Django Reinhardt/Django in Rome [Original recording remastered, Import]

Django Reinhardt | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 22, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Original recording remastered, Import
• Label: Bgo - Beat Goes on
• ASIN: B000009BJ5
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,065,251 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Charleston

2. Chicago

3. You're Driving Me Crazy

4. In a Sentimental Mood

5. I've Found a New Baby

6. Alabamy Bound

7. Oh, Lady Be Good

8. Minor Swing

9. Viper's Dream

10. Swingin' With Django

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Micro (Mike)

2. Stormy Weather

3. Blue Skies

4. The Man I Love

5. The Peanut Vendor

6. It Might as Well Be Spring

7. Micro (Mike)

8. Danse Norvégienne

9. Dinette

10. Reverie

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars For completists only, September 8, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Django Reinhardt/Django in Rome (Audio CD)

These sessions are presented as being "remastered from original master tapes", but it simply isn't true. Disk one, "Django", is 1937 Hot Club sessions--which were not recorded to tape, but direct to 78 rpm masters. The material is all available in the JSP box set "Classic Early Recordings" at much higher sound quality.

The second disk is material from the time as RCA "Djangology" sessions. Some of this material can be found on "The Indispensible Django Reinhardt 1949-1950" The playing is excellent, especially the six tracks with Grappelli. The remaining seven tracks feature an adequate Italian rhythm section
and Andre Ekyan on clarinet. Again, the material is plagued by surface noise not found on magnetic tape. There are some good things here, but the listener seeking good late performances by Django would be better served in every way by the RCA "Djangology" release and "Peche ala Mouche".

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great collection, February 10, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Django Reinhardt/Django in Rome (Audio CD)

This is a great CD to have. There are some strange moments where Django departs from his usual technique. Especially on "The Peanut Vendor", he starts doing these slow dissonant florishes. Grappelli does some wierd stuff on that number as well. The rest of the album has that hard raw swing to it that we all love.