Reinhardt,Django Djangology: Solo And Duet Recordings CD

2019 BRAND NEW Best Of COLLECTION - 38 TRACKS (30 previously unreleased in North America) INCLUDING THE BEST OF HIS SOLO AND DUET RECORDINGS. In 1949, Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli reunited for a brief tour of Italy. While they were there they recorded about 50 tunes with an Italian rhythm section, and although they didn't know it at the time, these sessions marked the last time the Gypsy guitarist and the French violinist recorded together. This edition collects the best tracks from those final sessions, including versions of Hot Club standards like "Minor Swing," "Bricktop," and "Swing 42." Reinhardt and Grappelli don't try to recreate the raucous swing of their earlier collaborations, opting instead for an intriguing blend of romantic, almost classical melodic soloing and bebop-tinged harmonies and rhythms. The attempt doesn't always succeed, primarily because the three musicians on drums, bass, and piano are clearly out of their depth. But when the two masters click, as they do on "I Got Rhythm," they demonstrate an eagerness to explore the new musical possibilities offered by postwar jazz. Sadly Reinhardt died not long after he returned from Italy, so he and Grappelli were never able to continue their musical exploration, leaving the music on Djangology as a final farewell to one of the great partnerships in jazz.

1. Improvisation No. 1 2. Perfum 3. Tea for Two 4. Improvisation No. 2 (Master) 5. Improvisation No. 2 (Alternate Take) 6. Echoes of Spain 7. Naguine 8. Improvisation No. 3 Part 1 9. Improvisation No. 3 Part 2 10. Improvisation No. 6 11. Improvisation No. 7 (Take No. 2) 12. Improvistaion 47 (Improvisation No.5) 13. Improvisation No. 4 14. Belleville 15. Nuages 16. Two Improvised Guitar Choruses 17. Melodie Au Crepuscule / Manoir de Mes Reves 18. Manoir de Mes Reves (Version 2) 19. Two Each His Own/Symphonie 20. Djangology 21. Uptown Blues 22. Moten Swing 23. Don't Be That Way 24. Honeysuckle Rose 25. Ride Red Ride 26. Blues Riff 27. Honeysuckle Rose (Version 2) 28. Studio 24 29. I've Found a New Baby 30. Alabamy Bound 31. Pennies from Heaven 32. Tiger Rag 33. Eddie's Blues 34. I've Found a New Baby 35. Bill Coleman Blues 36. You Rascal You 37. It Had to Be You 38. Out of Nowhere