lagrene - Guitar Holzmano Lagrene - Guitar Florin Niculescu - Violin Stchelo Rosenberg - Guitar Hono Winterstein - Guitar Henri Salvador - Vocals (on Envie De Toi)

Customer Reviews:

Amazing.......2007-04-17

I'm not really sure why this album has gotten only decent reviews. This is an outstanding album. One of Bireli's best. His solo on "Songe d'Automne" is out of this world. To me, this album proves my thought that Bireli swings more than any other guitarist around today as well as the fact that he is so much more versatile and interesting than most of his contemporaries. Florin is a delight on this cd. His violin playing is a wonder in itself, clearly on par with Bireli's guitar playing. I prefer this cd to the first Gypsy Project album. I actually prefer the dvd "Live Jazz a Vienne" to this album though. The dvd is much more spontaneous. I would reccommend all 3 Gypsy Project albums as well as his 2 dvds. If you have never heard Bireli before, all i can say is fasten your seatbelt. You are in for a treat! This album also contains a version of Dark Eyes featuring Stochelo Rosenberg on guitar. If you're a Stochelo fan, that would be a plus. Listen to the music!

Not as Enjoyable as most of Bireli's CDs.......2004-11-18

Bireli Lagrene is obviously one of the finest gypsy jazz guitarists in this world & his latest DVD release is phenomenal ! i adore the first Gipsy Project studio recording BUT this second studio CD does not appeal to my ears as much as many other of Birelis' best recordings. that is not to say it is a bad CD BUT the inclusion of an excessive number of ballads & a vocal track drag down the total experience of the CD for my tastes. there are some great tracks - especially Birelis' duet w/ Stochelo Rosenberg on "Dark Eyes" BUT the many mid-tempo & slow paced ballads make this one of my last choices when i'm in the mood to listen to Bireli... as a professional gypsy guitarist who LOVES grrreat guitar CDs, i would recommend other Bireli CDs that are entirely instrumental & better examples of his brilliant playing before this particular "good but not great" recording of Lagrene's gifted guitar playing... if you think this is his best CD- then you should listen to his entire catalog as i have... there are more appealing all instrumental CDs with better choices of material... 'sorry if this sounds harsh.

Brilliant.......2004-10-07

[...] Bireli is among the 'top tier' of gypsy gutiarists playing in the style of Django Reinhardt alive today. If you can appreciate incredibly technical guitar playing there is plenty of that to chew on, but Bireli is much more than a showoff artist, he's a genius. If you can't appreciate this disc (or Bireli's first Gipsy Project CD), then you simply can 't appreciate music. I'm sorry if that sounds harsh.

Good.......2003-12-30

This is the first I'd heard of Bireli Lagrene. Very good Gipsy King-esque guitar playing, only more authentic French jazz club-feeling. The faster songs really move and sound great. My chief complaint would be that there seems to be a lot of slower songs which don't do a whole lot. They're pretty; the violin playing is beautiful; but they're not too memorable.

Still, if you're like me and you're a fan of the Gipsy Kings and that kind of music, or a fan of gipsy jazz, this isn't a bad disc.

Rhythms of Tango
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Rhythms of Tango

Manufacturer: ARK Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000I64VJC

Product Description

This collection includes 18 of the most popular tango hits: (1) Alfred Hause - Jalouse (J. Gade); (2) Max Greger - Tango Classico (M. Greger); (3) Caravelli - Tango Fernando (I. Rosenow); (4) Alfred Hause - Candlelight Tango (Schultze); (5) Paul Mauriatt - Demoiselle Tango (P. Mauriatt); (6) Orchestra of USSR Goskino - Confused Words (P. Todorovsky); (7) Tango Project - Ce N'est Que Votre Main, Madame (E. Ervin/F. Retter); (8) Melody Winter Tango (O. Strok); (9) Alfred Hause - When Gipsy Eyes Are Crying (A. Hause/R. Ferra); (10) Tango Project - Un Nuit a Monte-Carlo (W. R. Heymann); (11) Raymond Lefevre - Volevo Un Gatto Nero (F. Pagano/A. Soricillo); (12) Orchestra by V. Mescherin - Nightingale Tango (N. Bogoslovsky); (13) Tango Project - Por Una Gabeza (C. Gardel); (14) Romulo Larrea - Preparense (A. Piazzolla); (15) Ray Conniff - Exclusivamente Latino (R. Conniff); (16) Orchestra by A. Zatsepin - Tango (A. Zatsepin); (17) Tango Project - Dark Eyes (Trad.); (18) Melody - My Last Tango.

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Gipsy Project/All of Me
Bireli Lagrene
Manufacturer: Sony / Bmg Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000NJM5CY
Release Date: 2007-04-02

Tracks:

After You've Gone
Just The Way You Are
Lune De Miel
I'll See You In My Dreams
All Of Me
Feerie
It's Imposible
Cap'tain Ferber
Guet-Apens
Flamingo
Before You Go
Lolita
Love Me Tende
Tim And Zoe

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Gipsy Project & Friends
Biréli Lagrène
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00006HBK1
Release Date: 2002-10-07

Tracks:

Djangology
When Day Is Done
Bei Dir War Es Immer So Sch
Babik
Ou Es-Tu Mon Amour?
Yeux Noirs
Envie de Toi
Minor Swing
Laura
Artillerie Lourde
Place de Broukere
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Move
Bireli Lagrene & Gipsy Project
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ASIN: B000657LW4
Release Date: 2004-12-15

Tracks:

Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi
Mdie au Crscule
Hungaria
Clair de Lune
Place du Tertre
Troublant Bolero
Move
Nuages
Cherokee
Danse Norvenne
This Can't Be Love
Victor
Mimosa
Jadis

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