Bireli Lagrene @ North Sea Jazz - 'Blues en Mineur'

Bireli Lagrene and band play a fantastic set at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 2005. Absolutely wonderful playing and chemistry.
Line up:
Bireli Lagrene (lead guitar)
Frank Wolf (saxofoon)
Hono Winterstein (rhythm guitar)
Diego Imbert (bass)
The song was composed by Django Reinhardt and is titled 'Blues en mineur'

[@l5e2n9]

Django took the Jazz guitar farther. Thanks to him we have amazing Jazz guitarists like Bireli. Who keeps the True essence of gypsy Jazz alive.

[@frickpoo6644]

I was blown away.....I found myself restarting this track 3 times in a row.

[@MuriMorello]

frick poo bireli used to restart tracks 30 times in row i guess 😅

[@schistevert]

Le plus beau solo de manouche que j'ai entendu pour l'instant, magnifique, cette video est une merveille!

[@vanischumi966]

Ohh oui personne n'a fait mieux.

[@viniguitarjazz]

fantastic is Bireli

[@FrankFox6120306]

soprano sax man is excellent -Bireili is brilliant they never forget to keep it swingin

[@jmarcsunken]

@slowbrain67 My gosh i do agree ! He's just the best of all ! A genius !

[@thomasbaggerman]

YES

[@10FRET]

Always delivers!

[@АлександрМитрахович-ц5у]

БОЖЕСТВЕННО

[@florentmartiniere]

14 years later, I'm still caught by emotion watching this wonder of a rendition

[@MarioMaccaferriRules]

^^ Wow. Here's inspiration. Bireli forever :)

[@samissossa1]

magique!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@makasoona34]

Bireli's phrase at 7:46 is unbelievable!

[@ellocodesombrero]

exelente guitarrista y excelente el clarinetista.

[@boreed5734]

He got a different understanding of the guitar than most guitarist.

[@oppis]

The song is called minor blues or blues en mineur. Composed by Django Reinhardt

[@funkyflautist]

WOW

[@merzolagrene2564]

a choeka birelie.

[@jpltrip]

@ellocodesombrero its a soprano sax

[@MrRock2Rock]

@PepitoSmooth Yes! Two Ears. But i did a mistake. It was not good to use the word "just". They are both on a very very high level. A level which you and i will never reach. ;o) Mary Christmas.

[@zycos35960]

le micro aigu de cette Gibson L5 fait merveille (configuration rare en jazz.) Les yeux fermés on croirait le son de Django (avec un peu d'imagination, mais quand même).

[@vueobjective]

C'est exactement ça, les premières deux minutes trente, il est très proche du son de Django lorsqu'il jouait ce morceau en électrique.

[@jazzmanouchegadjoduoplus7606]

Bravo pour votre remarque,j'ai la même sensation dès le départ.

[@Armov]

Django wasn't entirely original. Let's remember that Django also had a lot of guitar influences when he started playing jazz: Eddie Lang, George Barnes, Charlie Christian...so yeah...everyone, even Django, has influences.

[@viehmeyerjazz]

lol funny thing thing is eddie land first of all wasn't an influence and Charlie said django was his nifliuence.after he heard REINHARDTS rendition of st Louis blues then he decided to do one.eddie was before djangos period but not seen.influences of django were admitably benny goodman mostly,debussy,bach,duke ellington and the music from the gypsies of the period.most gypsy music since never taped has been lost through the ages.tcha limburger plays many of those songs.django was influence

[@MrRock2Rock]

@voodoosoup Yes I know...Bireli ist the best guitarist in the wohle world and no other comes close to him. :.o)))

[@mookerhooker]

wow !!

[@Cthulhussama]

This man is realy amazing. But there is no king of jazz guitar that's right. And yes django was django

[@MrRock2Rock]

Phenomenal - Just as good as Josho Stephan

[@vanischumi966]

Josho stephan is a good guitar player. But nex bireli lagrene sorry but he has still much to learn

[@zoroastrenietzsche]

One of the very best rendition of "Blues en Mineur". Biréli is awesome.

[@JazzGuitar420]

This is insane

[@paulschuller1167]

Bireli es un grande desde que tenia 12 anos, que mas decir:P. Schuller.

[@JazzAnnon]

this is a version that is going to be stuck in my head forever.

[@viehmeyerjazz]

thing that everybody does here in the commentary that musicians dont do(most of the time lol)is criticise and compare.they just jam and have a good time.if you were to see theyre comments here criticizing other players theyd be out of buisness because in the music world its all related and relavent and you might do a show with somebody then they see you attacked them online theyll think really low of u.U mght say stuff but if U had a chnce to play with any of thse guys youd be exited

[@taohuan]

brige pick up play gipsy and neck pickup play jazz ,awesome

[@vincenzo6162]

i find the way he solos on this one sounds quite similar to django's playing. im in awe

[@viehmeyerjazz]

djangos main influences were benny goodman.thats how he discovered jazz and swing.he loved Debussy and bach and had recorded some of there pieces and they can be hesrd throughout his recordings.duke ellington was a major influence towards the end.now not to say that les paul was an influence on django because django really influenced les.but les pretty much intro django to electric guitar and were good friends.also influences of the gypsy music.

[@cdfgdfgdfg]

This video made me meet with that giant and till that day the love's still going on!

[@thibautmatard3725]

Quel son... costume gris élimé, clopobec, la grisaille, blasé de la vie, un fond d'ironie et de malice, poésie désabusée...

[@jazzy2blue]

eric Clapton tiendrait 3 minutes...

[@MrRock2Rock]

@voodoosoup No Trouble! Everything is good. It's my fault, 'cause I began that stuff. I wish you a nice weekend! Greetings from Germany!

[@Virghin]

saxofonist is great. Intimate, someone easily solid also, even sassy at times. don't know if it's lagrene who really rules here

[@giacimasu]

E' un grande genio della musica....senza parole...ha tanto gusto... tecnica..... inventiva.... ogni commento viene stretto...

[@JazzAnnon]

@5:46 it could be a great time for a pink panther theme. :D

[@LouD6661]

Killin`. Man, I`m over this limited download shit!

[@JazzAnnon]

if you still want it, send me a message

[@MegaDeina]

Viva France and Germany

[@pacolecce]

fantastico peccato che non c'è tutta

[@caroldbritz]

Smooth

[@kerjiji38]

Absolument genial

[@psychotropicalfunk]

0:48

[@PepitoSmooth]

HAHA ! Do you have ears ???

[@rexious5]

that soprano sax sounds cheesy in my estimation he shoulda went balls out dolphy style with the bass clarinet. yeah. although no critique to his playing he definitely kills. alright well maybe at times hes a little kenny g'd out or wait maybe it is just the sax. hmm.. Birelis nice, although i maybe slightly more prone to seizures now from all the dizzying chromaticganza. not sure if thats good or bad. maybe ease off it just a bit but then again he is a gypsy. nevertheless was a pleasure. bravo!

[@fabb91]

great tchniques but it seems like they dont feel what they are playng the look robots

[@F0nkyNinja]

Charlie was no influence for Django, he wasn't known until he joined Benny Goodman in 1939. And he died three years later in 1942. Django said himself he didn't listen or care much for Eddie Lang. Django had no real guitar influences apart from the gypsies playing in camps when he was young. They played gypsy folk with some flamenco flavouring.