Acoustic Connection Live Gustav Lundgren & Antoine Boyer

• 1 Lullaby of the Leaves 04:22
• 2 Rien N'est Simple 04:21
• 3 Nuages 06:44
• 4 Simon's Waltz 03:05
• 5 Laverne Walk 04:54
• 6 Young at Heart 04:33
• 7 Swing De Paris 04:42
• 8 Juan De Cuba 07:20
• 9 Caravan 08:00
• 10 Guia 03:28
• Total Runtime 51:29

Info for Acoustic Connection Live

Acoustic guitar playing like you've never heard it before!

Antoine Boyer (1996) drank from the most authentic sources of gypsy jazz, being a disciple of such masters as Mandino Reinhardt and Francis-Alfred Moerman, with whom he recorded his first CD-DVD in 2009, which was acclaimed by French and American critics (Jazzman, Vintage Guitars). Antoine Boyer also performed Francis-Alfred Moerman's works in tribute concerts at the Angers Gypsy Swing festival in 2010, as well as the Django Reinhardt festival (Samois) in 2011.

Antoine Boyer's 2nd CD, Leské ('for him', in Sinti language) received several awards, among which Trad'Mag's 'Bravo'.?Following the release of his 3rd CD, Sita, which earned a 'Revelation' award from Jazzman magazine, AntoineBoyer was chosen as the 'Revelation 2012' by Guitarist Acoustic magazine. He is the first gypsy jazz guitarist to get this much sought distinction.

Antoine Boyer has been billed by most major gypsy jazz festivals in Europe and the United States. He has shared the stage with such renowned musicians as Philip Catherine, Angelo Debarre, Stochelo Rosenberg, Christian Escoudé, Adrien Moignard, Robin Nolan etc. In 2013, he participates in the recording of the CD "Rainbow Duets" with bassist Ghali Hadefi.

Antoine performs regularly in duet with Samuelito and is regularly invited to play with many artists. He also studies classical guitar with Gérard Abiton in Paris. He is the winner of the 2015 Montigny Classical Guitar Contest. He has been nominated "révélation Guitare Classique 2016" by the french magazine Guitare Classique. Antoine Boyer & Samuelito won the "4th European Guitar Award" in Dresden 2016.

Gustav Lundgren (1980) is known both in Sweden and abroad to be one of the world's foremost interpreters of guitarist Django Reinhardt. He founded the group Hot Club de Suede already in 2001. Gustav started to play at clubs around the Stockholm area at age 16 and made his first tour to Spain with his own trio at age 19.

Antoine Boyer, guitar
Gustav Lundgren, guitar
Martin Widlund, rhythm guitar
Andreas Unge, bass

Gustav Lundgren
is one of the most acclaimed jazz guitarists in Europe. Born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1980 he performed his first tour abroad already at age 19. He played 27 different countries before turning 30. He has recorded & released more than 1000 songs and his music has been streamed more than 100 million times! Guitar legends like John Scofield, Mike Stern & George Benson have paid tribute to his playing. Gustav has worked together with Jorge Rossy, Jimmy Rosenberg, Chris Cheek, Doug Weiss, Antoine Boyer, The Swedish House Mafia, Kleerup & Anne Sofie von Otter amongst others.

In 2004 Gustav was honored with his own signature guitar model from AJL-Guitars.
In 2005 he received the Louis Armstrong Scholarship.
In 2015 he received the Albin Hagström Scholarship.
Furthermore Gustav Lundgren is a successful composer & producer having produced more than 35 full length albums & hundreds of tracks.

“One of the best guitar players in Europe” / Commersen
”Swedish guitar master Gustav Lundgren” / DownBeat
”One of Sweden’s by far best guitarists in all categories” / Lira
”Gustav Lundgren, one of our best guitarists” / Swedish TV4

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