Christian Escoudé - Django Les Inédits

Christian had the passion for Django and guitar from an early age thanks to his gypsy father.

In 1978, he recorded with the quartet of John Lewis and also plays with Stan Getz, Bill Evans, Philly Joe Jones, Freddie Hubbard or Elvin Jones. In 1980, he toured the United States, Brazil and Japan with John McLaughlin.

Christian Escoudé continued his career with a duet in 1983, with Didier Lockwood becoming a trio with Philip Catherine. Then, in 1985, he formed the “Gipsy Trio” with Boulou Ferré and Babik Reinhardt. In 1991, he recorded eleven compositions by Django Reinhardt and in 1998, “A Suite for Gypsies”, dedicated to the memory of the Gypsy children who died in the concentration camps. In 2003, he will create a big band with 17 musicians, on the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Django Reinhardt, before forming in 2004, the “New Gypsy Trio” with three guitarists who bring novelty without forget about his musical influences. Today there are fifty albums that Christian Escoudé composed or which he participated in the recording.

His latest album features unpublished compositions by Django Reinhardt accompanied by Stephy Haik’ sining interpretations.