Didier Lockwood

Didier Lockwood (February 11th 1956, Calais), Violin ist of Jazz French.

Biography

Born in a musician family, it obtains the First Price of the National Academy of Calais and modern music of SACEM for its composition for Violon prepared in 1972. He admires the classical music, but, initiated by his big brother Francis, pianist, he will direct himself towards the music with oral tradition. He discovers the amplified violin and prefers to rather integrate the group of Jazz-rock'n'roll Magma into 17 years than to try the entry to the CNSM of Paris.

Engaged in the Big band of Michel Dovecote, it is pointed out by Stephan Grappelli which proposes to him to accompany it in its rounds. It is then invited by the Pianiste Dave Brubeck and begins a career solo.

It connects then the albums with various formations, in particular its famous DLG (Didier Lockwood Group). He plays in company of Martial Solal, Gordon Beck, NHOP, Michel Petrucciani, Aldo Romano, André Ceccarelli, Jean Paul Céléa, Miles Davis, Lenny White, Marcus Miller, Herbie Hancock, Elvin Jones, the Frères Marsalis or Barbara, Claude Nougaro, Ivan Paduart, Richard Bohringer, Jacques Higelin, etc He remains on several occasions with the the United States where he records some albums.

Its success is not contradicted, and it is rewarded by a Victoire for the music in 1985, a gold disc, and receives in 2003 the Légion of honor.

It explores new horizons permanently, as testifies some its spectacle “Omkara” carried out with the choreographer (dancer of Bharata Natyam) type-setter (player of Vinâ) Indian Raghunath Manet.

It is also famous for its solos of the “gulls”, electronic demonstrations of effects for solo violin (it imitates these birds as well as a train or even plunges us in Arab, Chinese environments or gipsies by superimposing accompaniment and solo).

Didier Lockwood was also noticed by his teaching implication, since it publishes a method of Improvisation entitled Cordes and hearts (price SACEM 2002), and creates in 2001 the CMDL (Center of the Musics Didier Lockwood), a school of improvisation.

He is in load of the vice-presidency of the High council of artistic and cultural education which was entrusted to him jointly, on October 19th, 2005, by the two French Ministers for the culture and the communication, and state education, higher education and research.

He is married with the singer Caroline Casadesus (girl of the leader Jean-Claude Casadesus and grand-daughter of the actress Gisele Casadesus) with whom he divided the poster in the musical production the Jazz and the Diva (named with the Victoires of the music 2006).

Discography

1979 New World . First album leader of Didier Lockwood. The energy of youth (D. Lockwood, G. Beck, N-H Orstred Pedersen, T. Williams).
1980 Live in Montreux . First Live disc. Magic in concert (D. Lockwood, B. Malach, J. Hammer, Mr. Perru, B. Stief, G. Brown).
1980 You better fly away Carinet Summit (John Casing, Perry Robinson, Theo Jörgensmann, Gianluigi Trovesi, J.F. Jenny-Clarke, Eje Thelin, Aldo Romano)
1981 Fusion . Meeting again with Christian Vander on bottom of improvisation (D. Lockwood, C. Vander, J. Signal, B. Widemann).
1982 Fasten seat belts . 1st Didier Lockwood Group “Jazz Rock'n'roll” (D. Lockwood, F. Lockwood, Jm. Kadjan, K. Rust, B. Malach).
1983 The Kid . Of return of the Brazil (D. Lockwood, A. Johnson, R. Morales, D. Sancious, B. Finnerty, S. Thiam).
1983 Didier Lockwood Group . Album birthday of group (D. Lockwood, JM Kajdan, S. Marc, K. Rust, F. Lockwood).
1984 Catherine - Escoudé - Lockwood . Paint Pot (D. Lockwood, C. Escoudé, P. Catherine).
1985 Out off the blues . Return to the jazz. 1st album numerically (D. Lockwood, B. Binder, G. Beck, C. Mc Bee).
1985 Rythm' N Blue (D. Lockwood, Mr. Miller, L. White, Mr. Urbaniak, R. Blake)

Meet at the top of the three violonists with rhythmic of dream.

1986 Uzeb-Lockwood Absolutely live + Four-bit byte . 2 Discs recorded in Olympia. Powerful… (D. Lockwood, A. Caron, Mr. Cussion, J. St Jacques, P. Brochu).
1987 1.2.3.4 . Double album (D. lockwood, A. Ceccarelli, T. Eliez, T. Kennedy).
1990 Phoenixes 90 . The new DLG. Jazz Fusion (D. Lockwood, J-M. Ecay, L. Pontieux, L. Vernerey).
1991 B.O of the film the cold Moon . Blues. (D. Lockwood, JM. Ecay, H. Ripoll).
1992 Charon - Écay - Lockwood . Impromptu chamber music Volume 2 (D. Lockwood, A. Caron, JM. Ecay).
1993 Didier Lockwood Group . Resolutely Groove. (D. Lockwood, J-M. Ecay, L. Pontieux, L. Verneray).
1994 Solal - Lockwood . Sparkling, inventive. (D. Lockwood, Mr. Solal).
1994 the onztet of violin jazz . A single sound.
1995 New York go . Maturity is with go (D. Lockwood, D. Holland, P. Erskine, D. Liebman, Mr. Stern).
1995 Songs for the children . Contines, very ludic, with the sauce “Lockwood”. Republication of the disc left to Adès in 1985
1996 Storyboard . Didier Lockwood releases himself! (D. Lockwood, J. DeFrancesco, J. Genius, S. Gadd).
1998 Round butt silence . All in smoothness, suspended! (D. Lockwood, A. Charlier, B. Smiled, MM. Bévillon).
1999 Best off Didier Lockwood . A retrospective JMS of best titles (D. Lockwood, D. Holland, J-M. Ecay, A. Ceccarelli, C. Mc Bee, T. Kennedy, Mr. Stern, P. Erskine, D. Liebman, Uzeb).
2000 Tribute to Stephan Grappelli . Tender and respectful! The album more sold (D. Lockwood, B. Lagrene, O. Pedersen).
2001 Omkara . The shock of the worlds. Didier Lockwood crosses his violin with the Indian music with Ragunath Manet.
2003 B.O of the film Children of the Rain . 1st recorded symphonic music (D. Lockwood, C. Casadesus, Bulgarian Symphony orchestra).
2003 Globe trotter (double-album). 30 years of career. The famous solo includes/understands: “Gulls”. (D. Lockwood, B. Smiled, A. Charlier, S. Guillaume).
2004 Hypnoses (left 2nd quarter). Didier Lockwood written for his wife Caroline Casadesus, 13 compositions and melodies symphonic (recorded with the Symphony orchestra of Omsk).
2005 Concerti for Violin and piano .
2005 Concerto for violin, the Gulls . (Exit envisaged in 2005).
2005 Concerto for piano . interpreted by Daniel Kramer (recorded with the Symphony orchestra of Omsk). Traditional Universal.

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