Young Prodigies?

Bones

Who are the new crop of youngsters in this genre?

thanks

wim

my favourite is antoine boyer .. very musical and mature playing!
not just a chops freak show as happens with the young guns sometimes ..

bbwood_98

Michael Gimenez; Gwen Cahue, bastien Ribot. . . .
All amazing players.

frater

Boyer is actually a more mature player than a lot of players that are actually more mature.

wim

oh yeah gwen cahue rips but he's not that young ..
aurelien robert has a free album (!) and it's quite good, download it here -> http://aurelienrobert.wix.com/guitare

antoine boyer is sounding like an wise old soul on sita, i love it. my only beef with him is the standard of other players he seems to be put with, i won't name names but i really want to hear him playing with some people more around his own level ..

frater

Man, you can't fire your Dad!

dennis

Sometimes, especially for the long term, it's better to have someone with whom you have chemistry (with of course a minimum of talent) than someone with matching talent but little chemistry... Lots of well known musicians complain when promoters/presenters put them up with other musicians with whom they feel no chemistry... Music is about more than putting musicians together and telling them to come up with a set; the human interaction is extremely important.. It's the very reason why there are so few actual Gypsy Jazz groups out there that don't rely on pick up bands... The Rosenberg Trio being the most famous one...

Antoine 's dad started the guitar at the same time as his son and without his father's guidance, he wouldn't be the humble, respectful and well adjusted kid that he is today, which will ultimately affect his future.

frater

Ditto Dennis! I also think his father had a great role in building Antoine's unique repertoire and taste...

Bob Holo

Exactly what Dennis said. And actually Seb B. is a very good rhythm player. He doesn't "stand out" but that's not his job. What he does so well, is create that traditional full "loping" Jazz Manouche backbone. It's a solid brick foundation that Antoine builds on. In terms of what an actual rhythm player should be - and should do for the sound of the band... he's very good. The best rhythm players are seldom heard... but if they were to stop playing, every head would turn.

*edit*

It just occurred to me that you might mean playing with other lead players... he just did a really neat set at Petits Joueurs with Adrien Moignard on Djangostation Videos a week ago:
http://www.youtube.com/user/DjangoStationVideo
Don't miss Court Metrage - a new composition of Antoine's... and both of them are brilliant.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D37pQfIhFGY&hd=1


And the Boyers played with Kamlo & Eva Slongo & some other special guests at... looks like the courtyard at Ternay Castle - also posted about a week ago:
http://www.youtube.com/user/annecy75
Don't miss Nuits de Nador - Claude Moton puts down the contrebass and doubles Antoine's intro on Oud... wonderful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psyFpxnh8zo&hd=1

frater

Agreed... and speaking of rhythm dads, I dig Gunter Stephan too

wim

Huh, I never mentioned Seb Boyer actually those guys have a good chemistry, I agree with what Denis said on that. Dad's rhythm can a bit unkempt, I have noticed, and sometimes his guitar is out of tune - but it doesn't take away from the music too much he still grooves

Yeah I was more talking about collaboration with soloists , the vids with Adrien Moignard (same one bob just mentioned) are the first time I've seen him playing with another guy where they are bouncing ideas off eachother. That's the type of gypsy jazz I really love, when there's 2 or more lead guitar players and the guys are bouncing ideas off eachother and communicating on the spot like that, trading ideas back and forth, developing on them and you can just hear the mutual inspiration. romane and stochelo is a good example. Anyway I want to see more vids of A. Boyer in a djam like that where he's comfortable enough to really flow !