Program:

Starting Block
Snow Mood
Autumn Leaves
Juggling in Central Park
Spain
In a Sentimental Mood
Solo Globe-Trotter
Impression
Barbizon Blues (bis)

Didier Lockwood was born on February 11, 1956, in Calais, France. Lockwood studied classical violin at the Conservatoire de Musique de Paris, but exposure to the blues of Johnny Winter and John Mayall persuaded him to cut short formal study in 1972 and form a jazz-rock group with his brother, Francis.

In 1981, Lockwood recorded Fusion, which typified the approach he has followed throughout the 80s: a solid rock-based rhythm with plenty of room for the lightning-fast improvisations that he plays on his 160-year-old violin. His influence broadened in France and America, and Lockwood worked extensively as a sideman and a leader.

After completing a successful world tour with his Didier Lockwood Group (DLG) in 1990, Lockwood worked in a number of different settings, and formed a new band with Benoit Sourisse, Eric Seva, Benoit Vanderstraeten, and Andre Charlier. In the mid-90, Lockwood moved out of the jazz-rock scene which had made him famous and recorded his first acoustic, straight-ahead jazz session, New York Rendezvous, in 1994. In 2000 he released A Tribute to Stephane Grappelli, his most traditional and best-selling album to date. With Bireli Lagrene on guitar and NHOP on bass, this disc is as heartfelt and authentic as a tribute album can possible be.

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