Babik Reinhardt
Jean-Jacques "Babik" Reinhardt (born June 8, 1944 in Paris , † November 13, 2001 in Grasse ) was a French guitarist of gypsy jazz .
Live and act
Reinhardt was the son of the legendary jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt and Sophie Ziegler. His mother taught him the basics of guitar playing after his late father laid the musical foundations. From the age of fourteen he was tutored by Eugène Vées , with whom he also performed. Then he turned to the piano and only decided on the guitar in 1959. In the early 1960s he played (together with René Mailhes ) rock 'n' roll with Glen Jack and his Glenners . It was not until 1965 that he turned back to jazz and performed with Jean-Luc Ponty . In 1977 he recorded his first album, which was committed to Gypsyswing, for Charles Delaunay's label Vogue . Always in the shadow of his brilliant father, Babik Reinhardt was on the one hand true to tradition and founded a Nouveau Quintette du Hot Club de France , but also played with "more modern" musicians such as Raphaël Faÿs , Christian Escoudé , Larry Coryell , Bobby Rangell , Didier Lockwood or Boulou Ferré .
Babik Reinhardt died on November 13, 2001 at the age of 57 of heart failure in the town of Grasse in the south of France. He was the father of nine children, including guitarist David Reinhardt .
Lexical entry
- Philippe Carles , André Clergeat , Jean-Louis Comolli : Le nouveau dictionnaire du jazz . Edition Robert Laffont, Paris 2011, ISBN 978-2-221-11592-3
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituary
- ↑ Michael Dregni, Alain Antonietto, Anne Legrand Django Reinhardt and the Illustrated History of Gypsy Jazz 2006, p. 146
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reinhardt, Babik |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Reinhardt, Jean-Jacques |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French jazz guitarist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 8, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 13, 2001 |
| Place of death | Grasse |