Tchan Tchou Vidal - Besame Mucho [Gypsy Jazz Guitar]
From Album: "Tchan Tchou Vidal ~ La gitane".
Paul "Tchan Tchou" Vidal (1923 – 1999), Born in Aix-en-Provence, he gains the name "Tchan Tchou" from an aunt who says he looks like a Chinaman.
His first steps to the guitar came from his father and later from Django Reinhardt a family friend. In 1946 he helps form the "Hot Cub de Jazz of Lyon" a reasonably successfull group, they made some radio and television performances.
His playing style was not standard Gypsy Jazz but his technicality of playing was second to none. He favoured the waltz and made a seminal composition "La Gitane" which is a very popular technical piece and is played in public by those that dare.
His style though not held in esteem at the time is now recognised as a unique extension of the ever evolving Gypsy Jazz method.
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