Joe Bawelino

Joe Bawelino (Hamburg Harbor Birthday 2014)

"Big Papa" Joe Bawelino (* 1946 in Munich ) is a German guitarist of gypsy jazz .

Live and act

Bawelino comes from the tradition of Sinti guitar playing, which was popularized by Django Reinhardt . He is also significantly influenced by Joe Pass , Wes Montgomery and George Benson . Reinhardt's biographers consider him an “unbeatable agile” guitarist, “whose playing, in our opinion, is probably the most successful swinging synthesis from Django and Charlie Christian's school.” Bawelino has more than 40 years of stage experience; he played in the ensembles of Alfred Lora , Wedeli Köhler and Romeo Franz . His trio, which can also be heard with Zipflo Reinhardt and Biréli Lagrène , included Traubeli Weiss and Peter Bockius . He also performed with Häns'che Weiss and Raphaël Faÿs . Tom Lord records six recordings of Bawelino between 1993 and 2000.

Discographic notes

• Happy Birthday Stephane (Edition Collage, 1993 with Martin Stegner , Traubeli Weiss. Roland Wondra, Joachim Opp and Beate Sampson )
• Romeo Franz & Ensemble Hot Swing (Marimba, 2010; with Jan Honkys, Unge Schmidt, Banscheli Lehmann)

Web links

Commons : Joe Bawelino  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Joe Bawelino at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Joe Bawelino Quartet ( Memento from February 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Alexander Schmitz, Peter Maier Django Reinhardt: His life, his music, his records Oreos 1985, p. 86 quoted. to jazz-langen.de: Romeo Franz Ensemble feat. Joe Bawelino
3. ↑ Joe Bawelino Swing Guitar ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
4. ^ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography
5. ↑ Meeting (DjangoStation)