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Django Reinhardt - Django Reinhardt Audio CD

A fair review of the Django Reinhardt "Django Reinhardt" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Django Reinhardt reviews here, or go back to the Django Reinhardt tabs.

Band: Django Reinhardt
Title: Django Reinhardt
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Release Date: 2005-06-20
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Exactly Like You 2: Charleston 3: You're Driving Me Crazy 4: Tears 5: Solitude 6: Hot Lips 7: Ain't Misbehavin 8: Rose Room 9: Body and Soul 10: When Day Is Done 11: Runnin' Wild 12: Chicago 13: Liebestraum No. 3 14: Miss Annabelle Lee 15: Little Love, A Little Kiss 16: Mysteric Pacific 17: In a Sentimental Mood 18: Sheik of Araby 19: Improvisation 20: Parfum 21: Pennies from Heaven 22: Tiger Rag 23: Whoa Baby 24: P. B. Flat Blues 25: Saint - Louis Blues 26: Bouncing Around 27: Minor Swing 28: Viper's Dream 29: Swinging with Django 30: Paramount Stomp 31: Bolero 32: Mabel 33: My Serenade 34: Serenade for a Wealthy Widow 35: Taj Mahal 36: Organ Grinder's Swing 37: You Rascal, You 38: Tea for Two 39: Christmas Swing 40: Sweet Georgia Brown 41: Tea for Two 42: Blues 43: Easy Going 44: College Stomp 45: Harlem Swing 46: It Had to Be You 47: Sweet Sue, Just You 48: Honeysuckle Rose 49: Sweet Georgia Brown 50: Night and Day 51: My Sweet 52: Souvenirs 53: Daphn� 54: Black and White 55: Stompin' at Decca 56: Sourire en Chantant [with a Smile and a Song] 57: Sifflez en Traillant [Whistle While You Work] 58: Bouncin' Around 59: Ridin' Along the Moscowa 60: Gotta Date in Louisiana 61: Gabriel's Song 62: Doin' the New Low Down 63: Body and Soul 64: Lover Come Back to Me 65: My Melancholy Baby 66: I Got Rhythm 67: Billets Doux 68: Swing from Paris 69: Them There Eyes 70: Three Little Words 71: Appel Direct 72: Flat Foot Floogie 73: Lambeth Walk 74: Why Should I Care? 75: I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm 76: Please Be Kind 77: Louise 78: Improvisation No. 2 79: Hungaria 80: Jeepers Creepers 81: Swing 39 82: Japanese Sandman 83: I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight? 84: Tea for Two 85: My Melancholy Baby 86: Time on My Hands 87: Twelfth Year 88: Montmartre 89: Low Cotton 90: Finesse 91: I Know That You Know 92: Solid Old Man 93: My Melancholy Baby 94: Japanese Sandman 95: Tea for Two 96: I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight? 97: Hungaria 98: Sheik of Araby 99: Dream Ship 100: I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me 101: Darktown Strutter's Ball 102: Blues of Yesterday 103: Stockholm 104: Younger Generation 105: I'll See You in My Dreams 106: Echoes of Spain 107: Naguine 108: Undecided 109: H. C. Q. Strut 110: Don't Worry 'Bout Me 111: Man I Love 112: Boogie Woogie, Pt. 1 113: Boogie Woogie, Pt. 2 114: Blue Skies 115: Stomp 116: Rosetta 117: Sugar 118: Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody 119: Margie 120: Tears 121: Limehouse Blues 122: Daphn� 123: At the Jimmy's Bar 124: Nuages 125: Rhythme Futur 126: Begin the Beguine 127: Blues 128: Coucou 129: Ind�cision 130: S�r�nade d'Hiver 131: Sheik 132: No�l Blues 133: Margie 134: Bijou 135: Ind�cision 136: Oui, C�st Ca 137: Swing 41 138: Nuages 139: Pour Vous 140: Fantaisie Sur une Danse Norv�gienne 141: Vendredi 13 142: Liebesfreud 143: Mabel 144: Petits Mensonges 145: Yeux Noirs 146: Sweet Sue 147: Swing de Paris 148: Oiseaux des �les 149: All of Me 150: Pour Terminer 151: Pour Commencer 152: Yeux Noirs 153: Begin the Beguine 154: Swingin' the Blues 155: Petite Lili 156: Ninouche 157: Festival Swing 158: Stockholm 159: Cigale et La Fourmi 160: Hungaria 161: De Nulle Part 162: Dinette 163: Cr�puscle 164: Swing 42 165: Festival Swing 42, Pt. 2 166: Premiere de Id�e d'Eddie 167: Nymph�as 168: F�erie 169: Belleville 170: Lentement, Mademoiselle 171: Vous et Moi 172: Distraction 173: Blues en Mineur 174: Studio 24 175: Place de Brouck�re 176: Seul Ce Soir 177: Mixture 178: Bei Dir War Es Immer So Sch�n 179: Divine Beguine 180: Nuages 181: Djangology 182: Eclats de Cuivres 183: Django Rag 184: Dynamisme 185: Tons d'�b�ne 186: Chez Moi � Six Heures 187: Douce Ambiance 188: Manoir de Mes R�ves 189: Oui 190: Cavalerie 191: Fleur d'Ennui 192: Blues Clair 193: Improvisation N� 3, Pt. 1 194: Improvisation N� 3, Pt. 2 195: Belleville 196: Oubli 197: Zuiderzee Blues 198: ABC 199: M�lodie au Cr�puscle 200: Gaiement

Mining for Django
I own the 5 CD Chronological set, the Rome set, the Paris set, the late Jazz and the All Star Sessions CDs. . along with a couple of old LPs. . . close to 400 sides, so as you might have surmised, I'm a bit of a Django fan. So most of the songs on this 10 CD set I already had. Still others had Django chunking rhythm to a big band and never taking a solo, so I passed over most of them. Yet, I still dug 68 songs out of this set that I didn't already have. That made it worth the price for me. To top it off, some of the solos are among his most brilliant, in my opinion. My only regret is that the recordings weren't treated with the same respect as in some of the above compilations -- so heavily filtered, attacks were lost and overall energy was compromised. To a diehard like me, who lives for the next Django solo, the scratches only add to the mystique. Overall, though, a good buy. No session details, but I think I can find those when I purchase the Delaunay book.

Heard Some of his music on Bioshock!
Im Acualy impressed that Avalon and a few others helped win Bioshock music of the year for 2007.

Sound quality suffers from mastering
The result is more distracting than the noise would have been. Many of these tracks have very aggressive - too aggressive - noise removal. Notes seem to emerge from a tissue box, without much attack.
Of course Django is always great and look how many great but obscure tracks you get. Worth the money, but unbelievably uneven sound.

unbelievable value
99, I would easily spent much, much more for this collection. I bought this 10 CD set of Django's music brand new for $15. The only bone of contention I have is a complete lack of liner notes, the only other musician I can identify for sure is Stefan Grapelli.

best deal in music
of course, the songs must suck and be of terrible sound quality, right? wrong. this collection features over 10 hours of music and is priced at under 20 dollars. this is a fantastic value, comes in decent packaging, the sound quality is great for recordings so old, and the songs themselves are great to listen to. any fan of jazz or django MUST get this. it's one of the greatest collections i've come across.

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