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The Best of Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt
Poll Winners Records
8436006497278
PWR 122031
PWR 27201
JAZZ
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5 STARS DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE
INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKS
This release presents the complete contents of a very special anthology of Django Reinhardt's best works, annotated by famed critic and founder of the Rolling Stone magazine, Ralph J. Gleason. This album, which originally appeared on a 2-LP set (included here in its entirety, plus two bonus tracks), received a 5 star rating in Down Beat magazine.
PERSONNEL:
DJANGO REINHARDT, guitar on all tracks, plus:
STEPHENE GRAPELLI, violin
BILL COLEMAN, REX STEWART, trumpet
BARNEY BIGARD, clarinet
DICKY WELLS, trombone
JOSEPH REINHARDT, PIERRE "BARO" FERRET, MARCEL BIANCHI, guitar
LOUIS VOLA, drums
among others.
All tracks recorded in Paris, France, 1937 - 1945.
TRACKS:
01. Exactly Like You
02. Solitude
03. Ain't Misbehavin'
04. Runnin' Wild
05. Body And Soul
06. Hot Lips
07. When Day Is Done
08. Rose Room
09. Liebestraum
10. Miss Annabelle Lee
11. Tears
12. Mystery Pacific
13. Swing Guitars
14. Big Boy Blues
15. Montmartre
16. Solid Old Man (Solid Rock)
17. Finesse (Night Wind)
18. Know That You Know
19. Low Cotton
20. Swinging with Django
21. Paramount Stomp
22. Japanese Sandman
23. Minor Swing
24. Bolero
25. Douce (*) Ambiance
26. Manoir De Mes Reves (*),
(*) Bonus tracks, Not on the original LP configuration
TOTAL TIME: 76:26 Min.
“This collection of sides by the incredible Belgian Gypsy guitarist and his companios of the Quintet of the Hot Club of France, plus another ensembles and American jazzmen, is most valuable both as jazz history and as evidence of Reinhardt's genius. A natural must for guitarists, this excellent set belongs in every well-rounded record collection”
- John A. Tynan, Down Beat.
FORMAT | CD |
DISCS NUMBER | 1 |
RECORDED | 0 |
LABEL CODE | PWR 27201 |
STYLE | JAZZ |