Sylvain Luc died on March 13, 2024. Here are three extracts revealing his virtuosity as well as his talent for interpretation.
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Sylvain Luc was not only an immense jazz guitarist, an outstanding technician, but also a composer and arranger. He has collaborated with Al Jarreau, Stefano Di Battista, Catherine Lara, Michel Jonasz, Michel Legrand, Didier Lockwood, Al Di Meola, Richard Bona, Biléli Lgrène, Paul Lay… In 2010, the musician won both the Grand SACEM Jazz Prize and the Django-Reinhardt Prize.
Biréli Lagrène and Sylvain Luc at Nancy Jazz Pulsations
Biréli Lagrène was one of Sylvain Luc’s accomplices. On the Nuits de Fourvière website, Biréli Lagrène cites Sylvain Luc as one of his favorite guitarists. They often shared the stage and recorded numerous albums together.
“Valsa” in session on TSF Jazz
Waltztaken from his album Simple Song. An album released in 2023 by Space Time Records, praised by the jazz world and critics.
Paul Lay / Sylvain Luc, magic of a meeting at the top of music
On May 13, 2023, on the set of Mélodies Nocturnes on Franceinfo TV, the meeting of guitarist Sylvain Luc and pianist Paul Lay, two sensitive and generous masters between whom the musical movement was established spontaneously and circulated in the highest spheres of music.
