Memorial [Original recording remastered]

Django Reinhardt | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 2, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Empire Musicwerks
• ASIN: B000F6ZIOW
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #437,484 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

The subject of books, movies and the adulation of guitarists, poets and writers from all over the globe have made the elusive gypsy one of the most memorable figures in jazz. Since his death in 1953, his fame and popularity has grown exponentially with every year that has passed since. His reputation as the greatest guitarist of all time is further immortalized by the fact that his fretting hand was partly paralyzed since the age of 18 – leaving him the use of only two fingers. The recordings presented here detail the year 1947 – the year he recorded many of his famed original compositions. Originally released on LP in three volumes by the Period label shortly after Django’s untimely death in 1953, the "Django Reinhardt Memorial" series was, to many Americans, the first comprehensive glimpse into the legend that jazz enthusiasts up until that time had only heard about. This set contains the complete 3 LP Memorial series lovingly remastered on 2 CDs.

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Django lives !!, May 6, 2006

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Southern Slim "A Music Lover" (Memphis, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Memorial (Audio CD)

Very very nice to see these tracks out on the market in the US. The great '47 sessions that yielded so many Django originals including a very nice, hard to find version of Nuages with the lineup that included the clarinetist Maurice Meunier - The transfers are the best I've heard and very pleased to see the accurate personell info and informative liners. A great package despite the cheap price - sure beats spending 40 bucks on an import. Very well done and a great piece for the Django fans who are not familiar with this experimental period of the King of all Gypsy guitarists. A fitting memorial indeed

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best overall Django compilation I have seen, January 13, 2008

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mister e. shoppa (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Memorial (Audio CD)

This compilation seems to have been very carefully assembled using Django's best material and riffs. Many if not most of the songs are the best versions available. The re-mastering is also good. This set is a great purchase and provides a superb sampling of this genre of music.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, November 27, 2006

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KaiserSozay - See all my reviews

This review is from: Memorial (Audio CD)

This is a good example of Django's interest in bebop and several cuts on this 2 CD set feature him on electric guitar. Since Django, as a swing-era musician was constantly brimming with ideas when he improvised, it was only natural that he would gravitate towards bebop and the electric guitar. But I was amazed, even with his experimentation how he never lost his identity, the sound is still pure Django Reinhardt. The sound quality on this CD is excellent and it is reasonably priced.