Steven Reinhardt Quartet

<p> <em>"I grew in a family of musicians. It's a tradition, generations after generations.</em></p> <p> <em>I started with learning piano with my father at the age of 5. Then my grand father Jim Ways taught me the basis of guitar playing, when I was 6. A few years later My uncle Angelo Debarre helped me improve my performing.</em></p> <p> <em>A lot of work and many concerts with great musicians, that's what took me to where I am now..."</em></p> <p>  </p> <p> With his first album called <em>L'Esprit Manouche</em>, Steven Reinhardt proved that one can both be "classical" and "modern". While he was playing in a hyper classical trio line up, with Yannick Bouchikki (rythm guitar) and Antoine Abed (bass), he succeeded in delivering in 2014 twelve creations that were all fresher than the others! A first album quite simple but already so unique!</p> <p>  </p> <p> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="304" src="//cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FUu6MbmQU0V8%3Fwmode%3Dopaque%26feature%3Doembed&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DUu6MbmQU0V8&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FUu6MbmQU0V8%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;key=ff2702755d9749cda571c6d6c2f3eb46&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" width="540"></iframe></p> <p>  </p> <p> His new band, which is a quartet with the saxophone player Alban Chapelle, is a proof that this first album was not a stroke of luck! This Steven Reinhardt really has talent.</p> <p> This new band provides us Gipsy Swing music, more like a classic retro American jazz. It's a real wonder to hear them, even if these frist recordings we present here have been done "on the fly", meaning in harsh conditions for the performers.</p> <p> Listening to Steven Reinhardt's music, it seems like you are hearing some of those great themes that became immedite universal classics! Not retro, neither modern, just magic!</p> <p>  </p> <p> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="304" src="//cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FYzSmSS8ld4A%3Fwmode%3Dopaque%26feature%3Doembed&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DYzSmSS8ld4A&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FYzSmSS8ld4A%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;key=ff2702755d9749cda571c6d6c2f3eb46&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" width="540"></iframe></p> <p>  </p> <p> Steven asked to Mathieu Dantec, audio engineer who recorded his first album, to realise this second record. He is the personn who presenting this wonderful project to you right now.</p> <p>  </p> <p> <em>L'Esprit Manouche</em>, Steven Reinhardt's first album (in trio) is available on Bandcamp:</p> <p>  </p> <p> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="467" src="//cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fbandcamp.com%2FEmbeddedPlayer%2Fv%3D2%2Falbum%3D2864454786%2Fsize%3Dlarge%2Flinkcol%3D0084B4%2Fnotracklist%3Dtrue%2Ftwittercard%3Dtrue%2F&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fstevenreinhardt.bandcamp.com%2Falbum%2Flesprit-manouche&amp;image=http%3A%2F%2Ff1.bcbits.com%2Fimg%2Fa3916125075_16.jpg&amp;key=ff2702755d9749cda571c6d6c2f3eb46&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=bandcamp" width="350"></iframe></p>