The Classic Early Recordings in Chronological Order | 
 enlarge | Artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli
Label: Jsp Records
Category: Music
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Format: Box Set, Original Recording Reissued
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 5 x 2.1
MPN: 901
UPC: 788065900120
EAN: 0788065900120
ASIN: B00004S5WA
Release Date: May 16, 2000
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Disc 1
| • | I Saw Stars - Django Reinhardt, Goodhart, Al | | • | I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) - Django Reinhardt, Daugherty, Doc | | • | Dinah - Django Reinhardt, Akst, Harry | | • | Tiger Rag - Django Reinhardt, DaCosta, Harry | | • | Oh, Lady Be Good - Django Reinhardt, Gershwin, George | | • | I Saw Stars - Django Reinhardt, Sigler, Maurice | | • | Lily Belle May June - Django Reinhardt, Crooker | | • | Sweet Sue, Just You - Django Reinhardt, Harris, Will J. | | • | I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) - Django Reinhardt, Daugherty, Doc | | • | The Continental - Django Reinhardt, Conrad, Con | | • | Blue Drag - Django Reinhardt, Reinhardt, Django | | • | Swanee River - Django Reinhardt, Foster, Stephen | | • | The Sunshine of Your Smile - Django Reinhardt, Cooke, L. | | • | Ultrafox - Django Reinhardt, Grappelli, Stephane | | • | Avalon - Django Reinhardt, Jolson, Al | | • | Smoke Rings - Django Reinhardt, Gifford, Gene | | • | Clouds - Django Reinhardt, Donaldson, Walter | | • | Believe It, Beloved - Django Reinhardt, Johnson, J.C. | | • | I've Found a New Baby - Django Reinhardt, Palmer, Jack | | • | St. Louis Blues - Django Reinhardt, Handy, W.C. | | • | Crazy Rhythm - Django Reinhardt, Caesar, Irving | | • | The Sheik of Araby - Django Reinhardt, Smith, Harry [2] Be | | • | Chasing Shadows - Django Reinhardt, Davis, Benny | | • | I've Had My Moments - Django Reinhardt, Donaldson, Walter | | • | Some of These Days - Django Reinhardt, Brooks, Shelton | | • | Djangology - Django Reinhardt, Grappelli, Stephane |
Disc 2
| • | Honeysuckle Rose - Django Reinhardt, Razaf, Andy | | • | Sweet Georgia Brown - Django Reinhardt, Bernie, Ben | | • | Night and Day - Django Reinhardt, Porter, Cole | | • | My Sweet - Django Reinhardt, Reinhardt, Django | | • | Souvenirs - Django Reinhardt, Reinhardt, Django | | • | Daphne - Django Reinhardt, Grappelli, Stephane | | • | Black and White - Django Reinhardt, Grappelli, Stephane | | • | Stompin' at Decca - Django Reinhardt, Grappelli, Stephane | | • | Tornerai (J'Attendrai) - Django Reinhardt, Olivieri, Dino | | • | If I Had You - Django Reinhardt, Campbell, Jimmy [Vo | | • | It Had to Be You - Django Reinhardt, Jones, Isham | | • | Nocturne - Django Reinhardt, Reinhardt, Django | | • | The Flat Foot Floogie - Django Reinhardt, Gaillard, Slim | | • | Lambeth Walk - Django Reinhardt, Furber, Douglas | | • | Why Shouldn't I? - Django Reinhardt, Porter, Cole | | • | I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - Django Reinhardt, Berlin, Irving | | • | Please Be Kind - Django Reinhardt, Cahn, Sammy | | • | Louise - Django Reinhardt, Robin, Leo | | • | Improvisation No. 2 - Django Reinhardt, Grappelli, Stephane | | • | Undecided - Django Reinhardt, Shavers, Charlie | | • | H.C.Q. Strut - Django Reinhardt, Grappelli, Stephane | | • | Don't Worry 'Bout Me - Django Reinhardt, Bloom, Rube | | • | The Man I Love - Django Reinhardt, Gershwin, George | | • | My Sweet - Django Reinhardt, Reinhardt, Django | | • | Improvisation No. 2 - Django Reinhardt, Berlin, Irving | | • | I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - Django Reinhardt, Berlin, Irving |
Disc 3
| • | Billets Doux - Django Reinhardt, Reinhardt, Django | | • | Swing de Paris - Django Reinhardt, Reinhardt, Django | | • | Them There Eyes - Django Reinhardt, Pinkard, Maceo | | • | Three Little Words - Django Reinhardt, Ruby, Harry | | • | Appel Direct - Django Reinhardt, Grappelli, Stephane | | • | Hungaria - Django Reinhardt, Reinhardt, Django | | • | Hungaria - Django Reinhardt, Reinhardt, Django | | • | Jeepers Creepers - Django Reinhardt, Warren, Harry | | • | Jeepers Creepers - Django Reinhardt, Warren, Harry | | • | Swing '39 - Django Reinhardt, Reinhardt, Django | | • | Japanese Sandman - Django Reinhardt, Egan, Raymond | | • | I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight - Django Reinhardt, Donaldson, Walter | | • | I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight - Django Reinhardt, Donaldson, Walter | | • | Tea for Two - Django Reinhardt, Caesar, Irving | | • | Tea for Two - Django Reinhardt, Caesar, Irving | | • | My Melancholy Baby - Django Reinhardt, Burnett, Ernie | | • | Time on My Hands - Django Reinhardt, Youmans, Vincent | | • | Twelfth Year - Django Reinhardt, Reinhardt, Django | | • | Twelfth Year - Django Reinhardt, Reinhardt, Django | | • | My Melancholy Baby - Django Reinhardt, Burnett, Ernie | | • | Japanese Sandman - Django Reinhardt, Egan, Raymond | | • | Tea for Two - Django Reinhardt, Caesar, Irving | | • | I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight - Django Reinhardt, Donaldson, Walter |
Disc 4
| • | Blue Moon - Django Reinhardt, Rodgers, Richard | | • | Avalon - Django Reinhardt, DeSylva, Buddy | | • | What a Diff'rence a Day Made - Django Reinhardt, Adams, Stanley | | • | Stardust - Django Reinhardt, Carmichael, Hoagy | | • | St. Louis Blues - Django Reinhardt, Handy, W.C. | | • | Limehouse Blues - Django Reinhardt, Braham, Philip | | • | I Got Rhythm - Django Reinhardt, Gershwin, George | | • | I've Found a New Baby - Django Reinhardt, Palmer, Jack | | • | It Was So Beautiful - Django Reinhardt, Barris, Harry | | • | China Boy - Django Reinhardt, Boutelje, Phil | | • | Moonglow - Django Reinhardt, DeLange, Eddie | | • | It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Django Reinhardt, Mills, Irving | | • | I'se A-Muggin' - Django Reinhardt, Smith, Stuff | | • | I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Django Reinhardt, McHugh, Jimmy | | • | Oriental Shuffle - Django Reinhardt, Grappelli, Stephane | | • | After You've Gone - Django Reinhardt, Creamer, Henry | | • | Are You in the Mood? - Django Reinhardt, Grappelli, Stephane | | • | Limehouse Blues - Django Reinhardt, Braham, Philip | | • | Nagasaki - Django Reinhardt, Warren, Harry | | • | Swing Guitars - Django Reinhardt, Grappelli, Stephane | | • | Georgia on My Mind - Django Reinhardt, Carmichael, Hoagy | | • | Shine - Django Reinhardt, Brown, Lew | | • | In the Still of the Night - Django Reinhardt, Porter, Cole |
Disc 5
| • | Exactly Like You - Django Reinhardt, Fields, Dorothy | | • | Charleston - Django Reinhardt, Mack, Cecil | | • | You're Driving Me Crazy - Django Reinhardt, Donaldson, Walter | | • | Tears - Django Reinhardt, Grappelli, Stephane | | • | Solitude - Django Reinhardt, DeLange, Eddie | | • | Hot Lips - Django Reinhardt, Busse, Henry | | • | Ain't Misbehavin' - Django Reinhardt, Brooks, Harry | | • | Rose Room - Django Reinhardt, Hickman, Art | | • | Body and Soul - Django Reinhardt, Eyton, Frank | | • | When Day Is Done - Django Reinhardt, DeSylva, Buddy | | • | Runnin' Wild - Django Reinhardt, Gibbs, Arthur | | • | Chicago - Django Reinhardt, Fisher, Fred | | • | Liebestraum No. 3 - Django Reinhardt, Liszt, Franz | | • | Miss Annabelle Lee - Django Reinhardt, Clare, Sidney | | • | A Little Love, a Little Kiss - Django Reinhardt, Fysher, A. Nilson | | • | Mystery Pacific - Django Reinhardt, Grappelli, Stephane | | • | In a Sentimental Mood - Django Reinhardt, Ellington, Duke | | • | The Sheik of Araby - Django Reinhardt, Smith, Harry [2] Be | | • | Improvisation - Django Reinhardt, Reinhardt, Django | | • | Parfum - Django Reinhardt, Reinhardt, Django | | • | Alabamy Bound - Django Reinhardt, DeSylva, Buddy | | • | Rosetta - Django Reinhardt, Hines, Earl | | • | Stardust - Django Reinhardt, Carmichael, Hoagy | | • | The Object of My Affection - Django Reinhardt, Grier, Jimmie & His |
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Amazon.com
This wonderful five-disc box is an indispensable collection of prewar, prebop jazz that belongs in the company of your finest Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Benny Goodman sets. Technically, this isn't a true box set--it merely collects five single-disc compilations under one slipcase--but it is infinitely rewarding nonetheless. Disheartened by what he thought were sonically subpar Reinhardt collections, Ted Kendall undertook an ambitious mission to find the best original sources for this classic material and then meticulously remastered them. He wisely opted to leave in some of the surface noise to maintain the clarity and integrity of the music. And what glorious, jubilant music it is! Dating to the very first Quintet of the Hot Club of France sessions in September 1934 (before they'd even established that moniker), the collection includes all the landmark recordings Reinhardt made for Ultraphone, Decca (its English and French labels), and HMV up through the Quintet's 1939 breakup on the eve of World War II. Reinhardt's guitar work is spirited and adventurous throughout--lightning-quick runs, insistent rhythm work, and hybrid "riffs" that seem to split the difference. Nearly all the cuts feature the elegant but vivacious violin work of his most famous foil, Stephane Grappelli, who certainly deserves co-billing on the set. The way the two feed off each other's energy is magical. Despite their well-documented personality clashes, the twosome remains perhaps the most synergistic in jazz history, constantly engaging in their incredible cat-and-mouse games. Often overlooked are the songwriting talents of the two musicians, who contributed several standards to the jazz canon. Though mostly focused on the Quintet recordings, the set detours for such oddities as a pair of solo Reinhardt cuts from 1937 and collaborations with Coleman Hawkins. Simply delightful from beginning to end. --Marc Greilsamer
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This is the pearl your are looking for October 5, 2008
I just recieve my box set today and I just have to say. What a value ! It is not just a good value it is probably the best set around for Django Reinhardt. I am looking forward to try their other box set for Django.
Great Overview August 24, 2008
This is a great overview of Django and Grapelli's output. If you're going to own only one moderate-sized box set, this is an excellent choice. Diehard completists should move on up to Fremaux's Integrale series.
The only pre-war guitar recordings that remain breathtaking today April 22, 2008
Let's be honest - how many times have you read rave reviews of some supposed pre-war (or for that matter, post-war) virtuoso, bought a CD, only to be horribly disappointed to find the guitar-playing positively feeble after years of exposure to Hendrix, Satriani, etc? One can still respect those players of earlier generations for the contributions they made when guitar-playing was in its infancy, but all sentiments aside, judged objectively, for me and many others only one player of yesterday competes with later or present day virtuosos - Django Reinhardt. I say that just to reassure anyone who hasn't heard his playing that he really is up there with the greatest of all times, including modern-day players. He was truly a phenomenon. I've heard people raving over the primitive licks of some or other old bluesman, obviously enraptured by the historic value of the recordings more than the objective quality, the popping and scatching of those old 78s preventing any objective judgement. No danger of that here. If there's just one 'older' guitarist you listen to, it's got be Django, preferably the first 5 years or so of his career. And no guitarist can consider himself complete who hasn't had a close listen to his best work. His style is so idiosyncratic that it's unlikely you'll pick up much as far as technique goes, but for improvisational ideas, this whole set is a guitar treasure.
 The Classic Early recordings August 16, 2007
A mixture of various recordings, not all of them good. Still there are a few gems amongst them.
 Wonderful - for the Purists among us July 2, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Django Reinhardt's music is a study in Jazz influence, improvisation and sheer exuberance. These recordings take you through his early years and maturity as an astonishing guitarist. If you understand guitar and what it took for him to play as he did, your appreciation for the technical virtuosity cannot but respond to his work.
The digital re-masterings themselves faithfully reproduce the original sounds, complete with all of the surface noise that attended those early 78's. For the purist this is no problem because the desire is to not have any of the music also filtered. For those who are into casual listening or background music while you drive, especially if you listen at high volume, you might find it a bit distracting.
One of the most delightful aspects of Reinhardt's group is Stephan Grappely's Jazz violin. We don't think of the violin as a jazz instrument very often, but these folks made it work wonderfully in group. Reinhardt shared the lead often with his band and it gives the music a diversity which enables sustained listening without boredom.
Good group, good selections, good music.
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