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| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Way Down Upon The Swanee River | |||
| 2. Blue Drag | |||
| 3. Swing Guitars | |||
| 4. Limehouse Blues | |||
| 5. Oriental Shuffle | |||
| 6. After You've Gone | |||
| 7. I Can't Give You Anything But Love | |||
| 8. Shine | |||
| 9. Georgia (On My Mind) | |||
| 10. Exactly Like You | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Aint Got That Swing) | |||
| 2. Moonglow | |||
| 3. Stompin' At Decca | |||
| 4. It Had To Be You | |||
| 5. Them There Eyes | |||
| 6. If I Had You | |||
| 7. Billets Doux | |||
| 8. Souvenirs | |||
| 9. Swing From Paris | |||
| 10. Three Little Words | |||
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Album Description
This remarkable CD release brings together two giants of 20th Century music, guitar virtuoso Django Reinhardt and violinist Stephane Grappelli. A chance meeting in a Parisian Cabaret bought together these two giants and saw them go on to form The Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France, many tracks of which are to be found on this superbly remastered double CD.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I can normally get a bit het up with discs that don't give personnels or recording details but in this case I don't think it particularly matters. It's a little like Jerry Lee Lewis who was once asked who was on a record he had made. The reply was 'I'm on it. What more do you need to know?' I feel much the same about Django. Whenever he plays it really doesn't matter who else is there: he is the one to listen to.
All the tunes on this two disc set seem to come from before the war, there is no electric guitar and no accompaniment apart from violin and rhythm. Grapelli plays pleasant, slightly romantic piano on a few tracks and there are occasional vocals that cause no harm. Many, but not all, of the best loved tunes are here but there are also lesser known numbers. In other words this is a fine selection of the classic Hot Club Quintet.
Grapelli throughout plays swinging attractive violin, very tuneful, but always slightly sweet toned. He plays very well, but it doesn't really matter when compared to Django. There are miles and miles of his boundless genius. He plays, both on ballads and swingers, as if he had ceaseless invention and the ability to go on for ever without ever running out of inspiration. He was an absolute original and one of the greatest soloists the music has produced.
The Quintet had a unique sound (although later much copied) which was a combination of Gallic charm and hard driving jazz. Ultimately, the view you take of the set will depend upon the view you take of that particular sound but what cannot be ignored is the sheer genius of that man Django.
There are two and a half hours of music here for a very reasonable price so it has to be a bit of a bargain.
All the tunes on this two disc set seem to come from before the war, there is no electric guitar and no accompaniment apart from violin and rhythm. Grapelli plays pleasant, slightly romantic piano on a few tracks and there are occasional vocals that cause no harm. Many, but not all, of the best loved tunes are here but there are also lesser known numbers. In other words this is a fine selection of the classic Hot Club Quintet.
Grapelli throughout plays swinging attractive violin, very tuneful, but always slightly sweet toned. He plays very well, but it doesn't really matter when compared to Django. There are miles and miles of his boundless genius. He plays, both on ballads and swingers, as if he had ceaseless invention and the ability to go on for ever without ever running out of inspiration. He was an absolute original and one of the greatest soloists the music has produced.
The Quintet had a unique sound (although later much copied) which was a combination of Gallic charm and hard driving jazz. Ultimately, the view you take of the set will depend upon the view you take of that particular sound but what cannot be ignored is the sheer genius of that man Django.
There are two and a half hours of music here for a very reasonable price so it has to be a bit of a bargain.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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Having recently enjoyed staying in California, in some charming Victorian clapboard B&Bs, where they served up free wines and played some lovely, atmospheric, swing violin music in the background, as the rays of the evening sun filtered in through the wooden plantation shutters. I guessed this music was probably Grappelli & Reinhardt so I decided to buy this CD in order to relive the memories. This turned out to be the very album they had played and it's lovely. All I need now is a glimmer of spring sunshine and I can dream myself back there! Mmhh.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This cd contains a wonderful collection from two world class artists in this genre. A well-devised selection of tracks that confirms both Django Erinhardt and Stephane Grappelli to be absolute virtusos of their day. What's great about this cd is that like all 'musical favourites', you will never tire of listening to it.
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