Babik Reinhardt passes

[Paul Craven]

This from the C.C. list:

From the online Times of India:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=1320512829

Jazz guitarist Babik Reinhardt passes away

PARIS: Jazz guitarist Babik Reinhardt, son of the late jazz guitar
virtuoso Django Reinhardt, died Monday at the age of 57, his record
company announced.

Reinhardt died in Cannes on the French riviera after suffering a
heart attack, the company said.

The guitarist and composer, born June 8, 1944 in Paris, was first
taught how to play the piano by his father, the gypsy guitarist
Django, but his mother Naguine showed him the basics of guitar
playing.

It was the guitar that then became the instrument of his choice,
though he spent most of his life in the shadow of his father, who
died when Babik was nine years old.

"His compositions contained as much nostalgia and expressions of
warmth like a beautiful autumn afternoon in the Fontainebleau
forest," a statement from the Paris-based RDC record label said,
referring to the town south of Paris near to where his father and
mother are buried.

Babik Reinhardt carried on the swing jazz tradition his father made
famous. He participated in numerous homages to him, playing last year
in the Django Reinhardt Festival at the Birdland jazz club in New
York.

His albums with the RDC label include Nuances, Vibration and A Night
in Conover.

( AFP )
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Paul Craven

[Max Leggett]

I'm really sorry to hear of Babik's passing. Thanks for posting the
news.

[Rob]

Thanks for posting, Paul. Sad news. I can highly recommend "Une
Histoire Simple", with Stephane Grapelli, from the CD "Nuances" (iirc).
Absolutely lovely piece..

RD