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

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Dorado Schmidtt - Parisienne

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:07
Size: 114.8 MB
Styles: Guitar jazz
Year: 1995
Art: Front

[4:41] 1. Phil
[3:10] 2. Tout Seul
[4:41] 3. Parisienne
[3:57] 4. Bossa Dorado
[3:55] 5. Doradology
[6:04] 6. Choucka Dives
[2:52] 7. Mistral
[1:56] 8. Valse Chromatique
[3:24] 9. For Stan
[4:55] 10. Pour Elle
[3:56] 11. Everybody Sings
[4:03] 12. Dorado Swing
[2:28] 13. La Source De La Vie

Dorado Schmitt loves bop ... It is obviously listening to Parisienne, album recorded in 1994 at Djazz Record. Is it also necessary to recall that the Forbach guitarist who performs regularly in the Americas (the adoption procedure would be in progress ...) loudly proclaims his admiration for a certain Wes (Montgomery) and Georges (Benson), the latter having also not been asked to bang the beef with our national Dorado!

Almost no gypsy guitar on this record, so no pump either, but a snare drum and a piano held (both!) By the eclectic Stan Laferrière. A rhythmic evoking more an american way of jazz than a French hot touch Paris. And although ... The Parisienne of this pretty record is perhaps there to remind us precisely that if the heart is in the west, the fingers remain well from us, and that finally, Django is never very far. .. That's what's nice about this album: the meeting of two jazz schools. And in this register, Dorado demonstrates both the pick and the bow that the Atlantic can be crossed in the blink of an eye ... as long as we are of the heart and inspiration, which he does not not miss!

Dorado Schmitt loves the bop, we said ... listening to the album, recognize that the bop makes him good! (Translated from French.)

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