Django Reinhardt

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

• INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKS

• 5 STARS DOWNBEAT 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:

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

• COLECTIVE PERSONNEL: Bill Coleman (trumpet); Rex Stewart (cornet); Barney Bigard (clarinet); Stèphane Grappelli (violin); Joseph Reinhardt, Pierre “Baro” Ferret, Marcel Bianchi (rhythm guitar); Louis Volá (bass); among others.

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 No.3
• 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 I 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 Rêves (*)

• TOTAL TIME: 76:26 min.

• (*) Bonus tracks: Not on the original LP configuration.