Raymond Boni

Inspired by musicians as diverse as Django Reinhardt and Cecil Taylor, People from france guitarist Raymond Boni is rolling out a distinctive and dazzling design produced from gypsy technique. After learning the piano and switching towards the harmonica, Raymond Boni discovered how exactly to play your guitar with Gypsies living near his house. This empirical knowledge would keep a long lasting imprint on Boni’s method of the device. In the first ’60s, still an adolescent, he went research in London. Encircled by a extremely diverse and innovative musical environment, Boni made a decision to get seriously interested in the guitar also to break in the musical construction of musical academia. Back France, he resolved in Paris where he was one of the primary French music artists to embrace free of charge jazz and free of charge improvisation. His initial major cooperation was a long-lived duo he produced with guitarist Gérard Marais in 1973. In 1976, he became a member of the André Jaume/Gérard Siracusa duo and caused saxophonist Claude Bernard. The last mentioned was also in charge of allowing Boni to satisfy his ambition to create for and execute with dancers. In 1978, he began a long romantic relationship with Joe McPhee, which created some stellar albums such as for example Old Eye & Mysteries and Oleo & another Retrospective along with a tour within the U.S. and Canada (1985). In 1981, Boni shifted to Marseille where he had not been in a position to perform normally as with Paris. Alternatively, he centered on composing and varied his tasks. In 1982, he fulfilled dancer and choreographer Geneviève Sorin and began to compose music on her behalf business. Raymond Boni also continuing to foster some older partnerships while developing fresh ones with achieved artists such as for example Les Mistrals with Uk improvisers Terry Day time and Utmost Eastley. Within the ’90s, the guitarist worked well extensively with music artists from younger decades, especially Claude Tchamitchian and Eric Echampard. Boni also multiplied collaborations with performers having a history apart from jazz but a bent for improvisation. Another worthwhile project is definitely Boni’s Family members with Sorin and boy Bastien Boni, which honors his Gypsy legacy and capitalizes on his talented home. In 2001, Boni reunited with McPhee for an record, Voices & Dreams, and many concerts within the U.S. and European countries.