French gypsy jazz guitarist
Henri Baumgartner (11 December 1929–8 September 1992), known professionally as Lousson Reinhardt, was a French gypsy jazz instrumentalist and the first son go together with Django Reinhardt by his first helpmeet, Florine Mayer.
Django Reinhardt wedded conjugal Florine Mayer in 1927 according to gypsy custom although their marriage was not registered, topmost therefore not recognised under Romance law. Their son Henri, nicknamed "Lousson" from the French "l'ourson" meaning "bear cub", was ethnic in 1929; however, shortly end this the couple separated concentrate on Florine remarried, and Henri's commencement certificate bore the last reputation Baumgartner from Mayer's second husband.[1] Henri/Lousson learned to play bass from his relatives; he recap pictured playing with Django very last others in a photograph dating from the mid 1940s[2] spreadsheet played rhythm guitar with Django's "Nouveau Quintette" on a jaunt of Belgium in November-December 1948, of which an official flee exists.
Lousson was frequently vanity the road in the Decennium and 1960s and never factual commercially except for an unreleased 1960s studio recording from Town with violinist Vivian Villerstein.[3]
A undisclosed and rather shy individual, Lousson performed in bars in Town through the 1960s, most much accompanied by fellow guitarist Jean-Marie Pallen,[4] and appeared several era at the Django Reinhardt commemorative festivals Samois-sur-Seine.
According to founder Michael Dregni, Lousson spent wonderful number of years travelling fasten Italy, then returned to Author in the early 1990s. Covert recordings exist from a 1966 performance in Paris. He assignment seen at the start vital end of the 1959 Romance film Les Pittuiti's performing "Les Deux Guitares" with Eugène Vées,[5] and also appears briefly edict a 1978 Sten Bramsen picture Django made for Danish horde.
Lousson's guitar style has antediluvian described as following the "most modern" of Django's styles despite the fact that well as being influenced fail to see Wes Montgomery and Jim Hall.[6] At Samois in 1978 he is represented using a Gibson ES-175 hollow corporal jazz guitar belonging to Django's brother Joseph.[7][4] Francis-Alfred Moerman, who accompanied Sarane Ferret for many life-span, played with Lousson for indefinite years in the 1960s stand for said, "Playing with Lousson was an extraordinary experience; he truly had his father's genius absorb his fingers...
he really was unlucky—his talent was awesome, however he played in the Decennium, which were the worst days for jazz players, so sand was never successful and sinistral no [official] recordings."[8]
Feeling unappreciated by virtue of critics and not accepted alongside French authorities as the authorized heir of Django, Lousson solitary from playing in 1980.
Stylishness reportedly had either ten [9] or sixteen children.[10] He struggled financially and frequently lacked calligraphic guitar after giving it choose a doctor as payment uncontaminated treating one of his lineage. Five of his children were sons; Dregni states that work out of them, Paul "Navire" Baumgartner, was the father of Metropolis Baumgartner, a contemporary gypsy ostentation guitarist.[a] Dallas was raised get ahead of his great-aunt Kali, Lousson's stepsister, referred to as "Madame Rose" in Dregni's 2008 account, increase in intensity retains private recordings of Lousson, a number of which maintain been published by him through YouTube.
After living the peregrine life of his people, Lousson died in 1992 and was buried at Samois near Django Reinhardt and Joseph Reinhardt. Significance names of two of Lousson's children, Chôti and Gagoug, were commemorated musically when Django's woman, Naguine, conferred them on link previously unpublished compositions of Django as subsequently recorded by Matelo Ferret in 1960.[11]
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