Tatiana Eva-Marie - Djangology

Styles: Vocal, Gypsy Jazz
Year: 2024
Time: 60:03
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 139,5 MB
Art: Front

(4:04) 1. Douce Ambiance
(5:18) 2. Nuages
(5:29) 3. Swing 39
(3:03) 4. Dinette
(5:21) 5. Rêverie
(5:33) 6. Caravan
(3:28) 7. Troublant Boléro
(4:08) 8. Porto Cabello
(3:15) 9. Swing 42
(5:06) 10. Insensiblement
(4:39) 11. Sweet Chorus
(3:31) 12. Lady Be Good
(5:02) 13. Fleur D'ennui
(1:59) 14. Brick Top

Tatiana Eva-Marie Returns with a New Project Celebrating Guitarist Django Reinhardt, the Inventor of Gypsy Jazz.

Tatiana Eva-Marie emanates creativity her vintage flair, tousled locks and enchanting vocals are evidence enough. The Swiss-born singer grew up surrounded by creatives from musicians to painters and poets. Her career is wonderfully rich in color – and the self-professed ‘6-hour sleeper’ has certainly been busy. Four album releases, performances including the Lincoln Center, Birdland and New Orleans Jazz Festival, librettist for the composer, Gérard Massini’s opera, editor-in-chief for Shrine and Vents Magazine… and that’s only skimming the surface. We’re chatting about the new and upcoming projects swirling in the energetic and eclectic world of Tatiana Eva-Marie.

Aptly nicknamed the ‘The Gypsy-jazz Warbler’, by The New York Times no less, Tatiana is most recently celebrating her gypsy jazz origins with the new music release, ‘Djangology’. The song pays homage to the legendary music of Django Reinhardt, the jazz pioneering Romani-French guitarist and composer. Inspired by Django’s musical legacy but uncertain of how she fit in as a singer amidst a sea of jazz guitarists, Tatiana boldly decided “to write (her) own lyrics, tell (her) own stories and reinvent his music in (her) own image.” The project sees Tatiana share insights into her nomadic life with humor and poetic authenticity. Alongside her band, ‘The Avalon Jazz Band’, Tatiana explores Gypsy jazz through original lyrics and musical arrangements and Djangology is only the beginning. The creative spark is set to evolve into an album and series of tours in 2023 and beyond so keep an eye out!

Tatiana’s adoration for jazz music and the Parisian art scene era was an unmistakable match made in heaven for another of her recent creative collaborations - Gérome Barry’s film, ‘Swing Rendez-Vous’. Set for release in January 2023, Swing Rendez-Vous weaves a tale of love, music and community infused with the quintessential blues and swing of jazz music. Tatiana fittingly served as inspiration for the story and plays the leading female role in the film. The feel-good musical comedy is the ideal start to what is sure to be a jazz-packed year ahead for Tatiana.
https://www.culturedfocusmagazine.com/single-post/tatiana-eva-marie-reignites-gypsy-jazz-with-new-music-djangology

Djangology

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Django Reinhardt And The Swingbands Of Paris - Avec Django À Montmartre

Styles: Gypsy Jazz
Year: 2024
Time: 51:17
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 118,8 MB
Art: Front

(2:17) 1. A.B.C.
(2:15) 2. Le Sheik
(2:12) 3. Margie
(2:18) 4. Finesse
(2:40) 5. Blues primitif
(2:43) 6. Honeysuckle Rose
(2:58) 7. Crazy Rhythm
(2:36) 8. A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody
(2:21) 9. Swing Guitar
(2:38) 10. Sérénade D'Hiver
(2:37) 11. Oriental Shuffle
(3:09) 12. Tel Quel
(3:05) 13. After You've Gone
(2:54) 14. Are You In The Mood?
(2:36) 15. Zuidersee Blues
(3:01) 16. Topsy
(2:31) 17. I Know That You Know
(2:54) 18. Jumping At The Woodside
(3:16) 19. Porto Cabello
(2:46) 20. Babik

The man who became the 1st European jazz giant was born Jean Baptiste Reinhardt on January 24 1910 in a Gypsy encampment at Liberchies Belgium. His father was a traveling entertainer so he lived with his mother and her tribe. His early childhood was spent in and around Liberchies. At age 8 he moved with his mother and her clan to France and settled in a camp outside the gates of old Paris. He first started playing music on an old banjo/guitar at age 12 and soon started playing in cafes and dance halls in Paris accompanying and accordionist. He made his first recordings under the name of Jiango Reinhardt when he was in his late teens.

On November 2nd, 1928 a fire destroyed the caravan that Django Reinhardt shared with his wife together with all their belongings and severely burnt his left hand and his right leg. Despite initial hesitation to seek medical attention on his part and talk of amputating the leg by the first physician he saw, proper care received in a nursing home helped save his leg but permanently scarred his left hand.

During the 18 months spent convalescing he created a new technique in playing the guitar that made up for the extremely limited use he had of his 4th and 5th fingers. In 1934 Django and other musicians including Stéphane Grappelli, whom Django had met during an intermission when both were playing at a local hotel, Louis Vola, Roger Chaput and Django's brother Joseph formed the Quintette du Hot Club de France. They recorded their first jazz sides under that name and these early 78s propelled them into stardom.

They created the concept of lead guitar backed by a rhythm guitar and they also used their string instruments to create percussion like sounds since they lacked any percussionists or drummers in their group. After this initial success they continued to record and tour Europe. They started recording material composed by Django himself and American standards. Django did not know how to read and write music and only later in life taught himself how to read and write French. They also played and recorded with expatriate and visiting American musicians such as Coleman Hawkins, Benny Carter, Rex Stewart and Louis Armstrong.

When World War II broke the Quintet was touring England. Django and other returned to Paris but Grappelli stayed in England thus ending the first incarnation of the Quintette du Hot Club de France. Clarinetist Hubert Rostaing was hired to replace Grappelli. Django somehow survived the dark years of Nazi rule when many of his people perished in concentration camps. Jazz was banned under Hitler.

Django was only allowed to play his music because of the aid of a Luftwaffe official who loved jazz and admired his skill. After the war he rejoined Grappelli and they continued to tour even visiting the US and playing in 1946 with Duke Ellington. He stayed in New York for a while but in 1948 returned to France and played mostly electric guitar except on his later days masterpiece Djangologie which he recorded together with Grappelli and a trio of Italian musicians.

In 1951 he retired to to Samois sur Seine, near Fontainebleau France. He lived there until May 16, 1953, when, collapsed outside his house and was declared dead from a brain hemorrhage on arrival at the hospital in Fontainebleau.https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/django-reinhardt/

Avec Django À Montmartre

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Django Reinhardt - Electric Django: Radio Recordings 1947

Size: 181,8 MB
Time: 77:09
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Jazz: Gipsy Jazz
Art: Front

01. Nuages (3:26)
02. September Song (3:05)
03. This Kind Of Friend (2:33)
04. Viper's Dream (3:01)
05. Del Salle (3:23)
06. Les Yeux Noirs (3:13)
07. Minor Swing (2:52)
08. Swing 39 (2:38)
09. Crepuscule (4:00)
10. Lover Man (3:53)
11. Porto Cabello (3:49)
12. Sweet Chorus (3:04)
13. Belleville (2:37)
14. Blues En Mineur (3:33)
15. Dinette (2:57)
16. Folie A Amphion (3:02)
17. I Can't Give You Anything But Love (2:53)
18. Improvisation Sur La Danse Norvegienne (2:40)
19. Manoir De Mes Reves (3:52)
20. Melodie Au Crepuscule (3:22)
21. Place De Brouckere (2:45)
22. Swing De Paris (3:54)
23. Ol' Man River (3:28)
24. Swing Guitars (2:59)

Jean "Django" Reinhardt (23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953) was a Belgian-born Romani French jazz guitarist and composer, regarded as one of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century. He was the first jazz talent to emerge from Europe and remains the most significant.

With violinist Stéphane Grappelli, Reinhardt formed the Paris-based Quintette du Hot Club de France in 1934. The group was among the first to play jazz that featured the guitar as a lead instrument. Reinhardt recorded in France with many visiting American musicians, including Coleman Hawkins and Benny Carter, and briefly toured the United States with Duke Ellington's orchestra in 1946. He died suddenly of a stroke at the age of 43.

Reinhardt's most popular compositions have become standards within gypsy jazz, including "Minor Swing", "Daphne", "Belleville", "Djangology", "Swing '42", and "Nuages". Jazz guitarist Frank Vignola claims that nearly every major popular-music guitarist in the world has been influenced by Reinhardt. Over the last few decades, annual Django festivals have been held throughout Europe and the U.S., and a biography has been written about his life. In February 2017, the Berlin International Film Festival held the world premiere of the French film, Django.

Electric Django

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Django Reinhardt - The Unforgettable

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 1960
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:50
Size: 112,8 MB
Art: Front

(3:54)  1. Sweet Georgia Brown
(2:27)  2. Minor Swing
(2:54)  3. Double Whisky
(3:45)  4. Artillerie Lourde
(2:35)  5. Saint James Infirmary
(3:34)  6. "C" Jam Blues
(3:34)  7. Honeysuckle Rose
(4:07)  8. Dream Of You
(3:47)  9. Begin The Beguine
(3:40) 10. How High The Moon
(3:28) 11. Nuages
(3:53) 12. I Can't Get Started
(3:41) 13. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
(3:25) 14. Manoir De Mes Reves

Django Reinhardt was the first hugely influential jazz figure to emerge from Europe and he remains the most influential European to this day, with possible competition from Joe Zawinul, George Shearing, John McLaughlin, his old cohort Stephane Grappelli and a bare handful of others. A free-spirited gypsy, Reinhardt wasn't the most reliable person in the world, frequently wandering off into the countryside on a whim. Yet Reinhardt came up with a unique way of propelling the humble acoustic guitar into the front line of a jazz combo in the days before amplification became widespread. He would spin joyous, arcing, marvelously inflected solos above the thrumming base of two rhythm guitars and a bass, with Grappelli's elegantly gliding violin serving as the perfect foil. His harmonic concepts were startling for their time making a direct impression upon Charlie Christian and Les Paul, among others and he was an energizing rhythm guitarist behind Grappelli, pushing their groups into a higher gear. Not only did Reinhardt put his stamp upon jazz, his string band music also had an impact upon the parallel development of Western swing, which eventually fed into the wellspring of what is now called country music.

Although he could not read music, with Grappelli and on his own, Reinhardt composed several winsome, highly original tunes like "Daphne," "Nuages" and "Manoir de Mes Reves," as well as mad swingers like "Minor Swing" and the ode to his record label of the '30s, "Stomping at Decca." As the late Ralph Gleason said about Django's recordings, "They were European and they were French and they were still jazz."

A violinist first and a guitarist later, Jean Baptiste "Django" Reinhardt grew up in a gypsy camp near Paris where he absorbed the gypsy strain into his music. A disastrous caravan fire in 1928 badly burned his left hand, depriving him of the use of the fourth and fifth fingers, but the resourceful Reinhardt figured out a novel fingering system to get around the problem that probably accounts for some of the originality of his style. According to one story, during his recovery period, Reinhardt was introduced to American jazz when he found a 78 RPM disc of Louis Armstrong's "Dallas Blues" at an Orleans flea market. He then resumed his career playing in Parisian cafes until one day in 1934 when Hot Club chief Pierre Nourry proposed the idea of an all-string band to Reinhardt and Grappelli.

Thus was born the Quintet of the Hot Club of France, which quickly became an international draw thanks to a long, splendid series of Ultraphone, Decca and HMV recordings.The outbreak of war in 1939 broke up the Quintette, with Grappelli remaining in London where the group was playing and Reinhardt returning to France. During the war years, he led a big band, another quintet with clarinetist Hubert Rostaing in place of Grappelli, and after the liberation of Paris, recorded with such visiting American jazzmen as Mel Powell, Peanuts Hucko and Ray McKinley. In 1946, Reinhardt took up the electric guitar and toured America as a soloist with the Duke Ellington band but his appearances were poorly received. Some of his recordings on electric guitar late in his life are bop escapades where his playing sounds frantic and jagged, a world apart from the jubilant swing of old. However, starting in Jan. 1946, Reinhardt and Grappelli held several sporadic reunions where the bop influences are more subtly integrated into the old, still-fizzing swing format. In the 1950s, Reinhardt became more reclusive, remaining in Europe, playing and recording now and then until his death from a stroke in 1953. His Hot Club recordings from the `30s are his most irresistible legacy; their spirit and sound can be felt in current groups like Holland's Rosenberg Trio.

Personnel: Guitar – Django Reinhardt; Alto Saxophone, Clarinet – André Ekyan;  Bass – Alf Masselier, Carlo Pecori;  Drums – Aurelio De Carolis , Roger Paraboschi;  Piano – Gianni Safred, Ralph Schécroun; Violin – Stephane Grappelli       

The Unforgettable

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Django Reinhardt - Compact Jazz: Django Reinhardt In Brussels

Styles: Gypsy Jazz
Year: 1992
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:02
Size: 112,0 MB
Art: Front

(2:53) 1. Place De Brouckere
(2:53) 2. Seul Ce Soir
(2:37) 3. Mixture
(3:06) 4. Bei Dir War Es Immer So Schon
(3:14) 5. Vous Et Moi
(3:01) 6. Distraction
(2:53) 7. Blues En Mineur
(3:04) 8. Studio 24
(2:56) 9. Divine Beguine
(4:10) 10. Nuages
(3:06) 11. Djangology
(3:04) 12. Eclats De Cuivres
(2:36) 13. Django Rag
(2:46) 14. Dynamisme
(2:54) 15. Tons D'Ebene
(2:43) 16. Chez Moi A Six Heures

Django Reinhardt was the first hugely influential jazz figure to emerge from Europe and he remains the most influential European to this day, with possible competition from Joe Zawinul, George Shearing, John McLaughlin, his old cohort Stephane Grappelli and a bare handful of others. A free-spirited gypsy, Reinhardt wasn't the most reliable person in the world, frequently wandering off into the countryside on a whim. Yet Reinhardt came up with a unique way of propelling the humble acoustic guitar into the front line of a jazz combo in the days before amplification became widespread. He would spin joyous, arcing, marvelously inflected solos above the thrumming base of two rhythm guitars and a bass, with Grappelli's elegantly gliding violin serving as the perfect foil. His harmonic concepts were startling for their time making a direct impression upon Charlie Christian and Les Paul, among others and he was an energizing rhythm guitarist behind Grappelli, pushing their groups into a higher gear. Not only did Reinhardt put his stamp upon jazz, his string band music also had an impact upon the parallel development of Western swing, which eventually fed into the wellspring of what is now called country music. Although he could not read music, with Grappelli and on his own, Reinhardt composed several winsome, highly original tunes like "Daphne," "Nuages" and "Manoir de Mes Reves," as well as mad swingers like "Minor Swing" and the ode to his record label of the '30s, "Stomping at Decca." As the late Ralph Gleason said about Django's recordings, "They were European and they were French and they were still jazz."

A violinist first and a guitarist later, Jean Baptiste "Django" Reinhardt grew up in a gypsy camp near Paris where he absorbed the gypsy strain into his music. A disastrous caravan fire in 1928 badly burned his left hand, depriving him of the use of the fourth and fifth fingers, but the resourceful Reinhardt figured out a novel fingering system to get around the problem that probably accounts for some of the originality of his style. According to one story, during his recovery period, Reinhardt was introduced to American jazz when he found a 78 RPM disc of Louis Armstrong's "Dallas Blues" at an Orleans flea market. He then resumed his career playing in Parisian cafes until one day in 1934 when Hot Club chief Pierre Nourry proposed the idea of an all-string band to Reinhardt and Grappelli. Thus was born the Quintet of the Hot Club of France, which quickly became an international draw thanks to a long, splendid series of Ultraphone, Decca and HMV recordings.

The outbreak of war in 1939 broke up the Quintette, with Grappelli remaining in London where the group was playing and Reinhardt returning to France. During the war years, he led a big band, another quintet with clarinetist Hubert Rostaing in place of Grappelli, and after the liberation of Paris, recorded with such visiting American jazzmen as Mel Powell, Peanuts Hucko and Ray McKinley. In 1946, Reinhardt took up the electric guitar and toured America as a soloist with the Duke Ellington band but his appearances were poorly received. Some of his recordings on electric guitar late in his life are bop escapades where his playing sounds frantic and jagged, a world apart from the jubilant swing of old. However, starting in Jan. 1946, Reinhardt and Grappelli held several sporadic reunions where the bop influences are more subtly integrated into the old, still-fizzing swing format. In the 1950s, Reinhardt became more reclusive, remaining in Europe, playing and recording now and then until his death from a stroke in 1953. His Hot Club recordings from the `30s are his most irresistible legacy; their spirit and sound can be felt in current groups like Holland's Rosenberg Trio.~Richard S.Ginell https://www.allmusic.com/artist/django-reinhardt-mn0000136220/biography

Compact Jazz: Django Reinhardt In Brussels

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Stéphane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt - Kings of Gypsy Swing

Styles: Swing
Year: 2008
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 73:27
Size: 170,2 MB
Art: Front

(2:36) 1. The Continental
(3:07) 2. After You've Gone
(2:22) 3. Some of These Days
(3:47) 4. Nuages, Daphne
(3:18) 5. Viper's Dream
(2:22) 6. Mystery Pacific
(3:28) 7. Body & Soul
(3:17) 8. Oh, Lady Be Good
(2:36) 9. I Never Knew
(3:03) 10. I Found a New Baby
(2:30) 11. Tiger Rag
(3:16) 12. Minor Swing
(3:01) 13. Crazy Rhythm
(2:49) 14. Smoke Rings
(2:31) 15. Tiger Rag
(3:06) 16. After You've Gone
(3:14) 17. Georgia On My Mind
(2:45) 18. Honeysuckle Rose
(3:16) 19. Oh, Lady Be Good
(2:42) 20. St. Louis Blues
(2:14) 21. I Got Rhythm
(3:00) 22. Sweet Georgia Brown
(3:17) 23. Out of Nowhere
(2:46) 24. Limehouse Blues
(2:52) 25. Djangology

Jean Reinhardt (23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953), known by his Romani nickname Django (French: [d?ã?go ??jna?t] or [d??~go ?en??t]), was a Belgian-born Romani-French jazz guitarist and composer. He has been hailed as one of the first major jazz talents to emerge in Europe and as one of its most significant exponents. With violinist Stéphane Grappelli, Reinhardt formed the Paris-based Quintette du Hot Club de France in 1934. The group was among the first to play jazz that featured the guitar as a lead instrument. Reinhardt recorded in France with many visiting American musicians, including Coleman Hawkins and Benny Carter, and briefly toured the United States with Duke Ellington's orchestra in 1946. He died suddenly of a stroke in 1953 at the age of 43. Reinhardt's most popular compositions have become standards within gypsy jazz, including "Minor Swing" "Daphne", "Belleville", "Djangology", "Swing '42", and "Nuages". Jazz guitarist Frank Vignola claims that nearly every major popular-music guitarist in the world has been influenced by Reinhardt. Over the last few decades, annual Django festivals have been held throughout Europe and the U.S., and a biography has been written about his life. In February 2017, the Berlin International Film Festival held the world premiere of the French film Django.More...... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Django_Reinhardt

Stéphane Grappelli (French pronunciation: [stefan g?ap?li]; 26 January 1908 – 1 December 1997, born Stefano Grappelli) was a French-Italian jazz violinist. He is best known as a founder for the Quintette du Hot Club de France with guitarist Django Reinhardt in 1934. It was one of the first all-string jazz bands. He has been called "the grandfather of jazz violinists" and continued playing concerts around the world well into his eighties For the first three decades of his career, he was billed using a gallicised spelling of his last name, Grappelly, reverting to Grappelli in 1969. The latter, Italian spelling is now used almost universally when referring to the violinist, including reissues of his early work.More.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A9phane_Grappelli

Kings of Gypsy Swing

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Django Reinhardt - Peche A La Mouche (2-Disc Set)

Legend has it that guitarist Django Reinhardt was at his absolute peak in the 1930s during his recordings with violinist Stephane Grappelli and that when he switched from acoustic to electric guitar after World War II, he lost a bit of his musical personality. Wrong on both counts. This double CD documents his Blue Star recordings of 1947 and 1953 and Reinhardt (on electric guitar) takes inventive boppish solos that put him at the top of the list of jazz guitarists who were active during the era. Most of the earlier tracks feature Reinhardt in the Quintet of the Hot Club of France with clarinetist Hubert Rostaing but the eight later selections in which he is backed by a standard rhythm section are most interesting. These well-recorded performances hint at what Django Reinhardt might have accomplished in the 1950s had he lived longer. Highly recommended. ~Scott Yanow

Album: Peche A La Mouche (Disc 1)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:54
Size: 107.4 MB
Styles: Swing, Guitar jazz
Year: 1992
Art: Front

[2:33] 1. Pêche à La Mouche
[2:46] 2. Minor Blues
[2:54] 3. For Sentimental Reasons
[3:01] 4. Danse Norvégienne
[2:51] 5. Blues For Barclay
[2:49] 6. Folie A Amphion
[3:14] 7. Vette
[3:31] 8. Anniversary Song
[2:47] 9. Swing 48
[3:19] 10. September Song
[2:45] 11. Brazil
[2:39] 12. I'll Never Smile Again
[2:35] 13. New York City
[3:07] 14. Django's Blues
[3:06] 15. Love's Mood
[2:51] 16. I Love You

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Album: Peche A La Mouche (Disc 2)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:00
Size: 114.5 MB
Styles: Swing, Guitar jazz
Year: 1992
Art: Front

[3:04] 1. Topsy
[2:23] 2. Moppin The Bride (Micro)
[3:15] 3. Insensiblement
[2:55] 4. Mano
[2:43] 5. Blues Primitif
[3:02] 6. Gipsy With A Song (Take 1)
[2:58] 7. Gipsy With A Song
[3:00] 8. Night And Day
[3:02] 9. Confessin' (That I Love You)
[3:19] 10. Blues For Ike
[2:31] 11. September Song
[2:49] 12. Night And Day
[3:05] 13. Insensiblement
[2:34] 14. Manoir De Mes Rêves
[3:13] 15. Nuages
[2:24] 16. Brazil
[3:35] 17. Confessin' That I Love You

Peche A La Mouche(Disc 1)(Disc 2)

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Sidney Bechet, Django Reinhardt - Deux Geants Du Jazz

Styles: Saxophone And Guitar Jazz
Year: 1969
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:27
Size: 86,9 MB
Art: Front

(3:31)  1. Petite Fleur
(3:51)  2. Swing de Paris
(3:15)  3. Songe D'automne
(3:00)  4. September Song
(2:19)  5. Willow Weep For Me
(2:56)  6. Folie a Amphion
(3:19)  7. Nuages
(3:03)  8. Rose de Picardie
(2:51)  9. Dinette
(2:52) 10. Laura
(3:27) 11. Blues en Mineur
(2:57) 12. Dardanella

Despite the title, unfortunately guitarist Django Reinhardt and soprano-saxophonist Sidney Bechet do not actually play together. Instead they are heard on alternating tracks. Reinhardt's performances (taken from radio broadcasts) feature him in 1947 with his Quintet (starring clarinetist Maurice Meurnier) and are fine but it is the Bechet selections (which originated from a variety of sources between 1952-57) that are most exciting, particularly "Roses of Picardy," "Down by the Old Stream" and his hit "Petite Fleur." It's worth picking up as an introduction to these two classic jazzmen. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/django-reinhardt-sidney-bechet-deux-geants-du-jazz-mw0000957511

Personnel:  Sidney Bechet - Saxophone;  Django Reinhardt - Guitar.

Deux Geants Du Jazz

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Various - Generation Django

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 104:40
Size: 239.6 MB
Styles: Gypsy jazz, Swing
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[4:17] 1. Biréli Lagrène - More
[2:58] 2. Biréli Lagrène - Daphne
[2:48] 3. Amati Schmitt - Gipsy Swing
[4:08] 4. Rocky Gresset - Time On My Hands
[2:31] 5. Dorado Schmitt - Bleu Citron
[3:31] 6. Biréli Lagrène - La Mer
[2:04] 7. Rocky Gresset - Ferber Swing
[4:52] 8. Biréli Lagrène - Place Du Tertre
[4:20] 9. Luis Salinas - Nubes
[3:47] 10. Rocky Gresset - Blue Skies
[2:55] 11. Biréli Lagrène - Les Yeux Noirs
[3:46] 12. Valérie Duchâteau - Danse Norvegienne
[9:18] 13. Biréli Lagrène - Minor Swing
[3:00] 14. Django Reinhardt - Blues Clair
[3:19] 15. Dorado Schmitt - My Blue Heaven
[3:10] 16. Gautier Laurent - Them There Eyes
[2:24] 17. Adrien Moignard - Dinette
[2:44] 18. Marcel Loeffler - Montagne Sainte Geneviève
[5:00] 19. Rocky Gresset - Tears
[3:17] 20. David Reinhardt - Nuits De Saint Germain Des Prés
[4:36] 21. Babik Reinhardt - Incertitudes
[2:16] 22. Sanseverino - La Cigale Et La Fourmi
[4:16] 23. Biréli Lagrène - Envie De Toi
[4:10] 24. Biréli Lagrène - Zurezat
[4:56] 25. Jean-Yves Dubanton - Frédo
[3:44] 26. Caravan Palace -Jolie Coquine
[6:22] 27. Stéphane Grappelli - Blues For Django And Stéphane

Larry Coryell's "Blues for Django and Stephane" (from a 1992 concert, featuring guitarists Philip Catherine and Marc Fossett, plus bass virtuoso Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen), plus a mesmerizing guitar trio rendition of "Tears" (with Rocky Gresset, Adrien Moignard, and Sylvain Luc) are here, off-setting some of the more contemporary arrangements, which aren't as interesting. Guitarist David Reinhardt's setting of Django's "Nuits de Saint Germain Des Pres" combines a more poppish/contemporary sound with Brazilian rhythm, organ, and flute, though it is innocuous. Babik Reinhardt's original "Incertitudes" is more like a cheesy smooth jazz track, with his effective electric guitar backed by mundane keyboards and an instantly forgettable pop rhythm. Worst of all, though, is Caravan Palace's "Jolie Coquine," which attempts to blend Andrews Sisters-style vocals with gypsy rhythm, then adds contemporary percussion that makes it sound like a modern dance club number, and a forgettable, overproduced effort. The liner notes are rather brief, when they could have been used to explain the selection process and background of some of the lesser-known artists. Many of the songs have previously been released elsewhere, though it is not made clear if anything was recorded specifically for this anthology. In total, a generally good, though inconsistent salute, to Django Reinhardt's lasting influence on jazz. ~Ken Dryden

Generation Django mc
Generation Django zippy

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Django Reinhardt - An Introduction To The Guitar Genius

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:27
Size: 143.0 MB
Styles: Continental jazz, Gypsy swing
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[3:16] 1. Minor Swing
[3:04] 2. After You've Gone
[2:45] 3. Miss Annabelle Lee
[2:45] 4. St Louis Blues
[3:03] 5. You Rascal You
[3:21] 6. Liebestraum No 3
[2:32] 7. I'll See You In My Dreams
[2:50] 8. My Serenade
[2:54] 9. Improvisation
[2:17] 10. Mystery Pacific
[2:53] 11. Swinging With Django
[2:38] 12. Rhythm Futur
[2:45] 13. Swing 42
[3:59] 14. Bolero
[3:01] 15. Dinette
[2:34] 16. Belleville
[3:17] 17. Porto Cabello
[2:46] 18. Djangology
[3:04] 19. Nuits De Saint-Germain-Des-Pres
[3:14] 20. Nuages
[3:20] 21. Blues For Ike

Norway’s Hot Club label is dedicated to the hot jazz era from the 1930s through the mid-'50s. This single-disc set of Django Reinhardt's recordings with his killer band the Hot Club of France claims to be the first volume in his best recordings between 1936 and 1953. For starters, that claim is highly debatable. If planning multiple volumes in a series, why not pick the best tracks from one decade at a time and issue them that way? Secondly, since Reinhardt and his bandmates -- who included, of course, Stéphane Grappelli in the beginning -- cut so many fine sides, simply picking the best-known doesn’t necessarily signify the best in terms of quality. Complaints in advertising aside, there is no doubt that what is here is solid from top to bottom, beginning with the signature reading of “Minor Swing” that offers not only a glimpse, but the entire picture of Reinhardt’s genius in one swinging cut. The version of W.C. Handy's “St. Louis Blues” offers great evidence that Reinhardt in particular and this group in general need not be burning down the house tempo-wise in order to showcase their incredible ability to swing. Reinhardt’s solo is mind-bending to be sure, but it’s the group interplay that is most enlightening. The same can be said for “After You’ve Gone,” with Grappelli engaging Reinhardt in a call-and-response set of solos that is utterly delightfully. The later tracks on this set, such as "Nuits de Saint-Germain-des-Près," feature Reinhardt in a big-band setting playing electric guitar, where he employs techniques of dissonance and distortion to get his ideas across inside the larger ensemble and it works beautifully. That said, it is in the smaller-group settings that the listener will no doubt derive the greatest pleasure. The sound quality ranges from good to near excellent, which is impressive considering the source tapes for much of this material. ~Thom Jurek

An Introduction To The Guitar Genius

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Rex Stewart - Story 1926-1945

Styles: Trumpet And Cornet Jazz
Year: 1996
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:45
Size: 143,1 MB
Art: Front

(3:16)  1. The stampede
(3:00)  2. Rocky road
(3:06)  3. Showboat shuffle
(3:08)  4. Kissin' my baby goodnight
(2:29)  5. Watermelon man
(3:05)  6. Boy meets horn
(3:31)  7. John Hardy's wife
(2:47)  8. Back room romp (A contrapunctual stomp)
(2:35)  9. Swing baby swing (Love in my heart)
(2:35) 10. Sugar hill shim-sham
(2:30) 11. Tea and trumpets
(2:39) 12. San Juan hill
(2:39) 13. Fat stuff serenade
(3:05) 14. Solid old man
(4:26) 15. Cherry
(3:22) 16. Poor bubber
(3:01) 17. Dreamer's blues
(3:16) 18. Shady shade of the street
(3:12) 19. 12th street rag
(2:53) 20. Save it pretty mama

Rex Stewart achieved his greatest glory in a subsidiary role, playing cornet 11 years in the Duke Ellington Orchestra. His famous "talking" style and half-valve effects were exploited brilliantly by countless Ellington pieces containing perfect passages tailored to showcase Stewart's sound. He played in a forceful, gripping manner that reflected the influences of Louis Armstrong, Bubber Miley, and Bix Beiderbecke, whose solos he once reproduced on record. Stewart played on Potomac riverboats before moving to Philadelphia. He went to New York in 1921. Stewart worked with Elmer Snowden in 1925, then joined Fletcher Henderson a year later. But he felt his talents were not at the necessary level, and departed Henderson's band, joining his brother Horace's band at Wilberforce College. Stewart returned in 1928. He remained five years and contributed many memorable solos. There was also a brief period in McKinney's Cotton Pickers in 1931, a stint heading his own band, and another short stay with Luis Russell before Stewart joined the Ellington Orchestra in 1934.

He was a star throughout his tenure, co-writing classics "Boy Meets Horn" and "Morning Glory." He also supervised many outside recording sessions using Ellingtonians. After leaving, Stewart led various combos and performed throughout Europe and Australia on an extensive Jazz at the Philharmonic tour from 1947-1951. He lectured at the Paris Conservatory in 1948. Stewart settled in New Jersey to run a farm in the early '50s. He was semi-retired, but found new success in the media. He worked in local radio and television, while leading a band part-time in Boston. Stewart led the Fletcher Henderson reunion band in 1957 and 1958, and recorded with them. He played at Eddie Condon's club in 1958 and 1959, then moved to the West Coast. Stewart again worked as a disc jockey and became a critic. While he published many excellent pieces, a collection containing many of his best reviews, Jazz Masters of the Thirties, came out posthumously. There's also a Stewart autobiography available. ~ Ron Wynn http://www.allmusic.com/artist/rex-stewart-mn0000888838/biography

Personnel: Rex Stewart (trumpet, cornet); Don Redman, Ivie Anderson (vocals); Django Reinhardt, Brick Fleagle, Fred Guy (guitar); Dave Wilborn, Charlie Dixon (banjo); Buster Bailey (clarinet, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); Benny Carter (clarinet, alto saxophone); Coleman Hawkins, Prince Robinson (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Barney Bigard (clarinet); Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); Pete Clarke, Earl Bostic (alto saxophone); Cecil Scott (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Ben Webster (tenor saxophone); Cootie Williams, Charlie Allen ,Smith, Langston Curl, Louis Bacon, Sidney Bechet, Arthur Whetsol, Wallace Jones (trumpet); Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton, Juan Tizol, Lawrence Brown , Ed Cuffee, Charlie Green (trombone); Billy Taylor, Sr., Bob Escudero (tuba); Fletcher Henderson, Dave Riviera, Lionel Hampton, Todd Rhodes, Billy Kyle , Earl Hines (piano); Fred Avendorf, Cuba Austin, J.C. Heard, Joseph "Kaiser" Marshall, Sonny Greer, Baby Dodds (drums)

Story  1926-1945

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Django Reinhardt - All Star Sessions

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:11
Size: 108.0 MB
Styles: Gypsy jazz, Continental jazz, Guitar jazz
Year: 2001
Art: Front

[2:23] 1. Montmartre
[2:59] 2. Low Cotton
[2:18] 3. Finesse
[2:30] 4. I Know That You Know And You Know That I Know
[3:00] 5. Solid Old Man
[2:44] 6. Honeysuckle Rose
[2:59] 7. Crazy Rhythm
[3:17] 8. Out Of Nowhere
[2:59] 9. Sweet Georgia Brown
[3:01] 10. I'm Coming Virginia
[3:13] 11. Farewell Blues
[3:03] 12. Blue Light Blues
[3:11] 13. Blue Moon
[2:58] 14. Avalon
[3:20] 15. What A Diff'rence A Day Made
[3:10] 16. Stardust

The studio sessions within this CD were produced by Charles Delauney in Paris during the late '30s, when a number of prominent Americans were either passing through or temporarily taking up residence in Europe. Django Reinhardt was a relative newcomer to jazz, but quickly became a leading player on the continent, and is present on four very different sessions in this collection. A quartet led by cornetist Rex Stewart includes fellow Ellington veterans Barney Bigard on clarinet and bassist Billy Taylor, though the Americans and their gypsy guitarist eschew the Ellington songbook and find their own sound in a date dominated by originals written by Stewart or Taylor. Reinhardt is prominently featured as a soloist and proves himself in ensembles as well as backing others' solos. The only standard present is a swinging "I Know That You Know." The guitarist is part of Michel Warlop's orchestra with special guest Coleman Hawkins for a 1935 session, though the rather square arrangements haven't stood the test of time too well. The highlight of this date is "Star Dust," which includes Hawkins with only the rhythm section of Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli (on piano), and bassist Eugene d'Hellemmes. Reinhardt and Grappelli (again, exclusively on piano) are both present in an all-star ensemble led by Hawkins, which also features Benny Carter (on both alto sax and trumpet). Carter's swinging arrangements make these four tracks a joy to hear, though Reinhardt only solos on "Honeysuckle Rose." Although most of these selections have appeared regularly on a number of earlier CDs and LPs, this current collection is worth acquiring, especially for the small-group date led by Stewart. ~Ken Dryden

All Star Sessions

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Django Reinhardt - Djangology

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 72:50
Size: 166.7 MB
Styles: Gypsy jazz, Swing
Year: 2002
Art: Front

[3:27] 1. I Saw Stars
[2:57] 2. After You've Gone
[3:37] 3. Heavy Artillery (Artillerie Lourde)
[4:13] 4. Beyond the Sea (La Mer)
[2:34] 5. Minor Swing
[3:00] 6. Menilmontant
[3:41] 7. Brick Top
[2:51] 8. Swing Guitars
[2:51] 9. All the Things You Are
[2:23] 10. Daphné
[2:48] 11. It's Only a Paper Moon
[3:41] 12. Improvisation on Tchaikovsky's Pathetique Andante
[2:49] 13. The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise
[2:42] 14. Djangology
[3:18] 15. Ou Es-Tu, Mon Amour (Where Are You, My Love )
[2:51] 16. Marie
[3:42] 17. I Surrender, Dear
[3:06] 18. Hallelujah
[2:23] 19. Swing '42
[3:58] 20. I'll Never Be the Same
[3:57] 21. Honeysuckle Rose
[3:08] 22. Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be)
[2:43] 23. I Got Rhythm

In 1949, Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli reunited for a brief tour of Italy. While they were there they recorded about 50 tunes with an Italian rhythm section, and although they didn't know it at the time, these sessions marked the last time the Gypsy guitarist and the French violinist recorded together. This CD collects 23 of the best tracks from those final sessions, including versions of Hot Club standards like "Minor Swing," "Bricktop," and "Swing 42." Reinhardt and Grappelli don't try to recreate the raucous swing of their earlier collaborations, opting instead for an intriguing blend of romantic, almost classical melodic soloing and bebop-tinged harmonies and rhythms. The attempt doesn't always succeed, primarily because the three musicians on drums, bass, and piano are clearly out of their depth. But when the two masters click, as they do on "I Got Rhythm," they demonstrate an eagerness to explore the new musical possibilities offered by postwar jazz. Sadly Reinhardt died not long after he returned from Italy, so he and Grappelli were never able to continue their musical exploration, leaving the music on Djangology as a final farewell to one of the great partnerships in jazz. ~Michael Simmons

Djangology

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Django Reinhardt - Swing 39

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 49:59
Size: 114.4 MB
Styles: Swing, Gypsy guitar
Year: 2000
Art: Front

[3:12] 1. Jeepers Creepers (Instrumental)
[3:12] 2. Jeepers Creepers
[3:17] 3. Swing 39
[2:38] 4. Japanese Sandman
[3:00] 5. I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight
[3:06] 6. I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight (Alternate Take)
[2:49] 7. Tea For Two (Instrumental)
[2:50] 8. Tea For Two
[3:20] 9. My Melancholy Baby (Instrumental)
[2:39] 10. Time On My Hands
[2:37] 11. Twelfth Year (Instrumental)
[2:39] 12. Twelfth Year
[2:46] 13. My Melancholy Baby
[3:06] 14. Japanese Sandman
[3:12] 15. Tea For Two (Alternate Take 2)
[2:44] 16. I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight (Alternate Take 2)
[2:44] 17. Hungaria

Although the war was raging when Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli, and the Quintet of the Hot Club of France recorded these tracks in 1939, their light-hearted swing on standards such as "Jeepers Creepers," "Tea for Two," and "My Melancholy Baby" recalls an earlier, more peaceful time. Reinhardt and Grappelli trade solos as if they are giving each other presents. They sound as if they are in a friendly competition to see not who is the fastest or flashiest, but rather who can play the most elegant, musical lines. This CD contains multiple takes of a number of songs, including "Japanese Sandman," "I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight," and the Reinhardt composition "Twelfth Year," but Reinhardt and Grappelli's inventiveness keeps them from sounding repetitive. Their intros and solos are different each time, and you get the feeling they could have recorded the same song a dozen times and come up with 12 different, but equally perfect, versions. The tracks on Swing 39 are among the last recorded in Paris by Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli, and the Quintet of the Hot Club of France. Within a few months the group would be split up by the war, with Grappelli spending the duration in London and Reinhardt trapped in Paris. These tracks are a fitting tribute to not only a great band, but also to an era that was soon to disappear forever. ~Michael Simmons

Swing 39

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Various - Jazz Manouche

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 61:53
Size: 141.7 MB
Styles: Swing, Gypsy jazz
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[4:41] 1. Stochelo Rosenberg - After You've Gone
[2:48] 2. Romane - Swing 98
[3:14] 3. Django Reinhardt - Nuages
[3:59] 4. The New Quintette Du Hot Club De France - Mélodie Pour Stéphane
[5:09] 5. Stochelo Rosenberg - Just Enough For Jazz
[5:21] 6. Tchavolo Schmitt - J'attendrai
[4:49] 7. Stochelo Rosenberg - All Jazzy
[3:29] 8. Bernard Berkhout - Last Minute Swing
[3:21] 9. Tchan-Tchou - Flots Du Danube
[3:50] 10. Romane - Legende
[3:59] 11. Hot Club Usa - Stompin' At Decca
[3:22] 12. Tim Kliphouse - Exactly Like You
[4:21] 13. Tchavolo Schmitt - It Had To Be You
[4:00] 14. Hot Club Usa - Djangology
[2:38] 15. Stochelo Rosenberg - Melody For Babik
[2:45] 16. Django Reinhardt - Echoes Of France (La Marseillaise)

Gypsy jazz (also known as gypsy swing or hot club jazz) is a style of jazz music often said to have been started by guitarist Jean "Django" Reinhardt in the 1930s. Because it's origins are largely in France it is often called by the French name, "jazz manouche", or alternatively, "manouche jazz", even in English language sources. Some modern dictionaries recommend avoiding using the word "gypsy" because it is felt to have been tainted by its frequent use as a pejorative, however dictionaries do not caution against use of the term "gypsy jazz."Django was foremost among a group of Romani guitarists working in and around Paris in the 1930s through the 1950s, a group which also included the brothers Baro, Sarane, and Matelo Ferret and Reinhardt's brother Joseph "Nin-Nin" Reinhardt.

Many of the musicians in this style worked in Paris in various popular Musette ensembles. The Musette style waltz remains an important component in the Gypsy jazz repertoire. Reinhardt was noted for combining a dark, chromatic Gypsy flavor with the swing articulation of the period. This combination is critical to this style of jazz. In addition to this his approach continues to form the basis for contemporary Gypsy jazz guitar. Reinhardt's most famous group, the Quintette du Hot Club de France, also brought fame to jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli.

Jazz Manouche

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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

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