Tribute to Didier Lockwood Alexandre Cavalière, Manu Bonetti, Olivier Stalon, Jérôme Baudart

• 1 Afrique a la quarte 05:17
• 2 La ballade Irlandaise 04:43
• 3 Gypsy 04:53
• 4 Juggling in Central Park 06:26
• 5 Tipatina's 08:42
• 6 I Remember Alby 06:16
• 7 Turning Point 08:38
• 8 K.T. 07:13
• 9 Sam Buca's Blues 04:30
• 10 Nostalgie 05:01
• Total Runtime 01:01:39

Info for Tribute to Didier Lockwood

At the age of 12, Alexandre Cavaliere met Didier Lockwood, who invited him to Paris, giving his career a flying start. Then, everything followed naturally. Alexandre Cavaliere has been touring the international scene and has an impressive list of performances: at the Princess Grace Theatre in Monaco, as the opening act for Michel Jonasz at the Olympia, at the Espoo Jazz Festival in Finland, at the Brosella Folk & Jazz Festival and at the Djangofolllies, or again, thanks to Dorado Schmitt, in New York, at the Django Reinhardt Festival at Birdland.

So what could be more natural for Alexandre than to pay tribute to the artist who was his mentor and that of a whole generation of violinists.

In Tribute to Didier Lockwood, you can discover or rediscover mainly pieces played by this great master.

"It is not just a great violinist who is falling silent today, it is a defender of music and the arts who was for me an enlightened friend, a king at heart", thus greeted François Lacharme, the president of the Académie du jazz and Didier Lockwood's school, on Didier Lockwood's death.

Alexandre Cavalière, violin
Manu Bonetti, guitar
Olivier Stalon, bass
Jérôme Baudart, drums

Alexandre Cavalière
was born in 1985 near Mons in Belgium. Born into a family of musicians, he grew up surrounded by instruments as toys. From a very early age, Alexandre learned rhythm by playing the snare drum in his father's orchestra. By the age of 8, he was already playing the piano, drums and, of course, the violin. It was in learning the violin that Alexandre would best express his sense of rhythm, his improvisational skills and his great musical sensitivity. Lulled by the melodies of Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli, swing became an obvious musical choice for Alexandre.

In March 1998, fate gave Alexandre a helping hand by placing Didier LOCKWOOD and Babik REINHARDT in his path.

"These two great musicians were in Brussels at the time for the Django d'Or. As for Alexandre, he was rehearsing for an evening at the Royal Windsor Hotel with his father, who leads the group Jazzy Strings. A few notes were enough for Didier LOCKWOOD, Babik REINHARDT and Frank HAGEGE to spot the talent hidden in this violinist's hands. When they pushed open the club door, they were amazed to discover that a 12-year-old child was playing the violin! Amazed by such virtuosity and precociousness, they decided to invite Alexandre to the Django d'Or in Brussels and then Paris, where he was an immediate and resounding success! It was the start of a wonderful adventure that culminated in their first album, "L'ALBUM" (Hébra Records).

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