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Marc Fosset
Marc Fosset (17 May 1949 – 31 October 2020) was a French jazz guitarist. Life and career Marc Fosset was born in Paris. He learned to play guitar left-handed after seeing Yves Montand and Didi Duprat perform, and was also influenced by Django Reinhardt's style. With Michel De Villers, Fosset began accompanying jazz and blues musicians in the Trois Mailletz club in Paris. He joined the rock band Magma, played with René Urtreger and Claude Guilhot, and in 1976 he founded a trio with Franco Manzecchi and Patrice Galas. In 1977 he formed a duo with Patrice Caratini. In the 1980s and 1990s, he toured with Stephane Grappelli. Fosset often performed in a duo with Jean-Michel Cazorla and as a trio with Laurent and Philippe Briand. Fosset retired in 2010, because of Parkinson's disease. He died on 31 October 2020, aged 71. Discography * 1978 ''Le Chauve Et Le Gaucher'' with Patrice Caratini (Open) * 1978 ''Organ'' with Patrice Galas, Franco Manzecchi (Open) * 1979 ''Boite a Musiq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the List of cities proper by population density, 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, Fashion capital, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called Caput Mundi#Paris, the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France Regions of France, region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altrisuoni
Altrisuoni (portmanteau of the Italian words 'altri' and 'suoni', meaning 'other sounds') is an independent Swiss jazz record label created in 1993 by Romano Nardelli, Stefano Franchini and Christian Gilardi. From 2016, Altrisuoni belongs to PBR Records Ltd, a Swiss production and distribution company based in Roche, near Montreux Montreux (, , ; frp, Montrolx) is a Swiss municipality and town on the shoreline of Lake Geneva at the foot of the Alps. It belongs to the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, and has a population of approxima .... References Swiss record labels Jazz record labels Swiss independent record labels {{jazz-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1949 Births
Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. * January 11 – The first "networked" television broadcasts take place, as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air, connecting east coast and mid-west programming in the United States. * January 16 – Şemsettin Günaltay forms the new government of Turkey. It is the 18th government, last single party government of the Republican People's Party. * January 17 – The first VW Type 1 to arrive in the United States, a 1948 model, is brought to New York by Dutch businessman Ben Pon. Unable to interest dealers or importers in the Volkswagen, Pon sells the sample car to pay his travel expenses. Only two 1949 models are sold i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florin Niculescu
Florin Niculescu (born February 8, 1967 in Bucharest) is a Romanian violinist of Romani (Gypsy) ethnicity. Family background and education Niculescu was born into a family of educated ''lăutari''. Everybody in his family was involved in music: his father and his uncle were violinists, his mother a pianist and his sister a cellist. He received his first violin lessons from his father, with whom he started to study seriously when he was 4–5 years old. At 6 he enrolled at the Dinu Lipatti Music School and then at George Enescu Music High School where he was a first prize student. He played with his father at weddings and celebrations and developed his improvisation skills. When he was about 13 he heard violinist Stéphane Grappelli, who would become his idol and jazz his main attraction. Career In 1991 he left for Paris to fulfill his dream of meeting Grappelli and making a name in jazz. He got his first gig at a Russian cabaret. He enrolled in the Conservatoire de Paris, although ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonino Baliardo
Baliardo performing in 2012 Antoine "Tonino" Baliardo is a French guitarist of Spanish Gitano descent. He is the lead guitarist for Gipsy Kings, a New Flamenco group from France that has sold more than 18 million albums worldwide. He was born in Montpellier. He is the nephew of guitarist Manitas de Plata. Most Gipsy Kings albums have between three and five instrumental cuts - all written by Baliardo; he also co-writes their vocal numbers. After his 2001 solo debut, ''Essences,'' Baliardo released an instrumental album under his homonimus name in 2003, of his own originals. "Tonino is the most creative person in the band," said Chico Bouchikhi, a former member who co-wrote their biggest hit to date, " Bamboléo". "He has lots of ideas and a great imagination. He used to go to school with his guitar." Baliardo, like his bandmate Nicolas Reyes, does not read or write musical notation. Solo discography * ''Essences'' (2001) * ''Tonino Baliardo'' (2003) See also * New Flame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Azzola
Marcel Azzola (10 July 1927 – 21 January 2019) was a French accordionist. He performed with Stan Getz and Jacques Brel, among others. The famous line "" ("Heat up, Marcel") in Brel's song "Vésoul" refers to Azzola, who played the accordion during the recording. Biography Marcel Azzola was born in Paris in 1927 to Italian parents: his father, Giuseppe (a builder, 1896–1978) and his mother, Angelina (1901–2002) both came from Bergamo. Marcel had two elder and two younger sisters. His parents had moved to France in 1922. His father had conducted a mandolin orchestra in Italy, and Marcel, like two of his sisters, learned to play the violin. He abandoned the instrument after a year. In 1936, he began playing accordion, after he became familiar with the accordion orchestra of Pantin. Six months later, he started lessons with Paul Saive, who had been the music teacher of Jo Privat. Soon after, Azzola started taking lessons from Attilio Bonhommi instead. He accompanied Bonhom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark O'Connor
Mark O'Connor (born August 5, 1961) is an American fiddle player and composer whose music combines bluegrass, country, jazz and classical. A three-time Grammy Award winner, he has won six Country Music Association Musician Of The Year awards and, was a member of three influential musical ensembles; the David Grisman Quintet, The Dregs and Strength in Numbers. O'Connor has released 45 albums, of mostly original music, over a 45-year career. He has recorded and performed mostly his original American Classical music for decades. An expert at traditionally-based fiddle and bluegrass music, he also plays other instruments proficiently, including the violin, guitar and mandolin. He has appeared on 450 albums, composed nine concertos and has put together groundbreaking ensembles. His mentors have included Benny Thomasson who taught O'Connor to fiddle as a teenager, French jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli with whom O'Connor toured as a teenager, and guitarists Chet Atkins, Doc Wat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heroes (Mark O'Connor Album)
''Heroes'' is an album by Mark O'Connor, in which he plays duets alongside his childhood fiddle heroes, including Jean-Luc Ponty, Benny Thomasson, Byron Berline, Stéphane Grappelli, Johnny Gimble, and others. It crosses a variety of musical genres and contains recordings made from 1976 to 1992. Track listing Personnel * Mark O'Connor - fiddle On ''New Country'': * Jean-Luc Ponty - fiddle On ''The Devil Comes Back to Georgia'': * Charlie Daniels - fiddle *Johnny Cash - Vocals *Marty Stuart - Vocals *Travis Tritt - Vocals On ''Fiddlin' Around'': * Johnny Gimble - fiddle On ''Gold Rush'': * Byron Berline - fiddle *Bill Monroe - Mandolin On ''House of the Rising Sun'': *Vassar Clements -fiddle On ''Diggy Diggy Lo'': *Doug Kershaw * Lionel Cartwright * Clinton Gregory On ''Sweet Jole Blon'': *Doug Kershaw - fiddle On ''Sadness/Darlin' Waltz'': *Buddy Spicher - fiddle On ''Jerusalem's Ridge'': * Kenny Baker - fiddle On ''Sally Johnson'': * Terry Morris - fiddle * Texas Shorty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxime Le Forestier
Maxime Le Forestier (; born 10 February 1949 as Bruno Le Forestier) is a French singer-songwriter. Life and career Bruno Le Forestier was born on 10 February 1949 in Paris to father Robert Le Forestier and mother Genevieve (née Lili 1917–2010) who had lived in England. He had two older sisters, Annette (born 1943) and Catherine (born 1946). His musical training started on the violin. He attended the Lycée Condorcet, where he studied literature. In 1965, he formed a duo (''Cat et Maxime'') with his sister Catherine. Playing at cabaret venues on Paris' Left Bank, the pair met and formed a friendship with Georges Moustaki. They were amongst the first artists to cover a number of songs by Moustaki – including ''Ma Liberté'' and ''Ma Solitude''. In 1968, Catherine joined Moustaki as a backing singer. Le Forestier began to focus on songwriting and composed ''Ballade pour un traître'' which was recorded and released by the French/Italian singer and actor, Serge Reggiani. Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inédits
''Inédits'' is an album by French rock band Magma. It was released in 1977 and features unreleased pieces and music that would eventually be used in the band's 2004 studio album '' K.A. (Kohntarkosz Anteria)''. The album was first released on Tapioca, then on LTM, and more recently on Seventh. It is noted for its poor sound quality. Track listing Personnel * Klaus Blasquiz – vocals, percussion (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) * René Garber – vocals, contrabass clarinet (5, 6) * Louis Toesca – trumpet (5) * Teddy Lasry – saxes (5) * Jeff Seffer – saxes (5) * Didier Lockwood – violin (3) * Gabriel Federow – guitar (3) * Claude Olmos – guitar (1, 4) * Marc Fosset – guitar (6) * Jean-Luc Manderlier – keyboards (5, 6) * Michel Grailler – keyboards (1, 2, 4) * Benoît Widemann – keyboards (3) * Jean-Pol Asseline – keyboards (3) * Francois Cahen – keyboards (5) * Gerard Bikialo – keyboards (1, 2, 4, 6) * Francis Moze – bass (5) * Jean-Pierre Lembert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live 1992 (Stéphane Grappelli Album)
''Live 1992'' is a jazz album by Stéphane Grappelli. The album features Philip Catherine and Marc Fosset, guitars, and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, bass. It is one of his last live albums before his death in 1997. The album was recorded live on March 27 and 28, 1992 at the Salle de spectacles de Colombes, France and produced by Jean François Deiber for Birdology records. The original more serious looking photo of Grappelli on the red cover of the Birdology release was replaced with a lighter and younger looking picture of Grappelli in a coat for Verve. Reception ''The Washington Post'' reviewer concluded: "don't be surprised if you find yourself not only humming but asking that fundamental Gershwin question: 'Who could ask for anything more?'" ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' wrote that Grappelli "sounds like he enjoyed this one as much as any gig in the past, oh, forty years or so". AllMusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yo-Yo Ma
Yo-Yo Ma ('' Chinese'': 馬友友 ''Ma Yo Yo''; born October 7, 1955) is an American cellist. Born in Paris to Chinese parents and educated in New York City, he was a child prodigy, performing from the age of four and a half. He graduated from the Juilliard School and Harvard University and attended Columbia University and has performed as a soloist with orchestras around the world. He has recorded more than 90 albums and received 19 Grammy Awards. In addition to recordings of the standard classical repertoire, Ma has recorded a wide variety of folk music, such as American bluegrass music, traditional Chinese melodies, the tangos of Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla, and Brazilian music. He has collaborated with artists in diverse genres, including the singer Bobby McFerrin, the guitarist Carlos Santana, Sérgio Assad and his brother, Odair, and the singer-songwriter-guitarist James Taylor. Ma's primary performance instrument is a 1733 Montagnana cello valued at US$2.5 mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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