Didier Lockwood (11 February 1956 – 18 February 2018) was a French
violin
The violin, sometimes referred to as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino picc ...
ist. He played in the French rock band
Magma
Magma () is the molten or semi-molten natural material from which all igneous rocks are formed. Magma (sometimes colloquially but incorrectly referred to as ''lava'') is found beneath the surface of the Earth, and evidence of magmatism has also ...
in the 1970s, and was known for his use of electric amplification and his experimentation with different sounds on the
electric violin
An electric violin is a violin equipped with an electronic output of its sound. The term most properly refers to an instrument intentionally made to be electrified with built-in pickups, usually with a solid body. It can also refer to a violin fi ...
.
Career
In 1979, Lockwood released his first album as a leader, ''New World'',
[ ''New World''review at ]Allmusic
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and recorded more than 20 albums.
Discography
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at Allmusic In 1994, he moved to New York City for two years. During that time he recorded two albums, ''New York Rendez Vous'' and ''Storyboard''.
Lockwood's influences include violinist
Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty (born 29 September 1942) is a French jazz and jazz fusion violinist and composer. He is considered a pioneer of jazz-rock, particularly for his use of the electric violin starting in the 1970s. He rose to prominence for his colla ...
. He started playing electric violin after hearing Ponty on the album ''
King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa''.
Another important influence was Frenchman
Stéphane Grappelli
Stéphane Grappelli (; 26 January 1908 – 1 December 1997) was a French jazz violinist. He is best known as a founder of the Quintette du Hot Club de France with guitarist Django Reinhardt in 1934. It was one of the first all-string jazz bands. ...
. In 2000, Lockwood recorded a tribute album to Grappelli.
Lockwood passed away on February 18, 2018.
Discography
In Magma
On some Magma albums, Lockwood is listed under his
Kobaïan
Magma is a French progressive rock band founded in Paris in 1969 by self-taught drummer Christian Vander, who claimed as his inspiration a "vision of humanity's spiritual and ecological future" that profoundly disturbed him. The style of progr ...
name: ''Stöth Malawëlëkaahm''.
[Liner Notes CD: ''Archiw I-II'' ('' Sudio Zünd'' (2008)), p. 34.]
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Live/Hhaï (1975)
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Üdü_Ẁüdü (1976)
As leader
* ''Thank You Friends'' with Francois Cahen (Atlantic, 1978)
* ''New World'' (MPS, 1979)
* ''Surya'' (Inner City, 1980)
* ''Live in Montreux'' (Pausa, 1980)
* ''Fusion'' (JMS, 1981)
* ''Fasten Seat Belts'' (JMS, 1982)
* ''Trio'' (JMS, 1983)
* ''The Kid'' (MPS, 1983)
* ''Out of the Blue'' (Gramavision, 1985)
* ''Rhythm & BLU'' (Gramavision, 1986)
* ''Absolutely Live'' (JMS, 1986)
* ''1.2.3.4'' (JMS, 1987)
* ''Au Clair de La Lune'' (JMS, 1989)
* ''Lune Froide'' (JMS, 1991)
* ''Colors'' (Nuevos Medios, 1991)
* ''Caron/Ecay/Lockwood'' (JMS, 1992)
* ''For Evans Sake'' (JMS, 1992)
* ''Solal Lockwood'' (JMS, 1993)
* ''Onztet de Violon Jazz'' (JMS, 1994)
* ''New York Rendez-Vous'' (JMS, 1995)
* ''Storyboard'' (Dreyfus, 1996)
* ''Round About Silence'' (Dreyfus, 1998)
* ''Omkara'' (Dreyfus, 2001)
* ''Globe Trotter'' (Universal, 2003)
* ''Les Mouettes'' (EmArcy, 2005)
* ''Tribute to Stephane Grappelli'' (Dreyfus, 2006)
* ''Le Jazz & La Diva'' (Ames/Harmonia Mundi 2006)
* ''Waltz Club'' (EmArcy, 2006)
* ''La Reine Soleil'' (Ames, 2007)
* ''For Stephane'' (Ames, 2008)
* ''Le Jazz & La Diva Opus II'' (Ames, 2008)
* ''Brothers'' (Ames, 2009)
* ''Apesantar'' (Fremeaux, 2016)
* ''Open Doors'' (Ames/Okeh/Sony, 2017)
Gallery
Image:DidierLockwood07.JPG, Didier Lockwood in concert (1992)
Image:LockwoodDidier1984.jpg, Didier Lockwood in concert, International Jazz Festival Prague, Lucerna Hall, 1984
References
External links
Official website*
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1956 births
2018 deaths
People from Calais
French jazz violinists
21st-century French violinists
21st-century French male musicians
Magma (band) members
French male jazz musicians
Gramavision Records artists
20th-century French violinists
20th-century French male musicians
French male violinists