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Biréli in Jazz Times
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The March 2005 issue of Jazz Times has a nice article on Biréli.
My two favorite quotes:
"When I was a teenager they wanted me to play that particular music and nothing else because they thought I was like a second Django. That's an amazing amount of pressure for any teenage kid to handle. And that's why I left everything behind me and just went on my own and was seeking something else. Now, after doing so many other things in my career, I have so much fun playing and I enjoy being looked upon as a musician, as a guitar player, and not as someone who copies someone else. That really gives me the freedom of going wherever I want musically. That's a good feeling."
and...
"I still listen to Weather Report once in a while as well as a little bit of classical music, like Bach. But most of the time I'm listening to all these guitar players who are sending me their CDs, and a lot of them are wonderful players."
My two favorite quotes:
"When I was a teenager they wanted me to play that particular music and nothing else because they thought I was like a second Django. That's an amazing amount of pressure for any teenage kid to handle. And that's why I left everything behind me and just went on my own and was seeking something else. Now, after doing so many other things in my career, I have so much fun playing and I enjoy being looked upon as a musician, as a guitar player, and not as someone who copies someone else. That really gives me the freedom of going wherever I want musically. That's a good feeling."
and...
"I still listen to Weather Report once in a while as well as a little bit of classical music, like Bach. But most of the time I'm listening to all these guitar players who are sending me their CDs, and a lot of them are wonderful players."
