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Also known as Christian Escoude

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
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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

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