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Artist
Christian Escoude
12+ albums
jazz guitargypsy jazzjazz manouche
about
Christian Escoudé (born 1947) is a jazz guitarist from France. He grew up in Angoulême and is of Romani people descent on his father's side. His father was a guitarist too and influenced by Django Reinhardt. Christian became a musician at 15 and starting in 1972 he worked in a trio with Aldo Romano. By the 1980s he had success in a quartet with John Lewis. He also played with Philip Catherine for a time. In his forties he received a contract with the French division of Verve Records[1] User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
