Jazz Tribute No. 39: The Indispensable Django Reinhardt, 1949-1950

Performer: Django Reinhardt
Producer: Jean-Paul Guiter (Reissue)
Distributor: BMG (distributor)

Notes: Personnel: Django Reinhardt (guitar); Andre Ekyan (alto saxophone, clarinet); Stephane Grappelli (violin); Ralph Schecroun, Gianno Safred (piano); Alf Masselier, Carlo Pecori (bass); Aurelio De Carolis, Roger Paraboschi (drums). Recorded in Rome, Italy from January to February 1949 and April to May 1950. Includes liner notes by Richard Dartigues and Don Waterhouse. This is part of RCA's Black & White Jazz Tribune series. Personnel: Django Reinhardt (guitar); St�phane Grappelli (violin); Andre Ekyan (clarinet, alto saxophone); Ralph Schecroun, Gianni Safred (piano); Roger Parabouschi, Aurelio de Carolis (drums). Recording information: 01/1949-05/1950. This two-disc collection of postwar Django is comprised of material recorded in Rome in January/February of 1949 and April/May of 1950 with two different Italian rhythm sections of piano, bass and drums. The 1949 material has Reinhardt on acoustic guitar and features his most enduring and gifted musical companion, Stephane Grappelli, on violin. All but one of the tunes from BMG/Bluebird's DJANGOLOGY '49 can be found here, minus that collection's notes by Frank Vignola and any claims to digital remastering or modern noise reduction. INDISPENSABLE also includes over a dozen cuts with Reinhardt on electric guitar, which feature Andre Ekyan on clarinet and alto saxophone. While the emphasis in this collection is more on jazz standards than Reinhardt or Reinhardt/Grappelli compositions, the essential originals are represented in the 1949 Grappelli sessions, with versions of "Minor Swing," "Nuages," "Djangology" and others. Most fans and critics consider the original 1930s Quintet of the Hot Club of France recordings to be the truly indispensable Django. However, as your one-stop shop for both the results of the Grappelli/Reinhardt postwar reunion and a taste of where the French Gypsy guitarist was headed with electricity before his untimely death in 1953, RCA/Jazz Tribune's collection will do nicely.

Belgian-born gypsy Django Reinhardt became the first European to have a significant impact on jazz. A childhood accident had crippled his left hand, leaving the use of just two fingers; nonetheless, Reinhardt played things on guitar people had only imagined. Fusing a lushly romantic sensibility with propulsive rhythmic drive, Reinhardt brought small-group swing to a creative peak in the 1930s with the Quintette du Hot Club de France, and his unique style continues to inspire generations of guitarists.

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