Django Reinhardt

• Contains new specially prepared liner notes by PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ’s writer BRIAN MORTON and by Paris’ prestigious JAZZ MAGAZINE

“Django Reinhardt never sounds like anyone except Django Reinhardt. A whole wilderness of buskers have taken on ‘Nuages’ and other favourite themes, but none of them have ever sounded remotely like Django, any more than they could reproduce his poor, burnt fingertips. ‘Unique’ is a tired and redundant term of praise, but it applies here.” - PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ

“Django’s virtuosity continues to astonish guitar masters and young musicians today. He passed away at the zenith of a short career, leaving behind a body of recordings that give indisputable proof of his authentic creative genius.” - JAZZ MAGAZINE

PERSONNEL & DATES:

• Django Reinhardt ,
• guitar soloist on all tracks, plus:

• ON SIDE A & B1-B2:
• Stèphane Grappelli (vln),V
• Pierre “Baro” Ferret, Marcel Bianchi (g),
• Louis Volá (d).
• Paris, France, April 21-26, 1937.

• ON SIDE B3:
• Bill Coleman (tp), Christian Wagner (cl),
• Frank “Big Boy” Goudie (ts, cl), Emile Stern (p),
• Lucien Simoens (b), Jerry Mengo (d).
• Paris, France, November 19, 1937.

• ON SIDE B4-B8:
• Rex Stewart (ct), Barney Bigard (cl, d on B5-B6),
• Billy Taylor, Sr. (b).
• Paris, France, April 5, 1939.

• ON SIDE B9:
• Bill Coleman (tp), Dicky Wells (tb),
• Richard Fullbright (b), Bill Beason (d).
• Paris, France, July 7, 1937.

TRACKS:

• SIDE A:
• 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 No.3
• 10. MISS ANNABELLE LEE

• SIDE B:
• 01. TEARS
• 02. MYSTERY PACIFIC
• 03. BIG BOY BLUES
• 04. MONTMARTRE
• 05. SOLID OLD MAN [SOLID ROCK]
• 06. FINESSE [NIGHT WIND]
• 07. I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW
• 08. LOW COTTON
• 09. JAPANESE SANDMAN
• 10. MINOR SWING