Jean-Pierre Danel
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Jean-Pierre Danel (born 1968) is a self-taught guitarist, record producer and composer, Jean-Pierre Danel started his career as a professional guitarist in July 1982, at the age of 14.
He was then mainly influenced by the English guitar legends Hank Marvin and The Shadows. After many tours and studio recordings with the biggest names among French session musicians (the ones who play with Céline Dion or Johnny Hallyday), he released various guitar albums, sold by the hundreds of thousands, earning him chart entries and 7 gold discs in Europe. In the US, his album “Stratospheric” received the Award for the Best Album of the Year 2000 from the Instrumental Rock Guitar Hall Of Fame, and Jean-Pierre also received the Award for the Composer of the Year, for his track “Ballad For a Friend”. As a guitarist, the Instrumental Rock Guitar Hall Of Fame described him as "brilliant and expressive". The international musical press was also enthusiastic about this new album. In the US, DWMusic wrote : ”This should be in your collection ! Great arrangements ! Stratospheric will blow you away !" and 2Oth Century Guitar said : ”He’s such a good player !". In the UK, Shadsfax Magazine wrote : "Thumbs up ! This man can really play a guitar, and I mean really… Superb !", Pipeline Magazine : "With such a talented guitarist, the outcome is almost guaranteed to blow you away. ", etc. Reviews were more than excellent as well in France, Spain, Brazil, Japan, Belgium, Holland and Germany.
In 2001, he was featured in the charitable Unicef album released by Sony Music, “Guitar Masters – The Greatest Guitarists in the World”, along with Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, BB King, Al Di Meola, Popa Chubby, Stanley Jordan, and a dozen of other great names of the guitar’ world. As a producer, he started his own company, Puzzle Productions, in 1989. He has sold since then more than 19 million copies of 1700 albums, singles and compilations he produced or co-produced for various French and international artists, distributed by all major companies (Sony/BMG Music, Universal, Warner Music, EMI/Virgin). The catalogue of his company includes 15, 000 songs, and 151 of the records he produced hit the charts in France, including 66 Top 10 and 17 #1 hits. Jean-Pierre also received 121 gold and platinum discs for his productions.
His work also includes the production, with DJ Da French Guy, of radio remixes for artists such as Madonna, Britney Spears, Daft Punk, or Moby, and, with English DJ Joey Negro, the production of the club hit single (in England and Sweden) “Alexandrie Alexandra”. In October 2002, the re-release by Sony of a part of his back catalogue, in addition to his hit records of the moment, earned him the title of the producer with the highest number of albums and singles in the French national charts during the same week, with 19 records ranked. He also bought or represents for France, and sometimes for Europe, the rights for a part of the recordings of various international artists, such as Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, Kool and the Gang, Gloria Gaynor, Compay Segundo, Luciano Pavarotti, to name but a few…
In 2006, Jean-Pierre produced and created the concept of the award winning DVD Car Academy, a movie based on luxury cars and top models. More than 220 000 copies of the dvd were sold in France. His new album as an artist, Guitar Connection, released by Sony/BMG in july is a huge hit, and the only instrumental guitar album to reach the N°1 spot in the charts in France (also a N°3 in Belgium), staying there for two weeks, and receiving also a gold disc (with more than 150 000 copies sold).
"Guitar Connection Volume 2" will be released in March 2007, with some famous guest stars, and will include a duet with Hank Marvin on the famous jazzy standard "Nivram".
Jean-Pierre also wrote the books "Femme mode d’Emploi", "Tribute to the Fender Stratocaster" and is currently writing on the life of French playwriter, director and actor Sacha Guitry.
Jean-Pierre is the son of the well known French pop singer Pascal Danel, who wrote and sung the 60’s French classic hits “Les Neiges du Kilimandjaro” and “La Plage aux Romantiques”, among others, and he is the nephew of worldwide known opera director Jean-Pierre Ponnelle.
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ALBUMS :
1982 RARITIES
1986 VOCALS
1989 CHEZ TOI ET MOI (MAXI)
1990 THE TWIST SESSIONS
1993 CHORUS
1993 CHORUS - Benelux version
1994 REMEMBER SHADOWS
1995 GUITAR GENERATION
1995 LE MEILLEUR DES SHADOWS
1997 GUITAR LINE
1997 PLAY 18 HITS OF THE SHADOWS
1998 TRIBUTE TO THE SHADOWS 40 years – 40 tracks (2 CDs)
1998 LES ANNEES SHADOWS (2 CDs / 46 tracks)
1998 THE BEST OF THE GUITAR LEGENDS (3 CDs / 75 tracks)
1998 THE BEST OF THE GUITAR LEGENDS Vol.1
1998 THE BEST OF THE GUITAR LEGENDS Vol.2
1998 THE BEST OF THE GUITAR LEGENDS Vol.3
1998 A TRIBUTE TO THE SHADOWS – THE GOLD SERIES
2000 GUITAR GREATEST (2 CDs)
2000 LA LEGENDE DES SHADOWS
2000 LA LEGENDE DES SHADOWS - Benelux version
2000 A TRIBUTE TO THE SHADOWS
2000 THE GUITAR ALBUM
2000 STRATOSPHERIC
2000 PLAY HITS OF THE SHADOWS
2001 LES MASTERS DE LA GUITARE – LES PLUS GRANDS GUITARISTES DU MONDE (on 1 track only)
2001 TRIBUTE TO THE SHADOWS
2001 THE PLAYBACK COLLECTION Vol. 1
2001 THE PLAYBACK COLLECTION Vol. 2
2001 THE PLAYBACK COLLECTION Vol. 3
2001 THE PLAYBACK COLLECTION Vol. 4
2001 GUITARMANIA (4 CDs / 88 tracks)
2001 NUITS PARISIENNES
2001 A TRIBUTE TO THE SHADOWS (4 CDs / 80 tracks)
2001 A TRIBUTE TO THE SHADOWS Vol 1
2001 A TRIBUTE TO THE SHADOWS Vol 2
2001 A TRIBUTE TO THE SHADOWS Vol 3
2001 A TRIBUTE TO THE SHADOWS Vol 4
2002 GUITAR CLASSICS
2002 GUITAR GOLD THEMES
2002 THE SHADOWS’ ANTHOLOGY - The Tribute Album by Jean-Pierre Danel
2002 ESSENTIAL GUITAR
2002 ALL THE BEST (2 CDs)
2003 GUITARE 5 CD - 100 Titres (100 tracks)
2005 GUITAR GREATEST HITS
2006 GUITAR CONNECTION (1 CD + 1 DVD)
VIDEO :
1990 IN CONCERT
2006 GUITAR CONNECTION
CD ROM :
2002 20 ANS D'OCCUPATIONS...
+ 43 Singles
