Didier Lockwood (11 February 1956 – 18 February 2018) was a French
violin
The violin, sometimes known as a '' fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone ( string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument ( soprano) in the family in regu ...
ist. He played in the French rock band
Magma
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in the 1970s, and was known for his use of electric amplification and his experimentation with different sounds on the electric violin.
Career
In 1979, Lockwood released his first album as a leader, ''New World'',
[ ''New World''review at ]Allmusic
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and recorded more than 20 albums.
Discography
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at Allmusic In 1994, he moved to New York City for two years. During that time he recorded two albums, ''New York Rendez Vous'' and ''Storyboard''.
Lockwood's influences include violinist
Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty (born 29 September 1942) is a French jazz violinist and composer.
Early life
Ponty was born into a family of classical musicians in Avranches, France. His father taught violin, his mother taught piano. At sixteen, he was admitt ...
. He started playing electric violin after hearing Ponty on the album ''
King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa''.
Another important influence was Frenchman
Stéphane Grappelli
Stéphane Grappelli (; 26 January 1908 – 1 December 1997, born Stefano Grappelli) was a French jazz violinist. He is best known as a founder of the Quintette du Hot Club de France with guitarist Django Reinhardt in 1934. It was one of the fi ...
. In 2000, Lockwood recorded a tribute album to Grappelli.
Discography
In Magma
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Live/Hhaï
''Live/Hhaï'' (also known as ''Magma Live'', ''Live Köhntark'', and ''Hhaï Live'') is the first live album and fifth album in total by French rock group Magma. It was recorded in Paris between the 1st and 5 June 1975 at the Taverne de l'Olymp ...
(1975)
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Üdü_Ẁüdü (1976)
As leader
* ''Thank You Friends'' with Francois Cahen (Atlantic, 1978)
* ''New World'' (MPS, 1979)
* ''Surya'' (Inner City, 1980)
* ''Live in Montreux'' (Pausa, 1980)
* ''Fusion'' (JMS, 1981)
* ''Fasten Seat Belts'' (JMS, 1982)
* ''Trio'' (JMS, 1983)
* ''The Kid'' (MPS, 1983)
* ''Out of the Blue'' (Gramavision, 1985)
* ''Rhythm & BLU'' (Gramavision, 1986)
* ''Absolutely Live'' (JMS, 1986)
* ''1.2.3.4'' (JMS, 1987)
* ''Au Clair de La Lune'' (JMS, 1989)
* ''Lune Froide'' (JMS, 1991)
* ''Colors'' (Nuevos Medios, 1991)
* ''Caron/Ecay/Lockwood'' (JMS, 1992)
* ''For Evans Sake'' (JMS, 1992)
* ''Solal Lockwood'' (JMS, 1993)
* ''Onztet de Violon Jazz'' (JMS, 1994)
* ''New York Rendez-Vous'' (JMS, 1995)
* ''Storyboard'' (Dreyfus, 1996)
* ''Round About Silence'' (Dreyfus, 1998)
* ''Omkara'' (Dreyfus, 2001)
* ''Globe Trotter'' (Universal, 2003)
* ''Les Mouettes'' (EmArcy, 2005)
* ''Tribute to Stephane Grappelli'' (Dreyfus, 2006)
* ''Le Jazz & La Diva'' (Ames/Harmonia Mundi 2006)
* ''Waltz Club'' (EmArcy, 2006)
* ''La Reine Soleil'' (Ames, 2007)
* ''For Stephane'' (Ames, 2008)
* ''Le Jazz & La Diva Opus II'' (Ames, 2008)
* ''Brothers'' (Ames, 2009)
* ''Apesantar'' (Fremeaux, 2016)
* ''Open Doors'' (Ames/Okeh/Sony, 2017)
Gallery
Image:DidierLockwood07.JPG, Didier Lockwood in concert (1992)
Image:LockwoodDidier1984.jpg, Didier Lockwood in concert, International Jazz Festival Prague, Lucerna Hall, 1984
References
External links
Official website*
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1956 births
2018 deaths
People from Calais
French jazz violinists
21st-century French male violinists
Magma (band) members
French male jazz musicians
Gramavision Records artists
20th-century French male violinists