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Django Reinhardt - And His American Friends Complete Sessions (2000)

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Django Reinhardt - And His American Friends Complete Sessions (2000)

Django Reinhardt - And His American Friends Complete Sessions (2000)
FLAC (tracks+.cue,log,scans) | 5:13:29 | 723 Mb
Genre: Jazz

The complete and definitive edition of the studio recordings made with American jazzmen, as soloists and as freelances. Includes all the master takes issued originally and presented in chronological order.

Django Reinhardt - Le Dernier Django: The Ultimate Django (1951-1953) (2018)

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Django Reinhardt - Le Dernier Django: The Ultimate Django (1951-1953) (2018)

Django Reinhardt - Le Dernier Django: The Ultimate Django (1951-1953) (2018)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 718 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 321 Mb | 02:19:59
Gypsy Jazz, Swing | Label: Label Ouest

The last years of his life marks a total renewal of the music of Django Reinhardt. The reopening of the Club Saint Germain, in February 1951, and the rapprochement with the new wave of French jazz (saxophonist Hubert Fol head) inaugurate a new creative period in the career of guitarist, rich in metamorphoses. A personal journey continued for several years, including the revolution bebop, combined with the talent of a new generation of musicians (pianists Raymond Fol, Maurice Vander, Martial Solal, bassist Pierre Michelot…), leads to a flamboyant work. New sounds marked by the opulence of the electric guitar. New melodies (Nights of Saint-Germain des Pres, Golden Arrow, Anouman…) and new (s) form (s) Instrumental (s), responding to the canons of modern jazz.Bringing together all the studio sessions and live recordings known this period, fully remastered, this 3CD box set offers the ultimate fulfillment of the route of the great Gypsy.

Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli With The Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France: The Ultimate Collection (2008) 2CDs

Posted By: Designol
Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli With The Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France: The Ultimate Collection (2008) 2CDs

Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli With The Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France
- The Ultimate Collection (2008) 2 CDs

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 502 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 354 Mb | Scans included
Label: Not Now Music | # NOT2CD251 | Time: 02:22:45
Early Jazz, Swing, Gypsy Jazz, Guitar Jazz

Guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinist Stephane Grappelli hold unique places in the history of jazz music. As the mainstays of the Quintet of The Hot Club Of France, they are the first European musicians to directly influence what was in their heyday a completely American-based genre. The tracks on this compilation have been digitally re-mastered and feature all their biggest tunes.

Django Reinhardt - Django Et Compagnie [Recorded 1935-1937] (2000)

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Django Reinhardt - Django Et Compagnie [Recorded 1935-1937] (2000)

Django Reinhardt - Django Et Compagnie [Recorded 1935-1937] (2000)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 232 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 128 MB | Covers - 31 MB
Genre: Gypsy Jazz, Swing | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Universal Music (549 241-2)

Django Reinhardt is exclusively a sideman in this compilation of recordings made with various French bands and singers during the 1930s. The instrumental tracks are okay, especially those with violinist Michel Warlop's orchestra, even if Warlop is no match for Stéphane Grappelli. The final two instrumental tracks by Wal-Berg & Son are a mystery, as Django is not among the credited musicians. The vocal tracks are another matter. Nina Rette's vocals, dominated by her bird-like vibrato, mar her work with Reinhardt and Grappelli. Reinhardt isn't even listed in the session by singer Andre Pasdoc (if he isn't present, why is it included?); no matter, as this pair of songs deserve to remain obscure. No better are the tracks by long forgotten singers Yvonne Louis or Micheline Day…

Django Reinhardt - Swing 48 [Recorded 1947] (2001)

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Django Reinhardt - Swing 48 [Recorded 1947] (2001)

Django Reinhardt - Swing 48 [Recorded 1947] (2001)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 154 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 85 MB | Covers - 47 MB
Genre: Gypsy Jazz, Swing | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Universal Music (013 544-2)

Jazz in Paris: Swing 48 collects some of Django Reinhardt's best electric guitar performances from the late '40s, including "Pêche à la Mouche," "Minor Blues," "Night and Day," and "Swing 48." These lively numbers are balanced with quieter but no less inventive tracks such as "For Sentimental Reasons" and "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)." Two takes on "Blues for Barclay" round out this compact collection, which may not be as thorough an exploration of this part of Reinhardt's career as Peche à la Mouche, but still offers a taste of his electric, bop-influenced years.

Django Reinhardt - Django's Blues [Recorded 1947] (2001)

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Django Reinhardt - Django's Blues [Recorded 1947] (2001)

Django Reinhardt - Django's Blues [Recorded 1947] (2001)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 177 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 105 MB | Covers - 50 MB
Genre: Gypsy Jazz, Swing | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Universal Music (013 545-2)

Paris was the place to be before and after WWII, and Jazz in Paris captures some of those immortal moments such as Django's Blues. This is a wonderful introdution to the great guitarist as he plays some classic pieces such as Septermber Song, Brazil and Blues Primitif. The disc is divided into two performances at the Le Quintette de Hot Club in 1947, with his brother Joseph joining him on the second set on rhythm guitar. The series is beautifully packaged and you will love checking out the many other titles such as Django and Company, which includes Stephane Grappelli.

Django Reinhardt - 1944-1946 (1997)

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Django Reinhardt - 1944-1946 (1997)

Django Reinhardt - 1944-1946 (1997)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 246 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 158 MB | Covers - 6 MB
Genre: Gypsy Jazz, Swing | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Classics Records (CLASSICS 945)

Thanks to a certain high ranking Nazi official whose penchant for jazz music caused him to violate the aggressively racist policies of his own government, Django Reinhardt was able to perform his music throughout most of the Occupation without being deported, involuntarily sterilized, or exterminated along with many of his fellow Gypsies. Nevertheless, weary of an imposed police state and shaken by Allied "precision" bombardment of Paris, Reinhardt and his second wife Naguine attempted to flee to Switzerland by way of Thonon-les-Bains at Lac Leman in 1943. Apprehended and jailed at Thonon, they were set free by the same fortuitous fluke in the Nazi establishment. Given the disruptive nature of these harrowing circumstances, it is not surprising that the only recordings known to have been made with Reinhardt in attendance during the year 1944 are three sides cut on November 3…

Django Reinhardt - In Solitaire: Complete Recordings for Solo Guitar 1937-1950 (2005)

Posted By: Designol
Django Reinhardt - In Solitaire: Complete Recordings for Solo Guitar 1937-1950 (2005)

Django Reinhardt - In Solitaire: Complete Recordings for Solo Guitar (2005)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 128 Mb | Scans included | Time: 00:49:41
Guitar Jazz, Gypsy Jazz, Swing | Label: Definitive | # DRCD 11286

Between dozens of recordings made from 1937 to 1950, legendary French gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt waxed one, maybe two titles of solo guitar per year. Often it was less than that. Sometimes he made them at the request of the producers, who surely heard him warming up and decided to capture on records some of that magic atmosphere. Then Django took his instrument and performed whatever was on his mind: in occasions fully developed solo compositions; another times, instantly made up improvisations. This outstanding CD comprises them all for the first time in chronological order, including some very rare tracks and a recently discovered solo from a radio program as a bonus track.

Django Reinhardt - The Electric Years [Recorded 1947-1953] (2007) (Repost)

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Django Reinhardt - The Electric Years [Recorded 1947-1953] (2007) (Repost)

Django Reinhardt - The Electric Years [Recorded 1947-1953] (2007)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 542 MB | Covers - 27 MB
Genre: Gypsy Jazz, Swing | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Avid Jazz (AMSC 920)

The legendary Django Reinhardt appears on an Avid release for the second time, here featuring his electric period. Focusing on his music after 1947 when he returned from the USA having played with Duke Ellington, we also include a valuable recording made at the RDF radio studios possibly for a film soundtrack and skillfully re-mastered by Avid's own sound engineers. Django's music in the 1950's underwent many changes as witnessed among these tracks. We travel through small group swing to bebop influenced modern harmonic and rhythmically conceptual pieces, urgent, wild and frantic as detected in his amazing guitar playing!

VA - The Best Small Jazz Bands 1936-1955 (2007) 2CDs

Posted By: Designol
VA - The Best Small Jazz Bands 1936-1955 (2007) 2CDs

VA - The Best Small Jazz Bands 1936-1955 (2007) 2CDs
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 313 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 276 Mb | Scans ~ 113 Mb
Label: Frémeaux & Associés | # FA5194 | Time: 02:00:41
Classic Jazz, Early Jazz, Swing, Bop, Jazz-Blues, Rhythm & Blues

During its classic period, jazz saw the emergence of numerous regular small formations which successfully encouraged improvisation, enabling their best soloists a freedom of expression without any of the constraints of a big band. Jacques Morgantini allows us to discover this decisive period in the evolution of Jazz with this 36 tracks CD set featuring a 32 pages booklet.

Django Reinhardt - Swing 39 [Recorded 1939] (2000) (Re-up)

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Django Reinhardt - Swing 39 [Recorded 1939] (2000) (Re-up)

Django Reinhardt - Swing 39 [Recorded 1939] (2000)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 206 MB | Covers - 29 MB
Genre: Gypsy Jazz, Swing | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Universal Music (159 854-2)

There is something carefree and joyful about the music of Django Reinhardt; something that comes bubbling to the surface every time he begins a wild run of notes on his acoustic guitar. Of course the swinging style of Stephane Grappelli's violin doesn't hurt. Nor do great songs like "Tea for Two," "My Melancholy Baby," and "Jeepers Creepers." Swing 39 captures 17 tracks by the Quintet of the Hot Club of France, including a number of alternate versions, on the eve of Grappelli leaving the group (because of the war). Two bouncy versions of "Jeepers Creepers" start things off, and while the pacing of both cuts is similar, each guitar solo is fresh and fundamentally different. Reinhardt creates endless variety through his ability to solo with chords or single notes, bend strings, and constantly alter the tempo…

Django Reinhardt - 1937 Vol. 2 (1994)

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Django Reinhardt - 1937 Vol. 2 (1994)

Django Reinhardt - 1937 Vol. 2 (1994)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 236 MB | Covers (3 MB) included
Genre: Gypsy Jazz, Swing | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Classics Records (CLASSICS 762)

This volume of the Classics Django Reinhardt chronology was expressly dedicated by the producers to the memory of Philippe Brun, a fine and forceful trumpeter whose primary inspiration was Louis Armstrong. Brun, who passed away in 1994, seems to have recorded regularly with Django and company. In addition to a fascinating version of Larry Clinton's "Whoa Babe" - made famous among jazz fans after Lionel Hampton recorded it with Johnny Hodges and Cootie Williams in April 1937 - Brun's two essays on the blues are honest and subtle, while his "College Stomp" is a fine example of Parisian big-band swing…

Django Reinhardt - 1939-1940 (1995)

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Django Reinhardt - 1939-1940 (1995)

Django Reinhardt - 1939-1940 (1995)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 210 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 161 MB | Covers (11 MB) included
Genre: Gypsy Jazz, Swing | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Classics Records (CLASSICS 813)

In addition to providing a wonderful photograph of Django Reinhardt having his palm read by Edith Piaf, this segment of the guitarist's chronology documents the recordings he participated in during the months leading up to the outbreak of the Second World War. On May 17, 1939, the famous Quintet of the Hot Club of France scrubbed, jogged, and trotted their way around two Tin Pan Alley standards and the Reinhardt/Grappelli original "Hungaria." They also tiptoed delicately through "Japanese Sandman" and took their time relishing the verse section of "Tea for Two." One week later, alto saxophonist Andre Ekyan assembled a jam band involving three seasoned U.S. musicians: Louisiana's Frank "Big Boy" Goudie (usually a reed player, heard here on trumpet)…

Django Reinhardt - 1937-1938 (1994)

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Django Reinhardt - 1937-1938 (1994)

Django Reinhardt - 1937-1938 (1994)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 235 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 169 MB | Covers (10 MB) included
Genre: Gypsy Jazz, Swing | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Classics Records (CLASSICS 777)

Here's another in a long line of chronological Reinhardt discs on the Classics label. This time up, more from the Quintet of the Hot Club of France, featuring Reinhardt cohort and violinist Stephane Grappelli, guitarist Roger Chaput, and bassist Louis Vola. Having already cut many sides for the Ultraphone and HMV labels, Reinhardt and company were now recording for Decca; most of these performances were taped in London. Highlights include such Reinhardt and Grappelli staples as "Daphné," "Souvenirs," and "Paris Swing," not to mention fine renditions of "Honeysuckle Rose" and "Sweet Georgia Brown." There are also cuts spotlighting French harmonica great Larry Adler and trumpeter Philippe Brun.

Django Reinhardt - 1934-1935 (1993)

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Django Reinhardt - 1934-1935 (1993)

Django Reinhardt - 1934-1935 (1993)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 292 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 167 MB | Covers (9 MB) included
Genre: Gypsy Jazz, Swing | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Classics Records (CLASSICS 703)

This first installment in Classics' multi-volume Reinhardt series is a fine place to start your Django collection. Recorded between 1934-1935, the 23 tracks include many of first sides from the Quintet of the Hot Club of France, which Reinhardt formed with frequent cohort and violinist Stephane Grappelli. Cut for the French Ultraphone label, the material includes such top-notch QHCF sides as "I Saw Stars," "I'm Confessin'," and "Dinah." There's also a few numbers Reinhardt cut with the Michel Warlop Orchestra before teaming up with QHCF. And while JSP's Reinhardt discs often beat out many of the Classics titles for sound quality, this early offering ranks as one that stands up just fine.