Dorado Schmitt

Born

1957-05-29

Birthplace

Saint-Avold, Moselle, France

Biography

Dorado Schmitt is a French guitarist and violinist in Gypsy jazz. He started playing guitar at the age of seven with his father as his teacher. His father also introduced him to violin. Schmitt composed his own pieces, incorporating improvisation and challenging techniques, among which Bossa Dorado which has become a jazz standard. He eventually became as comfortable with swing and gypsy waltz as with bossa nova and flamenco.