Christian Escoudé
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French Gypsy jazz guitarist (1947–2024)
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1947-09-23
- Active to
- 2024-05-13
gypsy jazzjazz
Discography
- Swing bohémien
- Libra1978
- Christian Escoudé & Alby Cullaz1979
- Gitane1979
- Gousti1980
- Gipsy's Morning1981
- Trio1983
- Three of a Kind1985
- Gipsy Waltz1989
- Plays Djando Reinhardt1991
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- 7,575
- Total plays
- 29,320
Tags
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Christian Escoudé (born on 23 September 1947; died 13 May 2024) was a French Gypsy jazz guitarist remembered for his mixing of bebop and gypsy jazz influences featuring the use of vibrato, portamento, and fast runs. Escoudé grew up in Angoulême. Of Romani descent on his father's side, his father was a guitarist too and influenced by Django Reinhardt. Escoudé became a musician at 15 and starting in 1972 he worked in a trio with Aldo Romano. By the 1980s he had success in a quartet with John Lew
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Christian
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Angoulême
- Place of death
- Soyaux
- Languages spoken
- French
- Genre
- Gypsy jazz
- Instrument
- guitar
- Official website
- www.christianescoude.com
- Image
- Christian Escoudé 1984 (249-24).jpg
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1947-09-23
- name in native language
- Christian Escoudé
- Commons category
- Christian Escoudé
- date of death
- 2024-05-13
- place of burial
- Soyaux
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