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Régis Gizavo

Régis Gizavo is credited on 51 releases across 46 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1992–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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51

Pressings credited

46

Albums

4

Decades active

2

In collections

Biography

Régis Gizavo (June 16, 1959 – July 16, 2017) was a Malagasy accordionist. He was born in Tulear, Madagascar and began playing the accordion at a young age. In 1990 he won the Radio France Internationale "Prix découvertes". In addition to two solo albums, Régis Gizavo has been a member of the Corsican group I Muvrini, and contributed to a range of recordings, including albums by the Cape Verdean singers Cesária Évora and Lura. Gizavo partnered with Louis Mhlanga and David Mirandon to record Stories, 2006 winner of KAOS (FM)'s Spin The Globe award. He later partnered with four other musicians from Madagascar (Justin Vali, Fenoamby, Erick Manana, and Dama, leader of Mahaleo) to record an album together as the Madagascar All Stars. His voice and accordion playing was singled out for praise, "[adding] a level of depth to the percussive Salegy style that characterises a lot of Malagasy music".

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Credited work

51 releases · 46 albums · active 1992–2023

  • Performance · 86
  • Other credits · 4
  • Production · 1

Studios: Studio Gil Evans · L'Autre Studio · Studio Mars (3) · Studios De La Seine

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

  • Various
  • I Muvrini
  • Blick Bassy
  • Lala Njava
  • The Mahotella Queens
  • D'Gary
  • Zong (2)
  • Greg Zlap

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