ELEGANT PEOPLE

Description

After more than forty years of a career that began at a tender age, Biréli Lagrène is already etched in jazz history. His contribution to reinventing the use of the guitar is lauded by his most prestigious contemporaries: John Scofield, Mike Stern, Lionel Loueke, and even George Benson have each expressed their admiration for this prodigious musician. 'Elegant People' follows in the footsteps of his remarkable previous album, Solo Suites. It showcases a Biréli Lagrène in search of the essential. With even greater instrumental mastery than ever, he seems to have definitively shed all unnecessary acrobatics. His fundamentally spontaneous expression is here guided by a very clear vision of the path to follow throughout the album. Meticulously and simply constructed, with great enthusiasm, Elegant People is an album that testifies to the freshness and incredible capacity for renewal of a musician who is nonetheless extremely in demand and accustomed to all musical experiences alongside the greatest. "Elegance, in him and his eloquent instrument, proves to be more than a style; it cuts through him for the telluric exploration of vivid existence." --- Jean Rochard ---.