Angelo Debarre (; born August 19, 1962) is a French Romani
gypsy jazz
Gypsy jazz (also known as sinti jazz, gypsy swing, jazz manouche or hot club-style jazz) is a musical idiom inspired by the Romani people, Romani jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt, Jean "Django" Reinhardt (1910–1953), in conjunction with the Fr ...
guitarist.
Biography
Debarre was born in
Saint-Denis,
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...
, and began playing at age eight.
In 1984, he formed his first group, the Angelo Debarre Quintet. In 1985, the group was hired by Serge Camps to play at his Parisian café, La Roue Fleurie, where Debarre was discovered by producer and guitarist
Jon Larsen.
Debarre has performed in several Romani and jazz festivals, including
Birdland's annual
Django Reinhardt
Jean Reinhardt (23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953), known by his Romani people, Romani nickname Django ( or ), was a Belgium, Belgian-born Romani jazz guitarist and composer in France. He was one of the first major jazz talents to emerge in Europe ...
Festival.
He recorded ''Mémoires: Memories of Django'' with
Tchavolo Schmitt.
Discography
As leader
* ''Gypsy Guitars'' with Frank Anastasio, Serge Camps (
Hot Club, 1989)
* ''Caprice'' (Hot Club, 1998)
* ''Romano Baschepen'' (Al Sur, 1998)
* ''Gipsy Swing of Paris'' with
Florin Niculescu (Kosinus, 2001)
* ''Swing Rencontre'' with Ludovic Beier (Marianne Melodie, 2002)
* ''Come into My Swing'' with Ludovic Beier (
Le Chant du Monde, 2003)
* ''Impromptu'' (Lejazzetal, 2004)
* ''Memoires'' with
Tchavolo Schmitt (Le Chant du Monde, 2004)
* ''Live at Djangofest Northwest'' with
Tim Kliphuis (Gypsy Jazz 2005)
* ''Entre Amis'' with Ludovic Beier (Le Chant du Monde, 2005)
* ''Entre Ciel et Terre'' with Ludovic Beier (Le Chant du Monde, 2006)
* ''Live at Le Quecumbar London'' (Lejazzetal, 2007)
* ''Paroles De Swing'' with Ludovic Beier (Le Chant du Monde, 2007)
* ''Trio Tout a Cordes'' (Le Chant du Monde, 2008)
* ''Gipsy Unity'' (Le Chant du Monde, 2009)
* ''Live in Paris'' (Le Chant du Monde, 2011)
* ''Complicité'' with Marius Apostol (Just Looking, 2013)
As sideman
*
Bratsch, ''Rien Dans Les Poches'' (Network Medien, 1998)
*
Thomas Dutronc, ''Eternels Jusqu'a Demain'' (Mercury/Universal 2015)
*
Hot Club de Norvège
Hot Club de Norvège is a string jazz quartet from Norway, established in 1979, by guitarist Jon Larsen with childhood friends Per Frydenlund and Svein Aarbostad.
Biography
They are influenced by the music of Hot Club de France, and the French ...
, ''La Roue Fleurie'' (Hot Club, 1992)
* Hot Club de Norvège, ''Swinging with Vertavo, Angelo & Jimmy'' (Hot Club, 2001)
*
Romane, ''Samois-Sur-SeineArco'' (Iris, 1998)
*
Jimmy Rosenberg, ''Jimmy, Bireli & Angelo'' (Hot Club, 1998)
References
External links
Official site of Angelo Debarre (English version)
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French Romani people
Romani guitarists
Gypsy jazz guitarists
Hot Club Records artists
1962 births
Living people