Biréli Lagrène

Biréli Lagrène is a guitarist I'd put on without hesitation. Coming out of Soufflenheim in Alsace and steeped in the Django Reinhardt tradition, he became a sensation in the 1980s while still very young, and the gypsy-jazz lineage in his playing is unmistakable. What keeps me coming back is that he never stayed boxed in by it, moving fluidly between swing, fusion, and post-bop. That restlessness, the refusal to coast on one signature style, is exactly what I admire in lifelong musicians. He's the rare technician who never lets the chops drown out the feeling, and I think that balance is why his name still carries weight among players.

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Name (English)

Biréli Lagrène

Name (Japanese)

ビレリ・ラグレーン

Reading

びれり・らぐれーん

Born

September 4, 1966 (age 60)

Origin

Soufflenheim, France

Occupation

jazz guitarist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Horse

• Official sitehttps://birelilagrene.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bir%C3%A9li%20Lagr%C3%A8ne
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%83%AC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q502307

Tags

• jazz guitarist

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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