Djangology 1 1934-35

Django Reinhardt | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 15, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 1934
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Naxos
• ASIN: B000054BF3
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #594,856 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Ultrafox

2. Djangology

3. Avalon

4. Chasing Shadows

5. Swanee River

6. Blue Drag

7. I Got Rhythm

8. Moonglow

9. Dinah

10. Tiger Rag

11. Confessin'

12. China Boy

13. St. Louis Blues

14. Some Of These Days

15. I've Found A New Baby

16. Limehouse Blues

17. Clouds

18. It Don't Mean A Thing

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars steppin out with django on the downbeat, August 10, 2001

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dj django (Buffalo, Ny United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Djangology 1 1934-35 (Audio CD)

For my first, but surely not to be last, selection to my django collection I choose this album. Why? 'cause it's the cheapest fool. But I'll be damned if it didn't come busting out with some swinging tunes. With a good mix of up tempo swing numbers and mellow interludes it never ceased to conjure up memories of an earlier time as I could sense Paris circa 1935 when I closed my eyes and took it all in, Oh what heaven I have found! Anyway, the surprise of the disk, to this neophyte at least, was violinist Stephane Grappelli's strong presence throughout, especially on the first few tracks of the disk, and really helps add to the old time feel. The sound quality is good, for recordings made sixty five years ago, that is to say it sounds way better than any Robert Johnson recordings I've heard or even the '94 Phish 'boots I got stashed in the backseat of my car. I got to say actually, the sound quality is excellent and never distracts from the music. It has a warm, rich sound, like coming from Grandma's phonograph, the old and big as a Lazyboy type, and again adds favorably to the overall feel of the album. If I haven't convinced you to buy the album by now let me just be clear this is a great disk at any price and at under six bucks, what do you got to loose.