The famous guitarist, who died during the night from Wednesday to Thursday, had a brilliant solo career and played with big names in jazz and French song.
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Guitarist Sylvain Luc, a great name in French jazz, died on the night of Wednesday March 13 to Thursday March 14 at the age of 58, reports France Bleu Pays Basque. The guitarist has notably played with Catherine Lara, Charles Aznavour, Michel Jonasz and toured all over the world. He also played regularly with Michel Legrand.
Sylvain Luc began his career in the 1980s. In 1982, he won the San Sebastian Jazz Festival with his progressive jazz group Bulle Quintet. He then moved to Paris where he became an arranger, composer and accompanist for variety artists. In 2000, he played guitar and bass on the album Les Machines absurdes, by William Sheller.
A last solo album in 2023
Sylvain Luc won the Django Reinhardt prize in 2011, awarded by the Jazz Academy. In 2015, he recorded La Vie en Rose with accordionist Richard Galliano, on a repertoire in homage to Édith Piaf. Four years later, he played in a duo with trumpeter Stéphane Belmondo. Sylvain Luc’s last solo album, Simple Song, was released in 2023.
“30 years ago, an incomparable solo guitar album (“Piaia” 1993) revealed to us the immense talent of Sylvain Luc, in the striking purity of acoustic expression and its emergence”wrote France Musique last year, which will pay tribute to him this Thursday evening at 6 p.m. on the Open Jazz show.
