Saturday, August 24, 2013

Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli - Tea For Two

Styles: Swing, Guitar Jazz
Label: Sony Music
Released: 2001
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 126,8 MB
Time: 54:45
Art: front

1. Tea For Two - 2:53
2. Sweet Georgia Brown - 3:07
3. Nuages - 3:02
4. My Sweet - 2:54
5. Daphne - 3:09
6. Nocturne - 3:14
7. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm - 2:31
8. Lambeth Walz - 2:46
9. The Flat Foot Boogie - 2:55
10. Billets Doux - 2:53
11. I Got Rhythm - 2:56
12. Honeysuckle Rose - 2:53
13. Night And Day - 2:42
14. The Man I Love - 3:12
15. Louise - 2:37
16. Black And White - 3:04
17. Stompin At Decca - 2:33
18. If I Had You - 2:48
19. Swing From Paris - 2:29

Personnel:
Jan Blok - Guitar
John Etheridge - Guitar
Stéphane Grappelli - Violin
Laurie Holloway - Harpsichord, Piano
Barney Kessel Primary Artist
Yehudi Menuhin - Violin
Pierre Michelot - Bass
Django Reinhardt - Guitar
Ronnie Verrell - Drums

Notes: For the third recorded meeting between violinists Stephane Grappelli and Yehudi Menuhin, the rhythm section is joined by some woodwinds on a few of the selections. Grappelli sounds fine but Menuhin's classical technique did not prepare him to improvise and he weighs down the proceedings a bit, making some of the ballads sound too sweet. This LP is therefore a historical curiosity rather than an essential acquisition.

Tea For Two

2 comments:

  1. Please might I request a re-up of this album when you have time that is. Thanks in advance, best wishes, Dave (DJ38).

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