![]() He performed in the Festival de Dakar in 1979 with the trio of René Urtreger, Pierre Michelot, and Daniel Humair. The same year, he began a tradition of participating in the annual Festival de Samois, a tribute to Reinhardt. In 1978, he performed at the Festival de Nice with John Lewis, Bill Evans, Stan Getz, Freddie Hubbard, Philly Joe Jones, Lee Konitz, and Shelly Manne. He also worked with Michel Portal or Slide Hampton, Martial Solal and Jean-Claude Fohrenbach. He then formed a new quartet with Michel Graillier, Aldo Romano, and Alby Cullaz, the latter soon replaced by Jean-François Jenny-Clark. In 1976, l' Académie du Jazz awarded him the Prix Django Reinhardt. ![]() Later, he joined Didier Levallet's Swing String System and the Michel Portal Unit. In Paris, he joined the trio of Eddy Louiss Bernard Lubat, and Aldo Romano. Career 1970s–1980s įrom 1969 to 1971, he was a member of the Aimé Barelli band. In his forties, he signed with the French division of Verve Records. He also played with Philip Catherine for a time. By the 1980s, he was in John Lewis's quartet. He started work in a trio with Aldo Romano in 1972. His style is a mix of bebop and gypsy jazz influences, featuring the use of vibrato, portamento, and fast runs. When Escoudé was ten, his father began teaching him the guitar, and he became a professional musician at age fifteen. His father was also a guitarist who was influenced by Django Reinhardt. He grew up in Angoulême and is of Romani descent on his father's side. Christian Escoudé (born 1947) is a French Gypsy jazz guitarist.
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