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Artist
Dorado Schmitt
12+ albums
gypsy jazzjazzjazz manouchejazz-guitarjazz guitar
about
Composer and jazz performer Dorado Schmitt was born in St. Avold ,in Lorraine "France" the May 29th 1957. Since his chlidhood, thanks to his family devoted to music, he was plunged in the Gypsy jazz. His father formed him to the guitar since the age of 7, showed him the music of the Master, the great Django Reinhardt. Under this influence, he improved his style by playing all the musics of the master, even the most technical solos, in order to perform perfectly the Django style. Moreover his father initiates him into the violin and Dorado plays it with the same feeling. It's him ! It's Dorado Schmitt ! In 1978, he formed the Dorado Trio composed of Gino Reinhardt playing the double-bass, Hono Winterstein playing the rhythmic guitar. Later the guitarist Claudio Favari joined the group but only for a few time. But Dorado doesn't want only to copy the Django style, he begins to compose his own musics, harmonious melodies with smart improvisations, and an exceptional technique. He is as comfortable in the swing and the gypsy waltz as in the Bossa Nova and Flamenco style. Between 1981 and 1983 he records two vinyl disks "Hommage à la Romenes" and "notre Histoire" one of them will remain several weeks a jazz best-seller in Germany. He played with several famous musicians like : Philippe Catherine, Oscar Peterson, he took part in a lot of festivals in Germany, Autsria, Switzerland, Belgium, Greece. He succeeds in all the styles he tries, in a word he is a great musician known
