Jean-Pierre Danel

Jean Pierre Danel
Background information
Born	(1968-06-04) 4 June 1968 La Varenne, France
Genres	Blues, blues-rock, hard rock, pop
Occupations	Musician, songwriter, producer
Instruments	Guitar, vocals
Years active	1982–present
Labels	Sony/BMG
Website	Official website
Notable instruments
Miss Daisy Lady Rose La Marquise

Jean-Pierre Danel (born 4 June 1968) is a French guitarist, record producer and composer. He hit the #1 spot in France with his album Guitar Connection in 2006 which received a gold disc,^[1][2][3] and several hit racords followed. As a producer, he obtained many international hits, with global sales of more than 22 million copies ^[4][5]

Biography

Danel, the son of the French pop singer Pascal Danel and the nephew of opera director Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, started his career as a professional guitarist in July 1982, at the age of 14. After many tours and studio recordings with French session musicians, he released various guitar albums, winning 8 gold discs in Europe.^[6][7] In the US, his album Stratospheric was named Best Album of the Year 2000 by the Instrumental Rock Guitar Hall of Fame.^[8] In 2001, he was invited on the album Les Masters de la Guitare, on which Eric Clapton, BB King, Carlos Santana or Al Di Meola also recorded.^[9]

His own album Guitar Connection, released by Sony/BMG in July 2006 reaches the #1 spot in the album charts in France and gets a gold disc.^[10][11][12]

Guitar Connection 2 was released in March 2007. It contains a duet with British guitar legend Hank Marvin. The album hits the charts at #8 and several hit albums follow.^[13][14]

In June 2007, Danel received the "Grand Prix Français de la Guitare" award.^[15]

In November 2010, his charitable Out of the Blues guitar album to the benefit of AIDS research, is released by Universal. Danel records duets with 24 guitars greats such as Hank Marvin again, Albert Lee (recorded at the legendary Abbey Road Studio 2), Scott Henderson, Andy Powell of Wishbone Ash, Jake Shimabukuro and various very popular French artists.^[16] The album gets to #3 in the French charts a generates several hit singles as well as a string of Top 10 hits on iTunes as well, including a No. 1 hit single in Belgium,^[17] a long-running Top 5 hit with Axel Bauer, staying in the charts for more than two years and a half. 8 singles in all hit the ITunes charts in several countries, such as the USA, Ireland, Portugal, Mexico, Denmark, Austria, Germany, France, Sweden, Finland, Luxemburg, Belgium, etc.^[18] The album gets support by various people, such as Carla Bruni,^[19] then First Lady of France, or Brian May of Queen, who also writes a note in the booklet. The pair was reunited in a charity organized by Danel in 2013.^{[20][21][22][23]}

His digital compilation (on downloading exclusively) "The Hit List" enters the French charts at #18, and charts in the U.K. (#28) and the U.S (#32), while 2 singles hit the French Top 20, including "Philippine's Smiles", which also reaches #12 on the iTunes Jazz charts in the US, while two other singles hit the Top 100 in Australia (at #53 and #69).^[24] Five years after its original release, "The Pink Side of Miss Daisy" finds its way in the Billboard U.S. charts at #86.^[25] Globally, Danel's records have charted in 24 countries.^[26]

As a record producer, he started his own company, Puzzle Productions, in 1989. He produced dozens of hit records and also bought the rights for many songs from other companies, creating a 18,000 songs catalogue. Record industry specialists presented Danel in various TV documentaries as one of the biggest independent producers in France, with 22,4 million copies sold and 183 gold and platinum discs at the time.^[27][28] His work also includes the production, with DJ Da French Guy, of radio remixes for artists such as Madonna, Britney Spears, Daft Punk, and Moby.^[29]

Danel also wrote a dozen of books, including a biography of French playwright and actor Sacha Guitry ^[30] and a book about the Fender Stratocaster (foreword by Hank Marvin).^[31]

Hits

Albums

Singles

Discography (France & international)

Albums

• Rarities (1982)
• Vocals (1986)
• Chez Toi Et Moi (Maxi) (1989)
• The Twist Sessions (1990)
• Chorus (1993) No. 25
• Remember Shadows(1994) No. 34
• Guitar Generation (1995)
• Le Meilleur Des Shadows (1995)
• Guitar Line (1997) No. 61
• Play 18 Hits of the Shadows (1997)
• 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 (1998)
• Guitar Greatest (2 Cds) (2000)
• La Legende Des Shadows (2000)
• A Tribute to the Shadows (2000)
• The Guitar Album (2000)
• Stratospheric (2000)(re-released in 2011) No. 46
• Play Hits of the Shadows (2000)
• Tribute to the Shadows (2001)#135
• 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 (2001)
• 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) (2002)
• Guitare 5 Cd – 100 Titres (2003)
• Guitar Greatest Hits (2005)
• Guitar Connection (1 CD + 1 DVD) (2006) No. 1
• Guitar Connection 2 (1 CD + & DVD) (2007) No. 8
• Coffret Guitar Connection 1 & 2 (2007)
• Guitar Connection 3 (2008) No. 18
• Guitar Connection – Tribute to The Shadows (2009) No. 6
• The Best of Guitar Connection (2009) No. 23
• Jean-Pierre Danel plays The Shadows (2009) No. 38
• Guitar Connection Anthology (2009) No. 19
• Out of the blues (2010) No. 3
• Guitar Anthology – Les 100 plus grands tubes (5-CD box set compilation)(2011)
• When the guitar rocks (compilation)(2011) No. 9
• Guitar Guitar Guitar (compilation)(2011) No. 14
• Rock Guitar Legends (2011) No. 117
• Guitar Greatest Hits (2011) No. 15
• The Guitar Greatest Hits (2012) No. 179
• Guitar Greatest Hits (3-CD metal box)(2012)
• The Blues Album (2013) No. 134
• Best of Guitar (2013) No. 23
• The Hit List (2013) No. 18
• Air Guitar - The Anthems (2013) No. 24
• Jazz Guitar (2013)

Participations

• Les Masters De La Guitare – Les Plus Grands Guitaristes Du Monde (2001)

Videos

• In Concert (1990)
• Guitar Connection (2006)
• Guitar Connection 2 (2007)
• Coffret Guitar Connection 1 & 2 (2007)
• Guitar Connection 3 (2008)
• The Best of Guitar Connection (2009)
• Out of the blues (2010)

Books (in English)

• Legend of the Fender Stratocaster (Foreword by Hank Marvin)(Auteurs du Monde, 2012)

Books (in French)

• Femme Mode d'Emploi (NM7, 2000)
• Tribute to the Fender Stratocaster (JA, 2001)
• Le Destin fabuleux de Sacha Guitry (Le Marque-Page, 2007)
• Chroniques d'une Vie Passionnante (enfin, je crois...) (Courcelles Publishing, 2008)
• Petites explications sur les femmes à l'attention des hommes perdus et désespérés (Courcelles Publishing, 2008)
• Clean Ex (Courcelles Publishing, 2009)
• Elvis Presley, La légende du King (2009, Courcelles Publishing)
• 365 Moyens de rendre son homme heureux (2009, Courcelles Publishing)
• 365 Moyens d'essayer de se faire pardonner (2009, Courcelles Publishing)
• 365 Moyens d'adopter le life-style des people (et de devenir hyper important chez son coiffeur (2009, Courcelles Publishing)
• Voyages Immobiles (2010, Courcelles Publishing)
• Sacha Guitry et les Femmes (Auteurs du Monde, 2012)
• Légende de la Fender Stratocaster (Préface de Hank Marvin)(Auteurs du Monde, 2012)

CD-Rom

• 20 Ans D'occupations... (2002)

References

External links

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