Music : The Best of Django Reinhardt
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 7243837138208
Label: Blue Note Records
Manufacturer: Blue Note Records
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Blue Note Records
Release Date: March 19, 1996
Sales Rank: 4843
Studio: Blue Note Records
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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. --Stuart Broomer
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I've know about Django Reinhardt for years but I only really "heard" his music in the movie Chocolat. This is a great introduction to Mr Reinhardt and the unique approach he brought to jazz. This collection is a good way to spend your money.
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buy this and you will understand the talent and popularity of django. a beautiful piece of music that everyone can enjoy.
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These selections were originally released on LP (with the same bright yellow album cover) in the 1960's. What made the album special then continues to make it special now - with the exception of of three cuts, all feature Django on electric guitar (a hollow-bodied acoustic with an electric pick-up). The cuts are all from the late-40's and early-50's after the break-up of the original and justly celebrated "Quintet of the Hot Club of France" featuring Django, with the great Stephane Grapelly on violin.
When most people think of Django Reinhardt at his best, they think of the period between 1935 until the outbreak of war in 1939 permanently broke up the original Quintet. Stephane Grappelli, who was gay, understandably fled soon-to-be occupied France to England to wait out the war, while Reinhardt chose to stay with his gypsy compatriots in the wagon camps on the outskirts of Paris. During the war Django, despite the round-up of gypsies throughout occupied France, continued to enjoy the adulation of the many Parisian jazz fans (along with more than a few Nazi soldiers) who flocked to hear him in dark cramped "bal musette" nightclubs and large auditoriums alike.
The occupation of France by the Nazis paradoxically opened up new avenues of artistic expression for the musician whose fellow "Romanies" were being rounded up and sent to concentration camps in Poland and Germany. Without the confining structure of the Quintet, and the familiar interplay between ... Read More
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Django Reinhardt and his style of jazz certainly is good listening, and definitely characteristic of the era around WWII in Europe. But the quality of the sound on this CD is terrible -- surely some of the noise could have been removed without losing the fell of the music.
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Although the title is called best of Django Reinhardt, some of the good pieces are not there. On the whole it is a good compilation.
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