Jean-Pierre Danel
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Jean-Pierre Danel (born 1968) is a famous French self-taught guitarist, record producer and composer.
He 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 midgetInstrumental 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 155 of the records he produced hit the charts in France, including 71 Top 10 and 18 #1 hits. Jean-Pierre also received 134 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 160 000 copies sold). The dvd receives a diamond disc.
"Guitar Connection 2" is released in March 2007, hits the charts at N°8 and is acclaimed by the press. The album features some famous guest stars, and includes a duet with British legend Hank Marvin on the famous jazzy standard "Nivram". The dvd receives a double platinum disc.
In April 2007, Danel receives the distinction award "Grand Prix Français de la Guitare". In June, he received a multi-diamond distinction award for 25 years in the music business.
Jean-Pierre also wrote the books "Femme mode d’Emploi" (quotations about women), and "Tribute to the Fender Stratocaster" based on his guitar collection, which includes the famous models "Miss Daisy" and "La Marquise". He publishes another book in June 2007, a biography 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.
Discography
Albums
- Rarities (1982)
- Vocals (1986)
- Chez Toi Et Moi (Maxi) (1989)
- The Twist Sessions (1990)
- Chorus (1993)
- Remember Shadows(1994)
- Guitar Generation (1995)
- Le Meilleur Des Shadows (1995)
- Guitar Line (1997)
- 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)
- Play Hits Of The Shadows (2000)
- 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 (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)
- Guitar Connection 2 (1 Cd + & Dvd) (2007)
- Coffret Guitar Connection 1 & 2 (2007)
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)
CD-Rom
- 20 Ans D'occupations... (2002)
Singles
- 43 singles
