By THIRSTY
Stephane Wrembel is an award-winning French
jazz guitarist best known for his work in the genre of Gypsy Jazz. The New
York Times has called him, “Perhaps the most creative improviser in Gypsy
jazz today,” and Rolling Stone Magazine called him “a revelation.” He
has appeared in concert at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and throughout the U.S.,
Canada, France, Israel and India.
Stephane Wrembel - Improvisation #1
(Photo of Stephane Wrembel: credit Irene Ypenburg)
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| Stephane Wrembel in concert |
Wrembel’s song, “Big Brother,” was part of the
soundtrack for Woody Allen’s film, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, and his “Bistro
Fada,” was the theme song for the Grammy-winning soundtrack for Allen’s film, Midnight
in Paris.
Influenced
early in his career by the music of guitarist Django Reinhardt, known as a composer
and improviser with a brilliance for melodic invention, harmonic ingenuity and
rhythmic drive, Wrembel’s latest album, Django L’Impressionniste reveals
there is more to Reinhardt than swing and the allure of Gypsy Jazz. Putting the
spotlight on 17 solo pieces Reinhardt recorded between 1937 and 1950, Wrembel is
the first interpreter who has performed all of the solo pieces and collected
them in one definitive masterwork.
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Stay Thirsty Magazine
is very pleased to feature the extraordinary talent of guitarist Stephane
Wrembel and to shine a spotlight on the excitement of the music of Django
Reinhardt.
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