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Django Reinhardt: Mystery Pacific (aka Mysteric Pacific) (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music February 20, 08Influenced by Eddie Lang, Django Reinhardt in turn inspired Charlie Christian, Les Paul and especially many Europeans...
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The Guitarist, artwork by Suzanne Cerny They say t...
Django Reinhardt: Mystery Pacific (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music March 15, 09Was “Mystery Pacific” Django Reinhardt’s personal tribute to Duke Ellington’s “Daybreak Express”? There’s not enough ...
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For big bands in the thirties, trains were the logical upgrade from the drudgery of the band bus. Airplanes wer...
Django Reinhardt: I'll See You In My Dreams (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music August 29, 09Recorded just two months before the outbreak of a war that would change his life and career forever, Django Reinhardt...
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Stéphane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt: Ultrafox (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music March 25, 08Stéphane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt met in 1931, but did not play together until 1933, at which time the idea for...
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Stéphane Grappelli, by Jos L. Knaepen Below are twelve essential tracks drawn from the long and i...
Django Reinhardt: Body and Soul – as heard in Woody Allen's Stardust Memories (1980) (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 18, 07In Paris during the 1930s, jazz was all the rage. But when a homegrown quintet of 3 guitars, violin and bass appeared...
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Django Reinhardt: Nuages (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 09, 07One of Debussy's Nocturnes (1899) is subtitled "Nuages" (French for clouds), but this composition is unrelated. The t...
Django Reinhardt: Improvisation No. 2 (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music June 10, 08The only solo piece on this CD finds Reinhardt doing what he does best. His explorations of melody and improvisation ...
Django Reinhardt: Djangology (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 09, 07The first Continentals to play le jazz Américain on a par with Yanks, Le Quintette du Hot Club de France was inspired...
Django Reinhardt: Minor Swing (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music November 09, 07What am I going to say to criticize this record? Would I complain about the 1937 technology’s failure to adequately c...
Django Reinhardt: Dinah (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 09, 07A concert on the 2nd December 1934 at the Ecole Normale de Musique marked the definitive arrival of the Quintette du ...
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Stéphane Grappelli: Blues for Django and Stéphane (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music March 26, 08This is a priceless example of Stéphane Grappelli's inspiring interaction with younger musicians, who were always flo...
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Stéphane Grappelli, by Jos L. Knaepen Below are twelve essential tracks drawn from the long and i...
The Modern Jazz Quartet: Django (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 29, 07Ceremonially attired, affecting deadpan expressions suitable for illustrations in an embalmer’s manual, the MJQ l...
Quintette du Hot Club de France: Minor Swing (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music August 28, 09"Minor Swing" may be the most popular record Django Reinhardt ever made. Tom Lord's online discography lists it as be...
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Dicky Wells: Japanese Sandman (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music August 28, 09Even before the Quintette of the Hot Club of France started recording, Django Reinhardt was a first-call player whene...
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Quintette du Hot Club de France: Shine (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music August 27, 09Django Reinhardt’s solo on “Shine” was one of his finest to that point in his career. In it, he forms a direct link t...
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Quintette du Hot Club de France: When Day Is Done (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music August 28, 09Django Reinhardt opens this version of “When Day Is Done” with a dramatic unaccompanied guitar cadenza. I suspect he ...
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Quintette du Hot Club de France: Limehouse Blues (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 15, 09The Quintet of the Hot Club of France played a lot of songs about places they had never visited ("Chicago", "Charlest...
Quintette du Hot Club de France: After You've Gone (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music August 27, 09After its initial recordings on Ultraphone and Decca, the QHCF moved to the HMV label. “After You’ve Gone” was record...
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Quintette du Hot Club de France: Oh, Lady Be Good (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music August 27, 09From the very first session of the QHCF, “Oh, Lady Be Good” shows the group still getting its bearings. The swing rhy...
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Stephane Grappelli & His Hot Four: St. Louis Blues (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music August 27, 09Grappelli might have been the leader on this date, but Django is the soloist for all but the last minute of this reco...
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