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In 1940, with the classic Quintette du Hot Club de France lineup now history, Reinhardt began a year's worth of varied jazz activity in the shadow of the Nazi invasion and occupation. For starters, he recorded with a most unusual big band, one with no drummer, led by an acoustic guitarist -- himself -- and featuring arrangements that veered from the dark timbres of earliest Ellington (the Reinhardt/Stephane Grappelli "Tears") to some heavy yet convincing Euro-swing ("Daphne"). The Quintette per se would soon reappear but in revamped form, with clarinetist/saxophonist Hubert Rostaing taking the spot of the departed Grappelli, the addition of drums, and downsizing the guitar brigade from three to two pieces -- Django and his brother Joseph. This ensemble swerved off the beaten path immediately with the forbidding "Rythme Futur," based upon an unnerving tritone pattern. Almost half of the CD is taken up by a single marathon session from Dec. 13, 1940, where Django and various Quintette lineups take on everything from classical cats Grieg and Kreisler to another of those early swingers, "Swing 41," and a mordant reminder as to what day it was ("Vendredi 13," or "Friday the 13th"). A follow-up session on Dec. 17 yielded a thriller, the chug-chugging "Oiseaux des Iles." On the last session of the year nine days later, Django tried again to field a big band, expanding to 16 pieces, with somewhat heavy-set results. A fascinating collection, loaded with material not often encountered, well-remastered, though the brasses shatter a bit on the big band sides.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
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Daphné (Django Reinhardt)
Django Reinhardt, Composer, Performer - Django's Music, Ensemble
2004 Naxos
Limehouse Blues (Phillip Braham)
Django Reinhardt, Performer - Phillip Braham, Composer - Django's Music, Ensemble
2004 Naxos
Tears (Django Reinhardt)
Django Reinhardt, Composer, Performer - Stephane Grappelli, Composer - Django's Music, Ensemble
2004 Naxos
At The Jimmy's Bar (Philippe Brun)
Django Reinhardt, Performer - Philippe Brun, Composer - Django's Music, Ensemble
2004 Naxos
Rythme futur (Django Reinhardt)
Django Reinhardt, Composer, Performer - Hot Club De France Quintet, Ensemble
2004 Naxos
Blues (Django Reinhardt)
Django Reinhardt, Composer, Performer - Hot Club De France Quintet, Ensemble
2004 Naxos
Swing 41 (Django Reinhardt)
Django Reinhardt, Composer, Performer - Hot Club De France Quintet, Ensemble
2004 Naxos
Nuages (Django Reinhardt)
Django Reinhardt, Composer, Performer - Stephane Grappelli, Composer - Hot Club De France Quintet, Ensemble
2004 Naxos
Pour vous (Exactly Like You) (Dorothy Fields)
Django Reinhardt, Performer - Hot Club De France Quintet, Ensemble - Dorothy Fields, Composer - Jimmy McHugh, Composer
2004 Naxos
Fantaisie sur une danse norvegienne (Edvard Grieg)
Django Reinhardt, Performer - Edvard Grieg, Composer - Hot Club De France Quintet, Ensemble
2004 Naxos
Vendredi 13 (Django Reinhardt)
Django Reinhardt, Composer, Performer - Hot Club De France Quintet, Ensemble
2004 Naxos
Liebesfreud (Fritz Kreisler)
Django Reinhardt, Performer - Hot Club De France Quintet, Ensemble - Fritz Kreisler, Composer
2004 Naxos
Mabel (Django Reinhardt)
Django Reinhardt, Composer, Performer - Stephane Grappelli, Composer - Hot Club De France Quintet, Ensemble
2004 Naxos
Petits mensonges (Little White Lies) (Walter Donaldson)
Django Reinhardt, Performer - Walter Donaldson, Composer - Hot Club De France Quintet, Ensemble
2004 Naxos
Les yeux noirs (Dark Eyes) (Traditional)
Django Reinhardt, Performer - Hot Club De France Quintet, Ensemble - Traditional, Composer
2004 Naxos
Sweet Sue (Victor Young)
Django Reinhardt, Performer - Hot Club De France Quintet, Ensemble - Victor Young, Composer
2004 Naxos
Swing de Paris (Django Reinhardt)
Django Reinhardt, Composer, Performer - Hot Club De France Quintet, Ensemble
2004 Naxos
Oiseaux des iles (Django Reinhardt)
Django Reinhardt, Composer, Performer - Hot Club De France Quintet, Ensemble
2004 Naxos
All of Me (Seymour Simons)
Django Reinhardt, Performer - Hot Club De France Quintet, Ensemble - GERALD MARKS, Composer - Seymour Simons, Composer
2004 Naxos
Stockholm (Django Reinhardt)
Django Reinhardt, Composer, Performer - Django's Music, Ensemble
2004 Naxos
Festival Swing (Alix Combille)
Django Reinhardt, Performer - ALIX COMBELLE, Composer - Django's Music, Ensemble
2004 Naxos
Album review
In 1940, with the classic Quintette du Hot Club de France lineup now history, Reinhardt began a year's worth of varied jazz activity in the shadow of the Nazi invasion and occupation. For starters, he recorded with a most unusual big band, one with no drummer, led by an acoustic guitarist -- himself -- and featuring arrangements that veered from the dark timbres of earliest Ellington (the Reinhardt/Stephane Grappelli "Tears") to some heavy yet convincing Euro-swing ("Daphne"). The Quintette per se would soon reappear but in revamped form, with clarinetist/saxophonist Hubert Rostaing taking the spot of the departed Grappelli, the addition of drums, and downsizing the guitar brigade from three to two pieces -- Django and his brother Joseph. This ensemble swerved off the beaten path immediately with the forbidding "Rythme Futur," based upon an unnerving tritone pattern. Almost half of the CD is taken up by a single marathon session from Dec. 13, 1940, where Django and various Quintette lineups take on everything from classical cats Grieg and Kreisler to another of those early swingers, "Swing 41," and a mordant reminder as to what day it was ("Vendredi 13," or "Friday the 13th"). A follow-up session on Dec. 17 yielded a thriller, the chug-chugging "Oiseaux des Iles." On the last session of the year nine days later, Django tried again to field a big band, expanding to 16 pieces, with somewhat heavy-set results. A fascinating collection, loaded with material not often encountered, well-remastered, though the brasses shatter a bit on the big band sides.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 21 track(s)
- Total length: 01:02:40
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Django Reinhardt
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Naxos
- Genre: Classical
- Collection: Naxos Jazz Legends
2004 Naxos 2004 Naxos
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