Djangovision : Intégrale Volume 8

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Paying tribute to Django Reinhardt is a relatively easy and expected thing to do when you are a jazz guitarist, and especially for Romane, one of the leading figures of the jazz-manouche scene. However, for his album “tribute”, Romane deliberately goes against the grain and imagines the Master’s van stopping in front of the New York storefront of the Blue Note label in the early 1960s. As its title suggests (with a distinctly sixties feel), Romane seasons Django Reinhardt’s compositions with the groove of the emerging jazz-soul of the early 1960s, in the style of Jimmy Smith, Brother Jack McDuff or Lonnie Smith. Goodbye la pompe, goodbye traditional swing: Romane calls on the essential duo of Benoît Sourisse (Hammond organ) - André Charlier (drums) and bassist Marc-Michel Le Bévillon. A record that met with great success upon its release and that announces the album “Roots & Groove” (FA537), which would be released 9 years later, in which the guitarist would explore an even sharper and more incisive jazz-funk. Distinctions received at the time of the original release: 4 Télérama keys, Choc Jazzman, R10 Répertoire Publisher of the reference complete discography of Django Reinhardt (40 CDs, 760 pages of booklets), Frémeaux & Associés is today one of the leading independent producers of jazz manouche. This music, as generous and accessible as it is learned and technical, demonstrates the cultural and musicological richness of the contribution of the manouche genre to Western culture. Romane is one of its most eminent representatives and his compositions have become true standards. Frémeaux & Associés celebrates the guitarist’s work by gathering his entire recorded career in order to make it available to the public in a Complete Collection, of which Djangovision is the eighth volume. 8-page booklet.