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Django Reinhardt - The Classic Early Recordings in Chronological Order Audio CD

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Django Reinhardt Band: Django Reinhardt
Title: The Classic Early Recordings in Chronological Order
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Release Date: 2000-05-16
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: I Saw Stars - Bert Marshall, Django Reinhardt 2: I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) 3: Dinah 4: Tiger Rag 5: Oh, Lady Be Good 6: I Saw Stars 7: Lily Belle May June - Jerry Mengo, Django Reinhardt 8: Sweet Sue, Just You - Jerry Mengo, Django Reinhardt 9: I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) 10: Continental - Jerry Mengo, Django Reinhardt 11: Blue Drag 12: Swanee River 13: Sunshine of Your Smile 14: Ultrafox 15: Avalon 16: Smoke Rings 17: Clouds 18: Believe It, Beloved 19: I've Found a New Baby 20: St. Louis Blues 21: Crazy Rhythm 22: Sheik of Araby 23: Chasing Shadows 24: I've Had My Moments 25: Some of These Days 26: Djangology 27: Honeysuckle Rose 28: Sweet Georgia Brown 29: Night and Day 30: My Sweet 31: Souvenirs 32: Daphn� 33: Black and White 34: Stompin' at Decca 35: Tornerai (J'Attendrai) 36: If I Had You 37: It Had to Be You 38: Nocturne 39: Flat Foot Floogie 40: Lambeth Walk 41: Why Shouldn't I? 42: I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm 43: Please Be Kind 44: Louise 45: Improvisation No. 2 46: Undecided 47: H.C.Q. Strut 48: Don't Worry 'Bout Me 49: Man I Love 50: My Sweet 51: I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm 52: Improvisation No. 2 53: Billets Doux 54: Swing de Paris 55: Them There Eyes 56: Three Little Words 57: Appel Direct 58: Hungaria 59: Hungaria 60: Jeepers Creepers 61: Jeepers Creepers 62: Swing '39 63: Japanese Sandman 64: I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight 65: I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight 66: Tea for Two 67: Tea for Two 68: My Melancholy Baby 69: Time on My Hands 70: Twelfth Year 71: Twelfth Year 72: My Melancholy Baby 73: Japanese Sandman 74: Tea for Two 75: I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight 76: Hungaria 77: Blue Moon 78: Avalon 79: What a Diff'rence a Day Made 80: Stardust 81: St. Louis Blues 82: Limehouse Blues 83: I Got Rhythm 84: I've Found a New Baby 85: It Was So Beautiful 86: China Boy 87: Moonglow 88: It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) 89: I'se A-Muggin' 90: I Can't Give You Anything But Love 91: Oriental Shuffle 92: After You've Gone 93: Are You in the Mood? 94: Limehouse Blues 95: Nagasaki 96: Swing Guitars 97: Georgia on My Mind 98: Shine 99: In the Still of the Night 100: Sweet Chorus 101: Exactly Like You 102: Charleston 103: You're Driving Me Crazy 104: Tears 105: Solitude 106: Hot Lips 107: Ain't Misbehavin' 108: Rose Room 109: Body and Soul 110: When Day Is Done 111: Runnin' Wild 112: Chicago 113: Liebestraum No. 3 114: Miss Annabelle Lee 115: Little Love, a Little Kiss 116: Mystery Pacific 117: In a Sentimental Mood 118: Sheik of Araby 119: Improvisation 120: Parfum 121: Alabamy Bound 122: Rosetta 123: Stardust 124: Object of My Affection

Just Great Listening Music
Sit back, relax, listen and enjoy. This is just a great collection of DJango's music.

Reinhardt was the father of French jazz, a style which evolved from the music brought to France by American jazz greats who resided in Paris in the period between the two world wars.

The best set out there for the quality of the recordings and the money!.


Django Reinhardt's Early Recordings
Overall I am pleased. There are a lot of repeated songs, but I guess they did that to be complete. The quality is not perfect, but you can't expect too much from recordings this old.


Django I can take, Grappelli not so much
That's because with 5 CD's worth of music covering something like a 5-year period, invariably some of it is going to be outstanding, but some of it is going to be borderline junk. This is one of those sets that I have a hard time ranking and reviewing. To be honest though, Django's playing is quite fascinating, and when he isn't being accompanied by Stephane Grappelli's over-insistent violin, he's gosh-darn exciting to listen to, even when he's playing nothing more than a twelve bar blues or some old-time standard like Sweet Georgia Brown or Tea for Two. And, to be expected are the old scratchy tracks with harsh sounding "air" and "static" throughout, which while unnoticeable at first, really become irritating when they cut out and then get turned back on with the beginning of the next song. Still, the recordings "are what they are", and within the limitations of the early technology, the overall production level is high. The liner notes are relatively sparse, but at least there are some and they completely run down the band members and sessions, and what was recorded where and when, so that is helpful. Ultimately, as much as I like the good tracks, the bad tracks are equal in number and as irritating as the good tracks are delightful. I guess I'll have to take some time and edit my own mix. In the meantime, I have to leave this one at two and a half stars and say, fans of jazz history, historic recordings collectors, and those filling out a jazz music collection should buy this, but casual jazz fans may not be too excited about this set (and will save money and not miss much by taking a pass).
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Sheer Heaven!
Oh My, My! I'm at a loss for words: sheer heaven! Thank you Django (& Ted Kendall).


Must Have for the Django Fan
Most of the famous Hot Club songs are here, and many that don't appear on the "best of" CDs. If you're a Django fan, or beginning to study Django's guitar technique, this is a good place to start. Lightly filtered, so be prepared for some hiss and scratch, especially on some of the alternate and rare takes. Just imagine you're hearing the Quintette in an smoky cafe on a rainy night.

An instant Django collection. It's where I started and where I go back to most often. Essential.


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