Angelo Debarre ( (born on August 19, 1962) is a French Romani

gypsy jazz Gypsy jazz (also known as gypsy swing, jazz manouche or hot club-style jazz) is a style of small-group jazz originating from the Romani guitarist Jean "Django" Reinhardt (1910–53), in conjunction with the French swing violinist Stéphane Gr ...

guitarist.

Biography

Debarre was born in Saint-Denis,

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

, and began playing at age eight. In 1984, he formed his first group, the Angelo Debarre Quintet. In 1985, the group was hired by Serge Camps to play at his Parisian café, La Roue Fleurie, where Debarre was discovered by producer and guitarist

Jon Larsen Jon Larsen (born 7 January 1959) is a gypsy jazz guitarist, record producer, painter, and amateur scientific researcher. He is the founder of the group Hot Club de Norvège. In 2007 he received the Buddy Award for his lifelong contribution to ...

. Debarre has performed in several Romani and jazz festivals, including Birdland's annual

Django Reinhardt Jean Reinhardt (23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953), known by his Romani nickname Django ( or ), was a Romani-French jazz guitarist and composer. He was one of the first major jazz talents to emerge in Europe and has been hailed as one of its most ...

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/ref> He recorded ''Mémoires: Memories of Django'' with

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Discography

As leader

* ''Gypsy Guitars'' with Frank Anastasio, Serge Camps ( Hot Club, 1989) * ''Caprice'' (Hot Club, 1998) * ''Romano Baschepen'' (Al Sur, 1998) * ''Gipsy Swing of Paris'' with

Florin Niculescu Florin Niculescu (born February 8, 1967 in Bucharest) is a Romanian violinist of Romani (Gypsy) ethnicity. Family background and education Niculescu was born into a family of educated ''lăutari''. Everybody in his family was involved in music: h ...

(Kosinus, 2001) * ''Swing Rencontre'' with Ludovic Beier (Marianne Melodie, 2002) * ''Come into My Swing'' with Ludovic Beier (

Le Chant du Monde Le Chant du Monde is a French music publishing house. It was created in 1938 by Léon Moussinac and was supported in the beginning by classical composers Georges Auric, Arthur Honegger, Charles Koechlin, Darius Milhaud, Francis Poulenc, Albert ...

, 2003) * ''Impromptu'' (Lejazzetal, 2004) * ''Memoires'' with

(Le Chant du Monde, 2004) * ''Live at Djangofest Northwest'' with

Tim Kliphuis Tim Kliphuis (born 30 September 1974 in Utrecht, Netherlands) is a Dutch violinist renowned for mixing gypsy jazz with classical and folk music, whose recent works have been dedicated to raising awareness about climate change. Biography Kliphu ...

(Gypsy Jazz 2005) * ''Entre Amis'' with Ludovic Beier (Le Chant du Monde, 2005) * ''Entre Ciel et Terre'' with Ludovic Beier (Le Chant du Monde, 2006) * ''Live at Le Quecumbar London'' (Lejazzetal, 2007) * ''Paroles De Swing'' with Ludovic Beier (Le Chant du Monde, 2007) * ''Trio Tout a Cordes'' (Le Chant du Monde, 2008) * ''Gipsy Unity'' (Le Chant du Monde, 2009) * ''Live in Paris'' (Le Chant du Monde, 2011) * ''Complicité'' with Marius Apostol (Just Looking, 2013)

As sideman

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, ''Rien Dans Les Poches'' (Network Medien, 1998) *

Thomas Dutronc Thomas Dutronc (born 16 June 1973 in Paris) is a French singer and jazz manouche guitarist. His mother is the singer, songwriter, guitarist Françoise Hardy; his father the singer, songwriter, guitarist, and film actor Jacques Dutronc. Career On ...

, ''Eternels Jusqu'a Demain'' (Mercury/Universal 2015) *

Hot Club de Norvège Hot Club de Norvège is a string jazz quartet from Norway, established in 1979, by guitarist Jon Larsen with childhood friends Per Frydenlund and Svein Aarbostad. Biography They are influenced by the music of Hot Club de France, and the French ...

, ''La Roue Fleurie'' (Hot Club, 1992) * Hot Club de Norvège, ''Swinging with Vertavo, Angelo & Jimmy'' (Hot Club, 2001) *

Romane Patrick Leguidecoq, known professionally as Romane, is a guitarist born in Paris, France in 1959 who specializes in gypsy jazz. Life and work Although not a gypsy by birth, Romane benefited from interactions with gypsy guitar players from an early ...

, ''Samois-Sur-SeineArco'' (Iris, 1998) *

Jimmy Rosenberg Joseph "Jimmy" Rosenberg (born 10 April 1980) is a Dutch Sinto-Romani guitarist known for his virtuoso playing of gypsy jazz. Music career A cousin of Stochelo Rosenberg, Jimmy Rosenberg started playing guitar when he was seven years old. Two y ...

, ''Jimmy, Bireli & Angelo'' (Hot Club, 1998)

References

External links

Official site of Angelo Debarre (English version)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Debarre, Angelo French Romani people Romani guitarists Gypsy jazz guitarists Hot Club Records artists 1962 births Living people