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Move

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Bireli keeps on astonishing me. He is without question the best Django style guitarist out there, and this is simply one of the greatest jazz albums I've ever heard! The sax is a nice touch, and Bireli solos on electric on a couple tunes, sounding a lot like George Benson (another fabulous guitarist). Throughout this album, the comping, feel and especially the solos are world class masterpieces. Jazz can't be played any better than this. Buy this record.

This album shows why Bireli Lagrene is a master guitarist.

I now understand why Nicolo Paganini was labeled by the rubes of his time a "demon" because of the mythicized reported blazing speed onto the Violin. Bireli is a true master of the instrument we know as the guitar: Melodic too! The music is sweet and swingin' and fine and oh so appealing to the ears. But I think you will find as I did, you will refer to the CD notes to find the tune, or the tunes names that truly reflect the exquisite mastery Bireli has. You will be dazzled by the technical brilliance. I will not mention the titles but will allow you the pleasure to discover as I have the finesse this master of the fretted neck commands. Enjoy!

Bireli is not only one of the best living guitar players in gypsy jazz - he is also one of the most creative. On this album, he gives us a new take on Django's music that is simply stunning. "Move" has a smaller, more focused sound that it's predecessors, and the addition of the saxophone brings a really fresh twist to this great old music.

Bireli is one of the hottest jazzmen around - this disc is all the evidence you'll need to draw the same conclusion. Bravo!

This is possibly the best jazz album I have heard, only likely contenders being some of Birel's other cd's. Bireli has two sides to him. There is the straight ahead bebop style ala George Benson and Wes Montgomery and then there is the jazz manouche side pioneered by Django Reinhart in the '30s. On this album, you are treated to both seperately as well as together. Such songs as "Hungaria" and "Troublant Bolero" stand out as being purely gypsy while "Place Du Tertre" and "Cherokee" stand out as straight ahead jazz masterpieces. There is not a bad or boring song on the whole album which is very rare to find in any genre. Some highlights would be "Un Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi" written by bassist Diego Imbert, "Hungaria", "Danse Norvegiene", "Mimosa", "Place Du Tetre", "This Can't Be Love", and "Troublant Bolero". For some of the best jazz, gypsy swing, gypsy music, you should BUY THIS CD!

When most people hear the term "gypsy jazz" they think of that classic pre-WWII Hot Club sound that Django and Stephane Grappelli pioneered. Much has happened in the past 6 decades within the genre, although one wouldn't guess it by the sound of Bireli's two previous "Gypsy Project" albums. With 'Move' Bireli takes a step away from the cliches (how many times has Minor Swing been recorded now?) and offers up some fresh thoughts and playing (even if Django and his contemporaries also recorded with saxophonists) with the great rhythm guitarist Hono Winterstein and the lyrical Frank Wolf on sax. If you're looking for predictable licks and pyrotechnic shredding on the guitar, you won't find them here. But maybe there's a Joscho Stephan album somewhere for you.

Sometime not too long ago, Bireli Lagrene decided to stop running away from his God-given talent to play exactly as Django Reinhard, and instead embrace it. This record is in my opinion far better than Gypsy Project, which suffers from some highly irritating violin playing. For some viciously swinging gypsy jazz featuring Bireli's astounding lines, I recommend Move! as well as the even better Routes to Django, recorded when Bireli was 13 years old.

The title for this cd is so fitting! I put it on everytime I need a boost and of course want to hear some spine tingling guitar picking! Just a great cd and Bireli blows me away always!!

Conflicting reviewers describe this as either the best or worst Bireli, classic Django or a contemporary version, with alternatively a hot sax or an `orchestral' sax, depending on the reviewer. I have recently discovered Django, so I don't offer myself up as any kind of expert on that genre; rather, I am a person with varied musical tastes. Lagrene's (and Luc's) Duet album shows up on my mp3 player between Beethoven piano sonatas and Green Day.

You're not just getting Lagrene here; it's truly an ensemble effort and isn't merely a showcase for Bireli's gorgeous talent. The recording itself is great quality; clear, lively and dynamic with a terrific and varied selection of songs. It's sweet.

Although I have musical training myself, I will spare you the technical music jargon and comparisons, and just say this: MOVE is a fabulous recording, and you'll have to buy your own copy of this as no one will ever be able to pry it out of my cold dead fingers.

Bireli Lagrene has worked with other talented musicians in his group to create a very lively album. Lagrene's style has been heavily influenced by Django Reinhardt, and in this album you can hear Django-esc melodies mixed with Lagrene's quick, jazzy improvisation on guitar.

I was really impressed with Lagrene's single note improvisation mixed in with the heavy acoustic chords. He's not just showing off his dexterity, he has a definite style that fits well with the rest of his band.

When a fellow student (I'm a jazz guitarist and teacher) ask me "who's the greatest guitarist in the world" meaning technical skills, the answer is easy: Bireli Lagrene. There is no limit in what this guy can do on the guitar, he can play better than Django, Jimy Hendrix. Wes Montgomery etc. He can play in whatever style he wants. He can be lyrical and make you move and cry, or fast as a lighting and aggressive as a panzer, playing the most intricate and incredibly difficoult things with absolute souplesse and easyness, like drink a glass of water. Awesome, astounding, incredible, unbelievable, say as you like. BUT. Ther is a but. It seems that he still don't know exactly what kind of road follow, what music, what style, what esthetic develop in his musicians life. You see him one day playing bebop, one day playing jazz/rock fusion, another day playing Django... he seems to me a bit confused. In this CD he plays a sort of "Django Style" project music together with a though rhythm section (Hono Winterstein on guitar and Diego Imbert on bass) and a completely out of contest sax player (Franck Wolf), probably more suitable as section player in an orchestra rather than stand out as a Bireli sideman. The final result is disappointing. After a couple of enjoyable listening to the Bireli's funambolyc virtuosysm, the music gets boring, repetitive, confused. If you want to listen to the best Bireli, get "Viaggio" by Richard Galliano. Will Bireli finally find a deeper personal musical way or will he forever act the "fastest gun in the West" role?