Lulo Reinhardt, Daniel Weltlinger, Doug Martin, Harald Becher
Influences
Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Zezo Ribeiro, Schnuckenack Reinhardt, Astor Piazzola, Joaquin Rodrigo, Joseph Reinhardt, Paco de Lucia, Mike Reinhardt, etc.
The Lulo Reinhardt Latin Swing Project combines pure gypsy swing with elements of Latin music such as flamenco, tango and bossa nova. The upcoming CD about to release consists of 12 new original gypsy swing and latin compositions by Lulo Reinhardt.
Sinti gypsy guitarist, Lulo Reinhardt, first learned to play the guitar with his father at the age of five. While growing up Lulo was surrounded by music all the time and was constantly playing with those around him. According to Lulo on his musical upbringing,
“My father gave me my grandfather’s Django Reinhardt model guitar. My father showed me my first chords too. After that I rehearsed every day with my cousin Mike. We were young boys then. I was six and Mike was eleven. We had a lot of fun playing together. Mike always played the solos and I played rhythm. Whenever the family got together, which was all the time, we played for birthdays, weddings, communions, always learning and playing Django’s songs. Back then we only listened to this music and at that time my uncle, Daweli Reinhardt was playing with Schnuckenack Reinhardt in the 1970’s. My first concert was in 1973 playing with the Mike Reinhardt Sextet in front of an audience of four thousand people. It was here that I “jumped in the deep water”. It was here that I felt like a musician and knew that was what I was born to be. I was twelve years old.”
Since his early years, Lulo Reinhardt’s music has taken him all over the world. Lulo has toured all over Europe, gone to Spain in search of Flamenco roots and to South America to explore various kinds of Latin music for example.
Constant travel and exploration of other musical forms has brought many influences from outside Europe to Lulo’s music thus making him a very unique musician among other gypsy players. On describing the music he plays,
“My music is a combination of gypsy swing, Latin, samba, flamenco and jazz. My own projects number one and two reveal my character and essence. For me however, the most important thing is to play with different musicians. It is in this way that I can experience different cultures and different ways of playing. I mix different styles with my own and experiment with everything I hear. For example, after my first visit to Africa in 1998 where I played in the desert of Algeria for the Sahrauis people with one hundred other musicians from around the world, it was here that I met Zezo Ribeiro from Brazil who inspired the shift to move into Latin jazz.”
The Lulo Reinhardt Latin Swing Project, consists of violinist Daniel Weltlinger from Sydney, Australia, bassist Harald Becher from Germany, and guitarist Doug Martin from San Francisco, USA. The group has performed in the USA and Europe together and most recently did a tour of Shanghai, China in October 2007 playing their unique blend of gypsy swing and Latin music while exploring Far Eastern musical sounds and influences.
Vielen Dank für deine coment! du spielst sher gut!! Ich habe dich in Frankfurt (an der Musikmess) gesehen Ich abeite bei Frnacisco Esteve und Juan Hernández guitars (Spanish guitars)
Hallo Lulo, klasse Musik hier mit Deinem neuen Quartett. Der Mittelteil in "amelie..." kommt unverhofft und ganz gross. Viel Spass noch in USA und auf bald, Kosho
Hi Lulo Thanks for the add. Congratulations for your excellent music To be Released new CD of the group Hot Club of Rome "Swing From Rome" made for "Wide Sound Record's". If you have any information - E mail jazzmanouche@alice.it
