Music CD - Django Reinhardt: The Best of Django Reinhardt

	Music CD: The Best of Django Reinhardt Artist: Django Reinhardt List Price: $15.98 Our Price: $9.87 Your Save: $ 6.11 ( 38% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Blue Note Records
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Tracks: 1. Limehouse Blues 2. When Day Is Done 3. Saint Louis Blues 4. Minor Swing 5. My Serenade 6. You Rascal You 7. Montmartre 8. I'll See You In My Dreams 9. Naguine 10. Nuages 11. Blues Clair 12. Place De Brouckere 13. Manoir Des Mes Reves (AKA Django's Castle) 14. Django's Tiger 15. Ol' Man River 16. Diminushing 17. Lady Be Good 18. To Each His Own Symphony
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0724383713820 Label: Blue Note Records Manufacturer: Blue Note Records Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Blue Note Records Release Date: 1996-03-19 Studio: Blue Note Records
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Poor sound quality mars a great musician Comment: Django Reinhardt and his style of jazz certainly is good listening, and definitely characteristic of the era around WWII in Europe. But the quality of the sound on this CD is terrible -- surely some of the noise could have been removed without losing the fell of the music. Customer Rating: Summary: Good compilation Comment: Although the title is called best of Django Reinhardt, some of the good pieces are not there. On the whole it is a good compilation. Customer Rating: Summary: Music for everyone who needs a lift Comment: I have heard of Django Reinhardt for many years and heard "Gypsy swing" or "Gypsy jazz" bands around my local area. The music is fun and uplifting. Finally hearing Django, the innovater and virtuoso, adds a whole new appreciation for the artform. This recording is not only entertaining, it is also professional and well mastered. No tinny sounds like many re-prints of old originals, no scratchy bits. This CD is well worth a listen. If you love Django's style, you will love this CD. Customer Rating: Summary: The Best of Django Reinhardt Comment: This man is brilliant. However, after listening, it is not my style of jazz...which does not reflect on this man's genius. Customer Rating: Summary: A definite must have! Comment: Django is truly a legend for early jazz. His guitar style is unmatched by any other guitarist. What makes him even more unique is that he lost two finders in a fire saving his family, and instead of quiting, he found a style where he could play chords and scales with 2 fingers that other guitarists struggle doing with 4. This CD is my favorite. It compiles a lot of his best work and the sound quality is really good. Some of his other recordings are rather rough due to the technology back in the 1930s, but this CD is mastered well. I bought this again after I lost my original while on vacation. This CD will always be in my collection. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: Django Reinhardt was both the first great jazz-guitar soloist and the first European jazz musician to have a significant influence on American musicians. Just as Earl Hines had found a way to transfer Louis Armstrong's assertive solo style to the piano, Reinhardt did it with the acoustic guitar, mixing inventive melodic improvisation with a decorative gypsy-guitar idiom and vigorous rhythm. He did it most often with the Hot Club of France, a quintet including violinist Stephane Grappelli, two rhythm guitarists, and a bassist that created its own distinctive style, a lightly propulsive mix that was an ideal setting for Django's mix of drive, invention, and charm. The recordings here range from 1936 to 1948 and showcase Reinhardt with the Hot Club, clarinetist Hubert Rostaing, and trumpeter Rex Stewart. Included is a brilliant solo performance of his "Naguine." It's an excellent introduction to one of the most original voices in jazz of the period, to a fine composer as well as a unique guitarist. --Stuart Broomer