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  Boulou   [Boulou Ferré]    (b. 24 April 1951) Jazz Soloist 
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Boulou Boulou Ferré was born in Paris on the 24th of April 1951 and has gypsy origin. He started his musical studies at the age of seven with his father, Pierre Matelot Ferré, one of the main musicians of Django Reinhardt's and Stéphane Grappelli's Quintette du Hot Club de France. Along with the study of jazz guitar he starts to study classical guitar with Francisco Gil and gives a first concert at the Guimet Museum at the age of eight.

Besides Boulou plays guitar he singing skat-style.
Few next lines quote from back-side of Boulou's first album FCS-4211

Boulou, nephew of the late, great quitarist, Django Reinhardt, was born in Paris 13 years ago. He "discovered" jazz when he heard hte Dizzy Gillespie recording of "Oop Bop Sh'Bam" when he was 5 old. When Boulou was 7 his father, "Matelot" Ferre, one of the fine guitarist in France, began to teach him. Before long, Boulou was able to sing along with the Gillespie and other jazz racordings.

Boulou's musical memory is already prodigious and he has learned, by heart, some of the best improvisations of the great jazzmen. His idols are Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Ventura, Cannonball Adderley and guitarist Django Reinhardt, Wes Montgomery and Tal Farlow. Listed among his favorite vocalists are Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Charles Aznavour, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Nana Mouskouri.

We believe you will be thrilled and excited when you hear what this 13 year old boy can do, because you will be listening to the music of a mature jazz musician, along with the pick of France's jazzmen.

The great French artists salute BOULOU:

Michel Legrand:
Should one be willing to run the risk of allowing children to plunge into the "adult" world? ...Well, when the one we have in mind is a person whose musicianship is instinctive like that of BOULOU and when it appears at the age of 13-which is something to make your head spin--and when you realize that chances are he will play twice as well when he gats to be 26... there is a risk worth takeing, I say."

Gilbert Becaud:
When music meet a child it is something like a marriage bond between a tiny flower and a butterfly. I am happy at the thought that all his life long, BOULOU will have music as his refuge. The two of them are so well matched!"

Sacha Distel:
My dear Boulou--As one of your colleagues, I can't rid myself of the temptation to say to you that I wish I were your age and knew what I know now. What irks me only is that you already know now more than I do. You've got it made all right--and there are at least one hundred years ahead of you.

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Live concert video on YouTube
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DjangoFest-site interview for Boulou and Elios Ferre

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Featured Recordings Compact | Full
Boulou - Jazz in Paris
Jazz in Paris (Universal Music France B007JNN1H0, CD) April 2012
Featuring Boulou  
Complete Barclay Recordings - Boulou Ferré 1964 - 1974 - Two CD set with leaflet 10 page in France and English
  1.   Roll'Em Pete   EDs 1964
  2.   C'Est Si Bon  
  3.   I'll Never Smile Again  
  4.   The Girl From Ipanema  
  5.   Salt Peanuts  
  6.   Ow!  
  7.   A Night In Tunisia  
  8.   Blue'n'Boogie  
  9.   Groovin' High   The 13 Years Old Jazz Sensation from France 1964
10.   Undecided  
11.   Ascot  
12.   Samba De Uma Nota So  
13.   Yesterdays   Boulou Ferré et les Paris All Stars, 1966
14.   Boulou's Theme  
15.   Moonlight In Vermont  
16.   Asturias  
17.   Nuages  
18.   How High The Moon  
19.   Tenderly  
20.   All The Things You Are  
21.   Bluesette   First EP, 1964
22.   La Complainte De Mackie  
23.   Dieu Merci, Elle M'Aime Aussi  
24.   Night And Day  
25.   Cervantes   Boulou interprète Cervantes (BOF), 1968
26.   Cuando Sali De Cuba  
27.   Aranjuez  
28.   Prélude Pour Marielle  
29.   Nostradamus (Maleous Maleficarum)   Boulou and the Corporation Gypsy Orchestra, 1974
30.   La Rose Des Vents  
31.   Samouraï  
32.   Mona Lisa  
33.   Enterre Mon Coeur  
34.   Amour Cibernétique  
35.   Ils T'Appellent Tous Soleil  
36.   Boulou's Team  
Available at   Amazon France Intdividual tracks are alsp available as MP3 download.
Boulou - Boulou - With The Paris All Stars
Boulou - With The Paris All Stars (4 Corners Of The World FCS-4234, LP) 1965
Featuring Boulou  
Jazz/left bank - The sensational young French guitarist
Recoding time he was 14 age and didn't singing on this record at all.
  1.   Moonlight in Vermont  
  2.   Boulou's theme  
  3.   Asturias  
  4.   Yesterdays  
  5.   How high the moon  
  5.   How high the moon  
  6.   Tenderly  
  7.   Nuages (Clouds)  
  8.   All the things you are  
no cover
Boulou (4Corners FSC 4211, LP) 1964
Featuring Boulou  
The 13 years old jazz sensation from Paris - with The Paris All Stars
Boulou - Boulou - With The Paris All Stars
Boulou - With The Paris All Stars (4 Corners Of The World FCS-4211, LP) 1964
Featuring Boulou  
The 13 Year Old Jazz Sensation From France
  1.   Mack The Knife  
  2.   Groovin' High  
  3.   Night And Day  
  4.   Undecided  
  5.   Blue 'N Boogie  
  6.   Salt Peanuts  
  7.   A Night In Tunisia  
  8.   Bluesette  
  9.   I'll Never Smile Again  
10.   Ow  
11.   The Girl From Ipanema  
12.   Ascot  
  Bluesette on YouTube
Avec Baden Powel, Elek Bacsik, Boulou Ferré (13 ans) Sacha Distel
Singles Compact | Full
no cover
Salt Peanuts (Barclay 70 821, 45rpm Single) December 1964
Featuring Boulou  
  1.   Salt Peanuts   Boulou playing the guitar and Scat-chanting.
  2.   Ow   Boulou playing the guitar and Scat-chanting.
  3.   Night In Tunisia   Boulou playing the guitar and Scat-chanting.
  4.   Blue N'Boogie   Boulou playing the guitar and Scat-chanting.
no cover
C'est si bon (Barclay 70743, 45rpm Single) 1964
Featuring Boulou  
  1.   I'll Never Smile Again   Boulou playing the guitar and Scat-chanting
  2.   C'est Si Bon  
  3.   Roll' Em Pete  
  4.   The Girl From Ipanema   Boulou playing the guitar and Scat-chanting.
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