LULO REINHARDT
One of Europe’s finest gypsy guitarists from one of the most famous gypsy families
WORLD TOUR 2010
" ... finest concert of acoustic guitar I have ever seen ... " (John Shand, Sydney Morning Herald)
DON'T MISS out on the first UK tour of this unique show of gypsy guitar legend Lulo Reinhardt complete with six-piece band. Lulo Reinhardt is, of course, the grand-nephew of jazz legend Django Reinhardt. But the family's musical ties run deeper than that for Lulo is also the nephew of the gypsy violin master Shnuckenack Reinhardt and comes from a lineage peppered throughout with highly talented musicians.
Lulo represents one of the most unique voices in gypsy-jazz music today. His Latin-Swing Project (see http://www.myspace.com/luloreinhardt) combines pure gypsy-swing music with elements of Latin music such as flamenco, tango, and bossa nova.
The band comprises ...
Lulo Reinhardt: Germany (guitar)
Daniel Weltlinger: Sydney, Australia (violin)
Harald Becher: Germany (bass)
Uli Kramer: Germany (drums)
Sean Mackenzie: Sydney, Australia (keyboards)
"Lulo Reinhardt is a spontaneous and spirited musician who is led by the guitar into musical voyages of discovery. His curiosity has taken him to southern Spain in search of flamenco roots, and to South America, exploring various musical styles of Latin Jazz. Lulo expresses his artistic personality in his gypsy influences, reflecting his character.
"Lulo Reinhardt´s music reveals his enthusiasm for virtuosity and spontaneity and at the same time, a deep melancholy and nostalgia - more imagination than reality. Inspiration and feeling of the gypsies are moulded by Lulo Reinhardt into a rythmic flowing symbiosis of elegance and spirit." (Manuel Dominguez, Nubenegra/Madrid)
Lulo Reinhardt is from an enormous clan of Reinhar
dts to which belongs his grand-uncle, the world famous musician Django Reinhardt. "The audience often expects me to play exclusively in the style of Django Reinhardt but, as well as being able to do this, I have found a style of my own." Lulo was taught guitar by his father since the age of five. At only twelve years old, he was playing with the Mike Reinhardt Sextet, a formation entirely dedicated to the gypsy swing of Django Reinhardt.
In 1991, Lulo moved on from the sextet to explore new musical experiences and founded, with his father Bawo and cousin Degé, "I Gitanos", which toured throughout Europe. The first results of their exciting 'new way' gypsy music showed a strong Latin music influence in which the master timbalero and percussionist Nicky Marrero participated, and led to the release of the CD, "I suni" in 1994. Since then, there have been numerous successful tours throughout Europe and the release of the next CD, "AB I Reisa" (1998). Meanwhile, however, Lulo worked on various projects and established for himself an international reputation as an outstanding composer and guitarist.
Lulo has played in numerous major events as Rock Gegen Hass, International Cultural Festival Sahara en el Corazón (Algeria - with Brazilian guitarist Zezo Ribeiro), World Roma Festival Khamoro, Jazz Goes to Town (Czech Republic), Jazz and Blues Festival (Czech Republic), and many others.
The Lulo Reinhardt Project is the accomplishment of a maturing style and artistic creation, which defies classification. Swinging from tune to tune, Lulo Reinhardt injects into his music his gypsy roots as well as flamenco and Latin rhythms from Cuba to Brazil. After the success of his CD, "Project No 1" (2002), Lulo Reinhardt released the eagerly awaited, "Project No 2", (2005) to critical acclaim.
In 2008 Lulo delighted new audiences in Australia during a small but highly successful tour. From this tour, a live album and DVD were produced.
Then in 2009, Lulo toured successfully in the UK, Canada and the USA with the International Guitar Night show, in Europe, and then again in Australia.
Now, with a band of extremely carefully chosen musicians with whom he has worked previously joining him in his musical fantasia, Lulo Reinhardt has a world-class show with which to enchant any audience.
for further information ...
m: +44(0)7968-131737 (jb: 24hr answering)
t: +44(0)131-443 4784 (jb: 24hr answering)
