Django Reinhardt 1940 1941

Django Reinhardt | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 7, 1998)
• Original Release Date: December 19, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Allegro Corporation
• ASIN: B000001NRJ
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #993,414 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Swing 41

2. Nuages

3. Pour Vous

4. Fantaisle Sur Une Danse Norvegienne

5. Vendredi 13

6. Liebesfreud

7. Mabel

8. Petits Mensonges

9. Les Leux Noirs

10. Sweet Sue

11. Swing De Paris

12. Oiseaux Des Iles

13. All Of Me

14. Pour Terminer

15. Pour Commencer

16. Les Yeux Noirs

17. Begin The Beguine

18. Swingin' The Blues

19. Petite Lili

20. Ninouche

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific purchase, July 19, 2010

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This album is for every jazz lover, every lover of all things Paris and every guitar aficionado.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Django by Year, September 16, 2005

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B. Marold "Bruce W. Marold" (Bethlehem, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Django Reinhardt 1940 1941 (Audio CD)

'Django Reinhardt 1940 - 1941' is one disc in a series of 10 CDs covering seven years of performances, almost entirely with 'Le Quintette du Hot Club de France' in Paris.

My first experience with Django was a rather poorly done vinyl recording which reinforced my impression of his music as the same thing you hear on Truffaut's movie, 'Shoot the Piano Player', where the 'jazz' is a poor imitation of American 1920's club jazz.

Most of the tracks on these records are remarkable for their age, and most feature a full jazz ensemble and not just the gypsy guitarist leader. In fact, the saxes and the coronet seem to be soloing as much or more than the guitar.

Most numbers are instrumentals, with a mix of Reinhardt compositions and American standards, and I believe the quality of the performances equal some of the very best Americans of the same period.