Didier Lockwood

Didier Lockwood at JazzFe 2006

Didier Lockwood (born 11 February 1956, Calais) is a French jazz violinist. He played in the progressive rock/jazz fusion band Magma in the 1970s and is known for his use of electric amplification and experimentation on different sounds on the electric violin.^[1][2][3]

In 1979, he released his first album as a leader, New World,^[4] and has recorded more than 20 albums of his own since then.^[5]

Lockwood's influences include fusion violinist Jean-Luc Ponty. He took up the electric violin after hearing Ponty play on the album King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa.^[1] Another important influence was fellow Frenchman Stéphane Grappelli. In 2000, Lockwood recorded a tribute album to Grappelli.^[6]

Selected discography

Collaborations

with Magma

• Theatre Du Taur Concert, 1975
• Live/Hhaï (1975)
• Concert 1976 Opéra de Reims (Akt IX, released 1996)^[7]
• Inédits (1977)
• Retrospektiw (Parts I+II) (1981, rec. 1980)
• Retrospektiw (Part III) (1981, rec. 1980)

with Pierre Moerlen's Gong

• Downwind (1979, rec. 1978)

with ZAO

• Kawana (1976)^[8]
• Live! (1976)^[9]

Gallery

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  Didier Lockwood in concert (1992)

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  Didier Lockwood in concert, International Jazz Festival Prague, Lucerna Hall, 1984

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} "Didier Lockwood at All About Jazz". http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=8831. Retrieved 9 April 2010. 
2. ^ "Didier Lockwood". Europejazz.net. http://www.europejazz.net/mus/lockwood.htm. Retrieved 9 April 2010. 
3. ^ Haigh, Chris. "Jazz violin". Fiddlingaroundtheworld.co.uk. http://www.fiddlingaround.co.uk/jazz/index.html. Retrieved 9 April 2010. 
4. ^ New World review at Allmusic
5. ^ Discography at Allmusic
6. ^ Knudsen, Benji. "Jazz and the French Violinist: Stephane Grappelli and Didier Lockwood". The Vermont Review. http://vermontreview.tripod.com/Jazz/violin.htm. Retrieved 9 April 2010. 
7. ^ Concert 1976 Opéra de Reims at Discogs
8. ^ Didier Lockwood > Credits at Allmusic
9. ^ ZAO: Live! review at Allmusic

External links

• Official website
• Didier Lockwood at Allmusic

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