Mike Reinhardt
Mike Reinhardt (born May 10, 1977 in Forbach ) is a French jazz guitarist .
Reinhardt began playing the guitar at the age of thirteen, which he taught himself self-taught with the help of records by Django Reinhardt , Wes Montgomery and George Benson . At the side of Dorado Schmitt , he first appeared in public at the age of 15. In 1995 he played in the band Shouka with Zipflo Reinhardt and Frédéric Schlick . At the age of 18 he founded his first band. During this time he met the guitarist Biréli Lagrène , with whom he has been a friend and musical partnership ever since.
His first album was released in 1998 (with Biréli Lagrène and Franck Wolf); in the same year he worked again with Schlick. In the next few years he continued to work with Zipflo Reinhardt, but also with Didier Lockwood . Then he performed in a duo - with the violinist Florin Niculescu , with the guitarist Andreas Öberg and with Gypsy Project - as well as in a quartet with his cousin Gin Reinhardt. In 2005 he founded the guitar sextet Les Enfants de Django with Yorgui Loeffler and other guitarists . In 2006 he was awarded as the best guitarist at the Jazz à Juan festival .
He is often confused with the German guitarist Mike Reinhardt, who also has his roots in gypsy jazz .
Discographic notes
- Les Enfants de Django Live in Paris (2008)
- Road Song (2011)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ "The calm turns into a fireworks display" ( Memento of the original from March 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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| SURNAME | Reinhardt, Mike |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Forbach |