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Django Reinhardt: Dinah (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 09, 07

A concert on the 2nd December 1934 at the Ecole Normale de Musique marked the definitive arrival of the Quintette du ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: EUROPEAN JAZZ

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Quintette du Hot Club de France: Oh, Lady Be Good (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music August 27, 09

From the very first session of the QHCF, “Oh, Lady Be Good” shows the group still getting its bearings. The swing rhy...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: EARLY DJANGO

          Django Reinhardt, artwork by Suzanne Cerny ...

Quintette du Hot Club de France: Honeysuckle Rose (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music August 29, 09

In a way, this 1938 version of “Honeysuckle Rose” is a throwback to the earliest recordings of the QHCF. It is set in...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: EARLY DJANGO

          Django Reinhardt, artwork by Suzanne Cerny ...

Django Reinhardt: Body and Soul – as heard in Woody Allen's Stardust Memories (1980) (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 18, 07

In Paris during the 1930s, jazz was all the rage. But when a homegrown quintet of 3 guitars, violin and bass appeared...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: THE JAZZ SIDE OF WOODY ALLEN

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Stéphane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt: Ultrafox (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music March 25, 08

Stéphane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt met in 1931, but did not play together until 1933, at which time the idea for...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL STÉPHANE GRAPPELLI

 Stéphane Grappelli, by Jos L. Knaepen Below are twelve essential tracks drawn from the long and i...

Eddie South and Stéphane Grappelli: Daphné (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music March 25, 08

Eddie South spent the years 1928 to 1931 in Paris and other parts of Europe both performing and studying, and was one...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL STÉPHANE GRAPPELLI

 Stéphane Grappelli, by Jos L. Knaepen Below are twelve essential tracks drawn from the long and i...

Grappelli, Stéphane posted in Encyclopedia February 18, 09

Stéphane Grappelli modernized the sound of the violin with his balance between gentle lyricism and active swing. Co...

Reinhardt, Django (Jean-Baptiste) posted in Encyclopedia September 18, 09

One of the founding fathers of jazz guitar, Django Reinhardt may have been the first European to rival, then surpass,...

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