Sanseverino (musician)

Stéphane Sanseverino

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Le tango des gens   FR 11  × 2 Double gold 09/29/2001 (59 weeks) Les Sénégalaises   FR 5  gold 02/29/2004 (57 weeks) Live at the Théâtre Sébastopol   FR 60 03/12/2005 (15 weeks) Exactement   FR 5  gold 11/11/2006 (65 weeks) Sanseverino aux bouffes du nord   FR 95 11/08/2008 (8 weeks) Les faux talbins   FR 34 07/11/2009 (12 weeks) Honky Tonk   FR 22nd 03/23/2013 (10 weeks) Le petit bal perdu   FR 16 04/10/2014 (14 weeks) Papillon   FR 80 October 31, 2015 (4 weeks) Montreuil / Memphis   FR 52 09/30/2017 (4 weeks) Sanseverino & Tangomotán   FR 174 09/27/2019 (1 week)

Stéphane Sanseverino (born October 9, 1961 in Paris ), aka Sanseverino , is a French singer-songwriter and guitarist . His songs are in the tradition of musique manouche and stylistically represent a mixture of chanson and jazz.

life and career

In his childhood he often moved with his father. In Eastern Europe he discovered gypsy jazz and became a fan of Django Reinhardt . He learned the guitar as a self-taught person with enormous ambition . Later he was part of numerous bands: Les Voleurs De Poules ( 1992 - 99 ), Dans l'Intérêt Des Familles, Doc Denat, Les Maris Jaloux. His greatest success was the Discovery of the Year award at the French music gala Victoires de la Musique in 2003.

tape

• Stéphane Sanseverino: guitar, vocals
• Dominique Fillon : piano, keyboard instruments, arrangements and production (since 2004)
• Gipi Cremonini: double bass
• Hervé Legeay: guitar

• On the first tour for the album Tango des Gens :

Stéphane Sanseverino , Gipi Cremonini, and Hervé Legeay.

• Tour to Les Sénégalaises (2004, captured on the DVD Sanseverino Live Au Théâtre Sébastopol ):

Stéphane Sanseverino, Gipi Cremonini, Hervé Legeay, Hervé Pouliquen and Xavier Tribolet (accordion, piano and Fender Rhodes).

• At the Nuits à la Maroquinerie Festival in Paris (June 2006):

Stéphane Sanseverino, Gipi Cremonini et Xavier Tribolet (accordion, piano and drums)

Discography

• 2001: Le tango des gens (published by CH +)
• 2004: Les Sénégalaises (published by Sony Music)
• 2005: Live au théâtre Sébastopol (video album, Sony Music, FR:gold)
• 2006: Exactement (Sony BMG)
• 2008: Sanseverino aux bouffes du nord (video album, Sony BMG)
• 2009: Les faux talbins (Sony BMG)
• 2013: Honky Tonk (Sony Columbia)
• 2014: Le petit bal perdu (Sony Columbia)
• 2015: Papillon (Sony Columbia)
• 2017: Montreuil / Memphis (Columbia)
• 2019: Sanseverino & Tangomotán (with Tangomotán , Little Big Music)

Awards

• 2003: Discovery of the year at the Victoires de la Musique .
• 2008: Sanseverino has been Chevalier des Arts et Lettres since January 2008.

swell

1. ↑ Sanseverino / Sanseverino & Tangomotán in the French charts
2. ↑ Awards for music sales: FR FR2

Web links

• Official Site (Sony Music)
• Portrait at Djangostation