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Stanley Clarke / Bireli Lagrene / Jean-Luc Ponty - D-Stringz (2015) {Impulse}

Stanley Clarke / Bireli Lagrene / Jean-Luc Ponty - D-Stringz (2015) {Impulse}
EAC 1.1 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 300dpi | 299MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 128MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Jazz, Fusion

The occasion for this trio to work together was a 2010 concert that celebrated violinist Jean-Luc Ponty's 50th anniversary as a recording artist. Both the violinist and Stanley Clarke had collaborated before (a previous electric trio set with Al Di Meola, the Rite Of Strings was issued in 1995), but neither had collaborated with French jazz guitarist Bireli Lagrene prior to that evening. In playing for a mere 20 minutes, they created the impetus for D-Stringz – though it took two years for them to clear their schedules and get into a Brussels studio. These ten tunes are an assortment of standards and originals. The album is an acoustic, straight-ahead date that employs flawless swinging bop and post-bop, as well as 21st century takes on gypsy and soul-jazz and funk.

Bireli Lagrene - My Favorite Django (1995)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Aug. 8, 2020
Bireli Lagrene - My Favorite Django (1995)

Bireli Lagrene - My Favorite Django (1995)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 293 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 126 MB | Covers included
Genre: Jazz, Fusion, Post-Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Dreyfus Jazz (FDM 36574-2)

When guitarist Bireli Lagrene first debuted as a 13-year-old, he sounded like an exact duplicate of Django Reinhardt. Since that time, Lagrene has sought to develop his own individuality but most of his fusion and rock-oriented records have been of lesser interest. For My Favorite Django he returns to the Reinhardt repertoire (all but "Clair de Lune" are Reinhardt compositions) but with a difference. Keyboardist Koono reharmonized most of the songs drastically, aiming for an orchestral sound with his synthesizer with several pieces utilizing his charts for woodwind and string sections. However there is a good use of contrast, including a spontaneous guitar/piano duet on a medium-tempo "Blues for Ike." Lagrene sounds more original than he did in his early days and he has a very impressive technique…

Bireli Lagrene - Routes To Django (1980) [Reissue 2006]  Music

Posted by gribovar at Aug. 7, 2020
Bireli Lagrene - Routes To Django (1980) [Reissue 2006]

Bireli Lagrene - Routes To Django (1980) [Reissue 2006]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 290 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 122 MB | Covers - 42 MB
Genre: Gypsy Jazz, Swing | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Le Chant Du Monde (274 1493)

Bireli Lagrene's debut on record is extraordinary in a couple of ways. He sounds like an exact duplicate of Django Reinhardt (no easy feat), an accomplishment that is more shocking when one realizes that he was 13 at the time. Already a virtuoso with complete control of his guitar, Lagrene (who like Reinhardt came from a gypsy family) romps through the swing-oriented set with a variety of lesser-known European musicians, including two rhythm guitars, bass, occasional piano, vibes, trumpet, and violin. Performances of such tunes as "All of Me," "I've Found a New Baby," and "My Melancholy Baby" are guaranteed to fool even experts on blindfold tests.

Bireli Lagrene - Inferno (1987/2019)  Music

Posted by Pisulik at Oct. 8, 2019
Bireli Lagrene - Inferno (1987/2019)

Bireli Lagrene - Inferno (1987/2019)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) - 238 MB | Cover | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 92 MB | 00:39:30
Jazz, Guitar Jazz | Label: Blue Note Records

Fans of guitarist Bireli Lagrene's early work probably will not care for this often passionate CD. Lagrene, who had switched from swing to fusion a few years earlier (and from acoustic guitar to electric), mostly roars throughout seven of his originals (plus Django Reinhardt's "Incertitude"), jamming with tenor saxophonist Bill Evans, keyboardist Clifford Carter, electric bassist Victor Bailey, percussionist Café and one of four drummers. The music is well-played but not all that memorable; none of the original themes were destined to catch on.

Bireli Lagrene - Foreign Affairs (1988) (Repost)  Music

Posted by Domestos at Sept. 9, 2017
Bireli Lagrene - Foreign Affairs (1988) (Repost)

Bireli Lagrene - Foreign Affairs (1988)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 271.86 Mb | 46:58 | Scans included
Gypsy Contemporary Jazz | Country: France | Label: Blue Note (CDP 7 90967 2)

Guitarist Bireli Lagrene, who started out as a young teenager very influenced by Django Reinhardt, has made a strong attempt to get away from the Reinhardt gypsy image. On this set, his guitar is often very rock-oriented and, although there are some acoustic moments, the emphasis is on fusion originals. The music is spirited and fun but not performed with a great deal of subtlety. Bireli Lagrene's future development (which direction will he head in next?) should be well worth watching.

Bireli Lagrene - Swing '81 (1981) {Jazzpoint}  Music

Posted by tiburon at Nov. 20, 2020
Bireli Lagrene - Swing '81 (1981) {Jazzpoint}

Bireli Lagrene - Swing '81 (1981) {Jazzpoint}
EAC 1.0b3 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 300dpi | 258MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 123MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Jazz, Swing

Guitarist Bireli Lagrene spent his teenage years sounding very close in style to Django Reinhardt. For this German import, his second recording, the 14-year old romps in Djangoish fashion on such tunes as "Djangology," "Lady Be Good" and "Nuages" but also was starting to show some individuality on his own originals. Most of the selections are performed with one or two rhythm guitarists and a bassist, all Europeans. Lagrene has since grown as a player; if only he had had the opportunity this early to record with violinist Stephane Grappelli before his own style changed.
Multiquarium Big Band feat. Bireli Lagrene - Remembering Jaco (2020) {Naive} [FIXED]

Multiquarium Big Band feat. Bireli Lagrene - Remembering Jaco (2020) {Naive}
WEB | FLAC tracks | Front+Back | 392MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 132MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Big Band, Post-Bop, Fusion

Multiquarium Big Band feat. Biréli Lagrène: Remerbering Jaco is a tribute to Jaco Pastorius’s music, made by André Charlier (drums) and Benoit Sourisse (piano) from the Multiquarium Big Band, one of the best French Big Bands. Jaco Pastorius is a big star in the Jazz-Rock scene (and beyond), an icon for bass players all around the world, the one who brought to electric bass the possibility of becoming in some cases, a soloist instrument in a band. Jaco Pastorius made very famous solo albums and wrote amazing big band music. He played with Pat Metheny, Joni Mitchell but was also a very important member of the famous Jazz-rock band, Weather Report with Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul, Peter Erskine (who contributes some spoken word to this album!) The virtuoso gypsy guitar player, Biréli Lagrène, has been invited to play electric fretless bass on the album.

Biréli Lagrène - Gipsy Project & Friends (2002)  Music

Posted by Domestos at Sept. 30, 2017
Biréli Lagrène - Gipsy Project & Friends (2002)

Biréli Lagrène - Gipsy Project & Friends (2002)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue, log) ~ 333.90 Mb + 40.32 Mb (Scans) | 53:18
Gipsy jazz | Label: Dreyfus Jazz (FDM 36638-2)

Guitarist Biréli Lagrène debuted on records in 1980 when he was 13, sounding exactly like Django Reinhardt. Since then he has explored fusion and post-bop jazz, eventually finding his way back to gypsy swing. On Gipsy Project & Friends, Lagrène teams up with up to four other guitarists, violinist Florin Niculescu (who recalls Stephane Grappelli), and bassist Diego Imbert. Unfortunately, the CD jacket does not tell which guitarist solos when, although chances are that nearly all of the guitar solos are Lagrène's. A few of the songs were written after Reinhardt's passing, but all of the hard-swinging and passionate music is very much in the tradition of Django's brand of swinging jazz and constantly displays effortless virtuosity.

Biréli Lagrène & Sylvain Luc - Best Moments (2012)  Music

Posted by Domestos at May 28, 2018
Biréli Lagrène & Sylvain Luc - Best Moments (2012)

Biréli Lagrène & Sylvain Luc - Best Moments (2012)
MP3 CBR 320kbps | 00:44:47 | 103.02 Mb | Cover
Gypsy Jazz | Label: Dreyfus Jazz

When Biréli Lagrène's Routes to Django: Live was issued in 1980, the 13-year-old jazz guitarist was immediately praised by critics as a protégé of Django Reinhardt. He had already won a prize in a festival at Strasbourg in 1978, and his appearance at a Gypsy festival was broadcast on television. For the next five years, Lagrène would mime Reinhardt's style, even recording versions of the master's "Nuages" and "Djangology" on Swing '81. Over time, however, his role as a protégé began to seem limited. "When I was a kid," Lagrène later recalled, "I used to put on the record again and again, until I succeeded in redoing him [Reinhardt]. Afterwards, I understood that respecting the great guitarist was worth much more than imitating him…."
Roby Lakatos & Bireli Lagrene - Tribute To Stephane And Django (2017)

Roby Lakatos & Bireli Lagrene - Tribute To Stephane And Django (2017)
Jazz | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 01:12:12 | 168 MB
Label: AvantiJazz

The exciting meeting of two living legends of Jazz. For the first time "The fastest-fingered fiddler in the world" Roby Lakatos is joined by "speed demon" guitar hero Biréli Lagrène for a unique tribute to Stéphane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt. Both musicians performed in their youth with Stephane Grappelli. For this album they surrounded themselves with the superlative big band of the Modern Art Orchestra and by two first rate Jazzmen of the younger generation: thrilling drummer Niek de Bruijn and guitar sensation Andreas Varady.