The Best of Django Reinhardt + 2 Bonus Tracks

Contains new specially prepared liner notes by PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ’s writer BRIAN MORTON and by Paris’ prestigious JAZZ MAGAZINE

INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKS

5 STARS DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE

“Django Reinhardt never sounds like anyone except Django Reinhardt. A whole wilderness of buskers have taken on ‘Nuages’ and other favourite themes, but none of them have ever sounded remotely like Django, any more than they could reproduce his poor, burnt fingertips. ‘Unique’ is a tired and redundant term of praise, but it applies here.” PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ

“Django’s virtuosity continues to astonish guitar masters and young musicians today. He passed away at the zenith of a short career, leaving behind a body of recordings that give indisputable proof of his authentic creative genius.” JAZZ MAGAZINE

PERSONNEL:

Django Reinhardt, guitar soloist on all tracks, plus:

COLLECTIVE PERSONNEL: Bill Coleman (trumpet); Rex Stewart (cornet); Barney Bigard (clarinet); Stèphane Grappelli (violin); Joseph Reinhardt, Pierre “Baro” Ferret, Marcel Bianchi (rhythm guitar); Louis Volá (bass); among others.

Recorded in Paris, France, 1937-1945.

TRACKS:

01. Exactly Like You
02. Solitude
03. Ain’t Misbehavin’
04. Runnin’ Wild
05. Body and Soul
06. Hot Lips
07. When Day Is Done
08. Rose Room
09. Liebestraum No.3
10. Miss Annabelle Lee
11. Tears
12. Mystery Pacific
13. Swing Guitars
14. Big Boy Blues
15. Montmartre
16. Solid Old Man [Solid Rock]
17. Finesse [Night Wind]
18. I Know That You Know
19. Low Cotton
20. Swinging with Django
21. Paramount Stomp
22. Japanese Sandman
23. Minor Swing
24. Bolero
25. Douce Ambiance (*)
26. Manoir de Mes Rêves (*)

TOTAL TIME: 76:26 min.

(*) Bonus tracks: Not on the original LP configuration.