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Boulou Ferre
Biography
While many think of the legacy of Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt as a quaint footnote to the kind of jazz that was played in the cafes of Paris during the 1930s and '40s, his legacy has lived on in players like Boulou Ferré . Born in Paris in 1951, only two years before Reinhardt's death, Ferré had a close connection to his legacy: both his father, Pierre "Matelot" Ferret (1918-1989), and his uncle, Baro Ferret (1908-1976), played in the Quintet of the Hot Club of France with Reinhardt. "The link between Django and my family is an artistic one," Ferré has said. "Django, with my father and my uncles, was a bit like the Pope and his bishops. Something like a trinity, religious and ritualistic."Boulou Ferré's brother, Elios Ferré (b. 1956), also became a noted guitarist.

Boulou Ferré started training as a guitarist as a child, and by the age of seven was transcribing Charlie Parker solos for the guitar. He played his first public concert at eight and recorded his first album as a leader at 12. As would happen a number of years later with Bireli Lagrene, his early work was lauded for the resemblance it bore to Reinhardt's. In 1963 he attended the Conservatoire National de Paris where he studied classical music for a number of years.
Selected Discography

Trinity
1982
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