Style : Gypsy-guitar
Released : 1996
Label : Blue Note Records
Size : 91 mb
Audio : 256 kbps

Django Reinhardt was both the first great jazz-guitar soloist and the first European jazz musician to have a significant influence on American musicians. Just as Earl Hines had found a way to transfer Louis Armstrong’s assertive solo style to the piano, Reinhardt did it with the acoustic guitar, mixing inventive melodic improvisation with a decorative gypsy-guitar idiom and vigorous rhythm. He did it most often with the Hot Club of France, a quintet including violinist Stephane Grappelli, two rhythm guitarists, and a bassist that created its own distinctive style, a lightly propulsive mix that was an ideal setting for Django’s mix of drive, invention, and charm. The recordings here range from 1936 to 1948 and showcase Reinhardt with the Hot Club, clarinetist Hubert Rostaing, and trumpeter Rex Stewart. Included is a brilliant solo performance of his “Naguine.” It’s an excellent introduction to one of the most original voices in jazz of the period, to a fine composer as well as a unique guitarist.

01. Limehouse Blues
02. When Day Is Done
03. Saint Louis Blues
04. Minor Swing
05. My Serenade
06. You Rascal You
07. Montmartre
08. I’ll See You In My Dreams
09. Naguine
10. Nuages
11. Blues Clair
12. Place De Brouckere
13. Manoir De Mes Rеves
14. Django’s Tiger
15. Ol’ Man River
16. Diminushing Django Reinhardt
17. Lady Be Good
18. To Each His Own Symphonie