Django Reinhardt - The Classic Early Recordings [Box]

Artist:

Reinhardt, Django

UPC:

788065900120

See Also:

Johnson, Lonnie Henderson, Fletcher

Description:

Personnel includes: Django Reinhardt (guitar); Bill Coleman (vocals, trumpet); Frank "Big Boy" Goudie (tenor saxophone, trumpet, clarinet); Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone); Stephane Grappelli (violin, piano); Joseph Reinhardt, Pierre Ferret, Eugene Vees (guitar); Luis Vola (acoustic bass).
Recorded between 1934-1939. Includes liner notes by Ted Kendall & Stan Britt.
Digitally remastered by Ted Kendall.
This budget five-disc box collects Reinhardt`s first 124 recordings between 1934-1939. Curiously enough, despite the title, these sides aren`t chronological, a fact that engineer Ted Kendall admits in the liner notes. Rather, while each disc`s featured sessions are presented mostly chronologically, the discs themselves are rather awkwardly sequenced, with different discs covering different years in a seemingly random order. That doesn`t really detract from the set`s appeal, however, as this music is terrific no matter how it`s presented. If there is a flaw, it`s that the remastering isn`t nearly as superb as the fawning front-cover quotation would lead one to believe. In fact, some of the better CD issues (particularly ASV/Living Era`s Quintette du Hot Club de France) have sound quality that is nearly, if not equally, good. To his credit, however, Kendall admits that he has attempted no "enhancement" of the sound, but has instead concentrated on clearing away much of the audio rubble. His work is, in fact, generally excellent -- especially on the later sides, many of which are virtually devoid of hiss. And much care has been taken to present this music in the best possible light -- the scattered liner notes are enthusiastically written and there are some real treasures unearthed along the way, from unissued second takes to tracks that have been issued for the first time at their correct pitch. All in all, Kendall deserves kudos for his meticulous attention to detail, and the super-low price is a Reinhardt fan`s dream. ~ Jim Smith

Track Listing:

DISC 1: VOLUME ONE THE FIRST QHCF RECORDINGS (1934 & 1935):

1. I Saw Stars
2. I`m Confessin` (That I Love You)
3. Dinah
4. Tiger Rag
5. Oh, Lady Be Good
6. I Saw Stars
7. Lily Belle May June
8. Sweet Sue, Just You
9. I`m Confessin` (That I Love You)
10. Continental, The
11. Blue Drag
12. Swanee River
13. Sunshine of Your Smile, The
14. Ultrafox
15. Avalon
16. Smoke Rings
17. Clouds
18. Believe It, Beloved
19. I`ve Found a New Baby
20. St. Louis Blues
21. Crazy Rhythm
22. Sheik of Araby, The
23. Chasing Shadows
24. I`ve Had My Moments
25. Some of These Days
26. Djangology

DISC 2: VOLUME TWO THE LONDON DECCAS (1938 & 1939):

1. Honeysuckle Rose
2. Sweet Georgia Brown
3. Night and Day
4. My Sweet
5. Souvenirs
6. Daphn?
7. Black and White
8. Stompin` at Decca
9. Tornerai (J`Attendrai)
10. If I Had You
11. It Had to Be You
12. Nocturne
13. Flat Foot Floogie, The
14. Lambeth Walk
15. Why Shouldn`t I?
16. I`ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
17. Please Be Kind
18. Louise
19. Improvisation No. 2
20. Undecided
21. H.C.Q. Strut
22. Don`t Worry `Bout Me
23. Man I Love, The
24. My Sweet
25. I`ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
26. Improvisation No. 2

DISC 3: VOLUME THREE THE PARIS DECCA RECORDINGS:

1. Billets Doux
2. Swing de Paris
3. Them There Eyes
4. Three Little Words
5. Appel Direct
6. Hungaria
7. Hungaria
8. Jeepers Creepers
9. Jeepers Creepers
10. Swing `39
11. Japanese Sandman
12. I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight
13. I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight
14. Tea for Two
15. Tea for Two
16. My Melancholy Baby
17. Time on My Hands
18. Twelfth Year
19. Twelfth Year
20. My Melancholy Baby
21. Japanese Sandman
22. Tea for Two
23. I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight
24. Hungaria

DISC 4: VOLUME FOUR:

1. Blue Moon
2. Avalon
3. What a Diff`rence a Day Made
4. Stardust
5. St. Louis Blues
6. Limehouse Blues
7. I Got Rhythm
8. I`ve Found a New Baby
9. It Was So Beautiful
10. China Boy
11. Moonglow
12. It Don`t Mean a Thing (If It Ain`t Got That Swing)
13. I`se A-Muggin`
14. I Can`t Give You Anything But Love
15. Oriental Shuffle
16. After You`ve Gone
17. Are You in the Mood?
18. Limehouse Blues
19. Nagasaki
20. Swing Guitars
21. Georgia on My Mind
22. Shine
23. In the Still of the Night
24. Sweet Chorus

DISC 5: VOLUME 5 THE HMV SESSIONS:

1. Exactly Like You
2. Charleston
3. You`re Driving Me Crazy
4. Tears
5. Solitude
6. Hot Lips
7. Ain`t Misbehavin`
8. Rose Room
9. Body and Soul
10. When Day Is Done
11. Runnin` Wild
12. Chicago
13. Liebestraum No. 3
14. Miss Annabelle Lee
15. Little Love, a Little Kiss, A
16. Mystery Pacific
17. In a Sentimental Mood
18. Sheik of Araby, The
19. Improvisation
20. Parfum
21. Alabamy Bound
22. Rosetta
23. Stardust
24. Object of My Affection, The

Album Information

Release Date:

05/16/2000

Type:

Boxed Set

Genre:

Jazz Instrument

Subgenre:

Guitar

Label:

JSP (UK)

Producer:

Hugh Palmer (Compilation)

Catalog Number:

JSPCD 901

Original Release Year:

2000

# of Discs:

5

SPARS Coding:

AAD

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Mono

Runtime:

359 : 53

Guest Artist:

Stephane Grappelli; Coleman Hawkins; Bill Coleman

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