Worldrenowned as the mozart of guitar for his 40plus years of live performances and criticallyacclaimed recordings, pierre bensusan has received. Aug 27, 2017 hedges recorded bensusan for pierre on his album aerial boundaries. Pierre bensusan s sound and style confounds classification. The official pierre bensusan web site dadgad music. Id love a powertab or guitar pro if possible, but anything works. His fingerprint is on it whether it is found in his earlier folk and celticbased renderings, his freeform improvisational material, or in settings, solo or ensemble. Nov 15, 2010 pierre bensusan lalcimiste live at the national concert hall october 2014 duration. Specification of the pierre bensusan signature series guitar. Pierre bensusan the first guitar i made for pierre was back in 1978 and that old lady battered and bruised but much loved and played still sings so beautifully today.
Encore, his threecd set of live recordings from the mid 70s to today, may cure that. Pierres fingerstyle bundle the official pierre bensusan. Secure paypal ordering and excellent customer service. Visit the worldwide online store of pierre bensusan to buy cds, sheet music, guitar tabs, dvds and much more. Im frankly stunned that so many of the younger guitar players that i talk to these days have yet to discover bensusans work. Lowden pierre bensusan signature model demo by pierre last march, peghead nation caught up with pierre bensusan during a soundcheck at the 142 throckmorton theater in mill valley, california. Pierre bensusan born 30 october 1957 is a frenchalgerian acoustic guitarist. Though he never took formal guitar lessons, bensusan is among the worlds most highly. Download the qobuz apps for smartphones, tablets and computers, and listen to your purchases wherever you go. French guitarist pierre bensusan set to wow west michigan. Oddly enough, even with nearcontinuous touring, hes still a cult commodity. The entire collection of pieces from the album intuite in one downloadable pdf songbook. Pierre bensusan guitarist spotlight one mans guitar. Features photos, biography, press quotes, press releases, discography and everything else pr and media need to.
If world music is music that pays tribute to the spirit. The event is to benefit the turnaround project, helping victims of human sex trafficking rebuild their lives. After more than 3,000 concerts across the globe, pierre bensusan celebrates 40 years as a live performer with encore, a 3cd, 35track journey of live performances spanning his entire career and. With music streaming on deezer you can discover more than 56 million tracks, create your own playlists, and share your favourite tracks with your friends. Pierre bensusans encore retrospective receives high.
Pierre bensusan, broadly speaking, is a guitarist, singer and composer. Usa tour are being rebooked for 2021, it is hoped that the new releases can be supported by an extensive uk and irish concert tour this coming. Pierre bensusan plays his tribute to the late michael hedges, so long michael, on his lowden signature model. And, like a fine bordeaux wine from an outstanding vintage, his artistry has only increased in depth and complexity as he. Pierre bensusan live at jammin java april 12, 07 youtube. Bensusan tunes his guitar to dadgad, and has even named his publishing company for it. Pierre bensusan in concert stefan grossmans guitar workshop. Since his first performance in 1974 at the age of 17, pierre bensusan has lived a good portion of his life on stage.
The frenchalgerian upstart, humbly launching a four decade career which would earn him worldwide. Oct 24, 20 pierre bensusan plays agadiramadan on old lady in 1993. Apr 11, 2014 join us for an evening of incredible music with guitar virtuoso pierre bensusan. Pierre bensusan celebrates 40 years of dadgad with encore. Pierre bensusan s signature set of wyres strings, string gauges. He has continued recording and performing ever since. This french guitarist was actually born in algeria and has long been fascinated with his north african roots as well as the celtic folk traditions of western europe. Lowden pierre bensusan signature natural guitar village. Creating vividly february 19, 2011 after spending the past five years fighting the notes in his head, the acoustic jimi hendrix recently released his 10th studio album. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Find pierre bensusan discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Pierre bensusan tabs, chords, guitar, bass, ukulele chords, power tabs and guitar pro tabs including merrily kissed the quaker, the last pint, wu wei, 4 am, dame lombarde.
Listen free to pierre bensusan encore intro babillage, lalchimiste and more. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from pierre bensusan at the discogs marketplace. Encore live by pierre bensusan on amazon music unlimited. What better way to do that than to reintroduce the guitar i built for pierre in 1978. Pierre bensusan is a frenchalgerian acoustic guitarist. If world music is music that pays tribute to the spirit of a collection of human beings through distinct rhythms, traditional instruments and harmonic colors, frenchalgerian guitarist, singer and composer pierre bensusan can be recognized as one of the most eloquent and world musicians today. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. It is a delight to the ears, a salve to the soul, and a tribute to a fine musician who has given so much of himself. Pierre bensusans online store cds sheet music tabs mp3s. Pierre bensusan has released five new sheet music pdf collections available via the acoustic virtuosos official website. Lowden f50cx brazilian rosewood adirondack red spuce sound. He played both acoustic and electroacoustic guitar, as well as adding his own bass and percussive accompaniment at times. Pierre bensusan s profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. I think i own every cd by pierre bensusan that is available in the usa and i especially love his early work, but this latest release is so rich, so evolved, so mature.
Learn how to play pierre bensusan songs for acoustic guitar online. View the epk electronic press kit for world music dadgad guitarist pierre bensusan. Bensusans name became synonymous with contemporary acoustic guitar genius, long before the terms new age, new acoustic music, or world music were invented. Frances acoustic maestro pierre bensusan begins one week uk tour. Pierre bensusan celebrates 40 years of dadgad with encore encore, his new triple cd release, contains 35 tracks taken from concert recordings between 1974 and 20, including two fascinating duets with world renowned keyboard wizard jordan rudess dream theater, and several early years bluegrass recordings with banjo great bill keith. Pierre bensusan interview nov2016 by domobyrne free. Pierre bensusan encore live dagdad music mvd60494 one of the most highly respected acoustic guitarists around, pierre bunsusan rooted through his collection of live recordings over a span of several years to come up with this thirty five song career introspective that will no doubt be highly coveted by loyal fans as well. Check out encore live by pierre bensusan on amazon music. Pierre bensusan listen and stream free music, albums, new.
Pierre bensusans 3cd retrospective collection encore. Pierre bensusan, world master acoustic guitar throckmorton. As others have stated, pierre varies the way that he plays familiar songs so they become new in these recordings. The concert is this evening at the barn on the sotir farm, in phoenix, md. The official pierre bensusan web site dadgad music acoustic. Encore live, an album by pierre bensusan on spotify.
After a career in the national guard, the south dakota department of transportation and 12 years on the city commission, i became the chief service officer cso of my town of pierre, the capitol of south dakota in 2011, under the cities of service program. They took the opportunity to have pierre demonstrate and discuss his lowden signature model guitar. He has published three books of music and tablature. Oct 24, 20 bensusan and lowden are now working on a 40thanniversary signature model. Without a shadow of a doubt, pierre bensusan is a 24carat gold master on the world fingerstyle scene. He respects technique, of course, but regards it as necessary vocabulary and tools with which to find the the story in the music. After making a name for himself as a folk musician in the late 70s, bensusan began to incorporate jazz and classical elements into hi. His diverse influences yield a sound and style that confounds classification and has thrilled and captivated audiences around the world. Learn how to play guitar with free online guitar lessons by pierre bensusan at truefire. Ignore the surreal new age cover painting with pierres leafy features peering quizzically from a treeintuite is a delightful album.
How to play dadgad like pierre bensusan musicradar. This is the 40th anniversary tour for pierre and his finger style of guitar is. Worldclass guitarist pierre bensusan wows the altamont posted on may 16, 2012 may 16, 2012 by susan andrew lovers of highquality acoustic music, rejoice. Dont miss pierre bensusan contemporary world music and master fingerstyle guitarist on his 40th anniversary world tour. If theres one thing that listening to pierre bensusans careerspanning live album, encore dadgad, makes clear, it is that he had already fully established himself as a singular voice in the world of acoustic guitar playing at the time of his earliest performances. Oct 12, 2009 pierre bensusans music is an absolute treasure, and i highly recommend it to anybody who is interested in folk music, world music or the acoustic guitar. Pierre is now so adept at dadgad tuning that he has adopted it as an alternate standard tuning, basing his playing and composing style completely around it. Over the years since then pierre and i have worked very closely together and he has made many recordings with that first lowden guitar. After 40 years of live performances and recordings, pierre bensusan, world renowned as the mozart of guitar, is enjoying his latest round of exciting accolades for encore, an ambitious and. Its like theres no boundary between the man and the instrument. Encore live pierre bensusan to stream in hifi, or to download in true cd quality on. As anyone who has heard pierre bensusan live can attest, the french guitarist is among the worlds finest solo performers. Wu wei guitar tab by pierre bensusan with free online tab player.
Pierre bensusan did longer, more spirited numbers on this 1981 session, which was issued in america in 1993 by dadgad. Lowden pierre bensusan signature natural acoustic guitar. Algeria was still a french colony when pierre bensusan was born there in 1957. World renowned frenchalgerian guitarist pierre bensusan was a regular visitor to the prism coffeehouse in its heyday on the corner of gordon avenue and rugby road in charlottesville between 1996 and 2006,sometimes playing a uniquetocharlottesville 2 night gig, once in english and once entirely in french. Large images of the pierre bensusan signature series. Listen to your favorite songs from encore live by pierre bensusan now.
Five new sheet musictab collections available from pierre. Pierre bensusan volume 1 stefan grossmans guitar workshop. Wu wei tab by pierre bensusan acoustic guitar steel. Over the years, his original 78 lowden became affectionately known as his old lady. But among a fairly small group of welltravelled troubadours that enjoy world acclaim, his mastery of the alternate tuning known as dadgad allows his audiences to hear music with an entirely different set of voicings, tones and harmonies than can be heard with the more conventional and widely used form of playing. Selections from the crossroads guitar festivals eric clapton. Welcome to the official web site of frenchalgerian acoustic guitarist, singer and composer pierre bensusan. His music has been characterized as celtic, folk, world music, newage, and chamber jazz. And yet, he is more than what any musician or music lover expects from a guitarist.
Pierre bensusan is an acoustic artist with few peers. Mar 10, 2016 welcome pierre bensusan one of our favorite performers, described by the l. Pierre bensusan listen to pierre bensusan on deezer. On thursday september 21, abbies concert series in portland oregon is excited to present frances acoustic guitar master pierre bensusan for a second concert his sept 22 show is already sold out. Performing exclusively in dadgad tuning, pierre was voted best world music guitarist. Buy pierre s cds, mp3s, instructional and live dvds, sheet music. His name became synonymous with contemporary acoustic guitar genius, long before the terms new age, new acoustic music or world music were invented. Welcome on the official fans page of world music guitarist pierre bensusan. Signature series pierre bensusan george is delighted to have worked with pierre designing this signature model, which is in many ways a celebration of a relationship which has remained for four decades. Pierre bensusan epk electronic digital press kit pr. Winner of the independent music award, in the live performance album category for his latest triple live album encore 2014, rose dor of. Pierre bensusan has the ability to make a single guitar sound like an entire band as he brings the audience on a mesmerizing musical journey.
After more than 3,000 concerts across the globe, pierre bensusan celebrates 40 years as a live performer with encore, a 3cd, 35track journey of live performances spanning his entire career and showcasing his risktaking, inthemoment style. With our 40th anniversaries coinciding, pierre bensusan and i thought it would be an ideal time to reminisce. Called the mozart of guitar, pierre bensusan has won an independent music award in the live performance album category for his latest triple live album encore which has been hailed. Bensusan returned the favor following hedgess tragic death in an auto accident with so long michael. They sound wonderful, feel great under the fingers, allow for an extensive use of their sustain to work the touch, the tone and the history of the note and, the icing on the cake, they last a very long time. As a relative newcomer to the repertoire of pierre bensusan, i had a lot of catching up to do. Check out this album and my other alltime favorites, solilai and pierre bensusan 2. Note the fluid singlenote improvisation over the looped theme. After more than 3,000 concerts across the globe, pierre bensusan celebrates 40 years as a live performer with encore, a 3cd, 35track journey of live. To become a dadgad specialist to the extent that bensusan has taken it would demand years of dedication, but you can hear in his.
How the encore album came about back in 1974, pierre bensusan was cutting his teeth as a performer on the folk scene in paris and other cities in france when one of his idols, banjo great bill keith, offered him his first official paying gig ever touring western europe with his bluegrass band. As sephardic jews, his family came from spain, spanish morocco, and french algeria. Its certainly playable as written, but it doesnt sound quite right. Both his new cd azwan and new book with music and tabs for it pierre bensusan guitar collection, may be purchased at pierres website. Difficult to pin down to a single style, bensusan has played steelstring fingerstyle guitar with peerless compositional depth, harmonic richness, and dynamic range for 40 years. This guy is a wizard with the guitar and puts on one of the best performances ive ever seen. Adirondack spruce top, honduras rosewood back and sides, 5pc maple fingerstyle neck, ebony fretboard, madagascar rosewood bridge, bookmatched ebony headstock overlay, gotoh goldebony 510 tuners. Due in 2014, the guitar will have lowdens original jumbo body slightly deeper than the current oshape, and with a more pronounced taper between the neck block and the neck joint, olderstyle parabolic bracing, and an optional bevel. Times as one of the most unique and brilliant acoustic guitar veterans in the world music scene today. Grossman discovered traditional music during his forays into manhattans greenwich village. Oktober 1957 in oran, algerien ist ein franzosischer gitarrist. Pierre bensusan concert tonight baltimore photographers. In a career spanning four decades, acoustic virtuoso pierre bensusan has created some of the most enchanting guitar music ever heard, much of it in his beloved dadgad tuning. Pierre bensusan, frances acoustic guitar master, presents.
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