Django Reinhardt – Renown & Resistance – 1937-1943 – 5 CD

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Here's yet another wonderful set of Djangology from JSP - a label whose series of Reinhardt recordings is unsurpassed. This set covers the most turbulent time in Django's career when his long time partnership with Grappelli was faltering and the clouds of war were forming over Europe but it was also a time when American musicians were swarming all over the continent and wanting to make music with this legendary guitarist.

The first two CDs in this set cover the pre-war years and showcase the output of Django's various studio sessions with fellow countrymen Grappelli, violinist Michel Warlop, Philippe Brun and various French jazz bands as well as visiting Americans such as Larry Adler, Eddie South, Benny Carter's Orchestra, stride pianist Joe Turner and Rex Stewarts Feetwarmers who included Barney Bigard and Billy Taylor.

As war threatened, Django and Grappelli toured England together but as soon as Germany invaded France, Django returned home to be with his family which was a dangerous thing to do as the Nazis hated gypsies almost as much as they hated jazz musicians. Miraculously he managed to escape the dreaded knock at the door and somehow continued playing jazz in his own country and Belgium. Showing no sign of nervous tension he made some stunning records with a host of French and Belgian bands and the other three CDs present every single track in chronological order.

As you'd expect, there isn't a single dud among these essential 134 recordings. Once again we're obliged to Ted Kendall who has not only found some of the rarest records imaginable but restored sounds from them that you would not believe possible. Five stars!

Track Listing:

CD1: 1937
Django Reinhardt: 1. Pennies From Heaven - 2:25   2. Tiger Rag - 2:38   3. Whoa Babe - 2:43   4. Pb Flat Blues - 3:02   5. Eddie's Blues - 3:10   6. Sweet Georgia Brown - 2:50   7. Lady Be Good - 3:18   8. Dinah - 2:30   9. Daphne - 3:04   10. You Took Advantage of Me - 2:57   11. I Ain't Got Nobody - 3:05   12. Baby Won't You Please Come Home - 3:01   13. Big Boy Blues - 3:28   14. Swing Guitars - 3:09   15. Bill Coleman Blues - 2:50   16. Somebody Loves Me - 3:31   17. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me - 3:20   18. Interpretation Swing du Premier Mouvement Du Concerto En Ré Mineur de JS Bach - 2:31   19. Fiddle's Blues - 2:46   20. Interpretation Sur Le Premier Mouvement Du Concerto En Ré Mineur de JS Bach - 3:23   21. Serenade For a Wealthy Widow - 3:16   22. Taj Mahal - 3:25   23. Organ Grinder's Swing - 2:40   24. Tea For Two - 3:18   25. Christmas Swing - 2:54   26. Blues - 3:04

CD2: 1937-1939
Philippe Brun & His Swing Band: 1. Easy Going - 3:05   2. College Stomp - 3:04   3. Harlem Swing - 2:41   Philippe Brun Jam Band: 4. It Had To Be You - 2:46   5. Sweet Sue - 2:34   Django Reinhardt: 6. Les Salades De L'oncle Francois - 2:16   7. Ric et Pussy - 2:43   Ray Ventura & Son Orchestre: 8. Un Sourire En Chantant - 3:08   9. Siffler En Travaillant - 3:07   Benny Carter & His Orchestra: 10. I'm Coming Virginia - 3:08   11. Farewell Blues - 3:22   12. Blue Light Blues - 3:10   Philippe Brun & His Swing Band: 13. Bouncin' Around - 3:22   14. Ridin' Along the Moscowa - 2:57   15. Gotta Date In Louisiana - 2:52   16. Gabriel's Swing - 2:44   Philippe Brun Jam Band: 17. Doin' the New Low Down - 3:17   Django Reinhardt: 18. Body and Soul - 3:08   19. Lover Come Back To Me - 2:36   20. My Melancholy Baby - 3:17   21. I Got Rhythm - 3:02   Rex Stewart & His Feetwarmers: 22. Montmartre - 3:08   23. Low Cotton - 3:05   24. Finesse - 2:25   25. I Know That You Know - 2:37   26. Solid Old Man - 2:29   Django Reinhardt: 27. The Sheik - 3:00

CD3: 1939-1940
Django Reinhardt: 1. Dream Ship - 2:55   2. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me - 2:24   3. Darktown Strutter's Ball - 2:37   Arthur Briggs & His Swing Band: 4. Blues of Yesterday - 2:39   5. My Melancholy Baby - 3:00   6. Braggin' the Briggs - 1 - 3:17   7. Braggin' the Briggs - 2 - 2:52   8. Sometimes I'm Happy - 2:46   9. Scatterbrain - 2:24   Alix Combelle & His Swing Band: 10. Jumpin' At the Woodside - 2:58   11. Weeekend Stomp - 2:53   12. Nerves and Fever - 3:20   13. Fast Slow Medium Tempo - 3:04   14. Panassie Stomp - 3:08   15. Rockabye Basie - 2:54   Philippe Brun and His Jam Band: 16. Boogie Woogie - 1 - 2:56   17. Boogie Woogie - 2 - 2:37   18. Blue Skies - 2:40   19. Stomp - 2:21   Django Reinhardt: 20. Rosetta - 2:30   21. Sugar - 2:43   22. A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody - 2:41   23. Margie - 2:17   24. Tears - 2:49   25. Limehouse Blues - 2:30   26. Daphne - 2:53   27. At the Jimmy's Bar - 2:53   28. Tel Quel - 3:14

CD4: 1940-1942
Alix Combelle et Son Orchestre: 1. Deux Pieds Gauches - 2:54   2. Joyeuse Fumee - 2:44   3. Tiger Rag - 2:50   4. Quatre Tickets - 2:36   Noel Chiboust et Son Orchestre: 5. Serenade D'hiver - 2:44   6. Le Sheik - 2:20   7. Noel Blues - 3:00   8. Margie - 2:23   9. Bijou - 2:26 Hubert Rostaing, Aimé Barelli & leur Orchestre: 10. Indecision - 3:21   11. Oui, C'est Ca - 2:42   Trio De Saxophones Alix Combelle: 12. Cascades - 2:52   13. Reflets - 2:47   14. Onze Heures Vingt - 3:21   15. On the Alamo - 3:15   Christian Wagner et Son Orchestre: 16. Pour Commencer - 3:01   17. Pour Terminer - 3:07   Pierre Allier et Son Orchestre: 18. Les Yeux Noirs - 3:00   19. Begin the Beguine - 2:34   20. Swinging the Blues - 2:16   21. Petite Lili - 3:28   22. Nonouche - 3:26  Django’s Music: 23. Stockholm - 3:14   24. La Cigale Et La Fourmi - 2:28   25. Out of Nowhere - 3:03   26. Hungaria - 2:29   Hubert Rostaing et Son Orchestre: 27. Première Idée d'Eddie - 3:22

CD5: 1942-1943
Django’s Music: 1. Nympheas - 4:17   2. Feerie - 3:46   3. Vous Et Moi - 3:13   Django Reinhardt: 4. Distraction - 3:03   5. Blues En Mineur - 2:53   6. Studio 24 - 3:01   Django Reinhardt et Son Grand Orchestre: 7. Place De Brouckere - 2:53   8. Seul Ce Soir - 2:54   9. Mixture - 2:39   10. Bei Dir War Es Immer So Schoen - 3:07   Stan Brenders & Son Grand Orchestre: 11. Divine Beguine - 2:57   12. Nuages - 4:09   13. Djangology - 3:05   14. Eclats De Cuivres - 3:06   15. Django Rag - 2:36   16. Dynamisme - 2:46   17. Tons D'ebene - 2:55   18. Chez Moi a Six Heures - 2:46   Django Reinhardt et Son Grand Orchestre: 19. Belleville - 2:46   20. Oubli - 2:45   21. Zuiderzee Blues - 2:41   22. Abc - 2:23   Django Reinhardt & Son Orchestre: 23. Gaiement - 2:42   24. Melodie Au Crepescule - 3:01   25. Blues D'autrefois - 2:37   26. Place De Brouckere - 2:57

 

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