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Francois Wiss Guitar & Vocal
Daniel "Lez" Villeneuve Percussion

Recorded at Anyway Cafe on August 5th 2020 Location services provided by All Mobile Video
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"I can tell you what I play, but I might say
something different tomorrow".

Francois Wiss' style and sound are always on the move but have been best defined by entrepreneur and music connoisseur Georges Forgeois (Forgeois Group) as "World Music Experiment".
Imagine flamenco technique, Latin rhythms, North-African scales and modes, a big sound, and a good dose of rock and roll attitude.

Improvisation is also a key component of his playing, in order to "keep things fresh" and make every performance unique.

"Everyone played an instrument in my family.
It was part of a good education".

Francois Wiss was born in Paris, in 1973.
Early on he studied piano at the conservatory but quickly chose the guitar as his main instrument.

He attended the C.I.M., one of Paris' finest Jazz school where he studied harmony, composition and arrangement under supervision of renowned jazz guitarists Pierre Cullaz and Marc Benguigui.

"I think like a painter who will have
different periods".

A couple years later he met an Algerian guitarist, Belaid Ait Abdallah, who introduced him to Flamenco and Al-Andalus music.

This led to numerous travels to Andalucia, to study with maestro Juan Del Gastor, nephew of legendary Diego del Gastor.

Francois Wiss is a New York City resident since 2004, he gave over 3,000 performances in the U.S. and appeared on a regular basis at prestigious venues such as B.B. King Blues Club, Cafe Wha, Groove, Bonafide, Jules Bistro, Subrosa, The Rainbow Room,
KGB, Highline Ballroom, and many more.

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Wiss' grandfather (Banjo, 3rd from the left) and his band, late 40's
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Some of the great musicians he collaborated with over the years: Kahil Ferraris (guit.), Julio Santillan (guit.), Daniel Garcia (guit.), Carlos Pavan (guit.), Vita Tanga (guit.), Jose Ramon Rosario (perc.), Reid Andres (perc.), Luis "Salerito" Gomez (perc.), Ramiro Scalzi (perc.), Yusnier Sanchez (perc.), Bendji Allonce (perc.), Alan Johnson (perc.), Brian Glashow (perc.), Carmen Estevez (perc.), Chris Howard (perc.), Danny "Conga" Valdez (perc.), Gabriel Riesco (perc.), David Langlois (perc.), Daniel "Lezardo" Villeneuve (perc.), Ivan Llanes (perc.), Mauricio Herrera (perc.), Ben Zwerin (bass), Matt Geraghty (bass), Damian Quiniones (cuatro), Aaron Halva (tres), Roman Lajara (tres), Brandon Terzic (oud), Mai Elka Prado (vocals), Eleanor Dubinsky (vocals/guit./cello), Mireya Ramos (vocals/violin), ...

Special thanks to Paul Nieto's GuitarTech for the support given all those years.

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