Classic work from Django – licensed from Pathe Marconi in France, and featuring the great guitarist in the company of American and French all-stars that include Benny Carter, Coleman Hawkins, Rex Stewart, Barney Bigard, Billy Taylor, Stephane Grappelli, Len Harrison, and Tommy Benford. There's a total of 16 tracks in all – and titles include "Low Cotton", "Finesse", "I Know That You Know", "Solid Old Man", "Out Of Nowhere", "Crazy Rhythm", "I'm Coming Virginia", and "Farewell Blues". CD

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A collection classic work by Django Reinhardt – recorded in the post war years, by Django and the Hot Club Of France which at that point had replaced Stephane Grappelli with Hubert Rostaing. 14 swinging numbers, including "Minor Swing", "Blues En Mineur", "Dinette", "Topsy", "Stockholm", 'Vendredi 13", "Belleville", "Song D'Automne", 'Swing 39", "Swing 49", "Blues Primitif", "Django Blues", 'Sweet Atmosphere" and "Del Salle". LP, Vinyl record album

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... LP, Vinyl record album

A fantastic testament to the genius of guitarist Django Reinhardt – and one that focuses on a special side of his talents – the many songs that he wrote during his too-short career, which went onto have a huge impact on the changing sound of the French scene in the 40s and 50s! The package begins with two CDs' worth of material that features Django on guitar – sometimes solo, sometimes in his famous Quintette Du Hot Club De France, and sometimes in other groups – often with Stephane Grappelli on violin too. CD3 continues with material that shows Reinhardt's lasting influence – performances of his works by Barney Wilen, Henri Crolla, Scha Distel, Les Trio Ferrett, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Matelo Ferret, and even Chet Atkins. Box features 76 tracks in all – and a nice booklet of notes! CD

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With Rex Stewart, Benny Carter, Eddie South, and Bill Coleman. LP, Vinyl record album

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... LP, Vinyl record album

With Coleman Hawkins, Benny Carter, Bill Coleman, Garnet Clarke, and others. LP, Vinyl record album

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... LP, Vinyl record album

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Includes the songs "Billets Doux", "Swing From Paris", "Them There Eyes", "Three Little Words", "Appel Direct", "Hungaria", "Hungaria", "Jeepers Creepers", "Jeepers Creepers", "Swing '39", "Japanese Sandman", "I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight", "I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight", "Tea For Two", "Tea For Two", "My Melancholy Baby", "Time On My Hands", "Twelfth Year", "Twelfth Year", "My Melancholy Baby", "Japanese Sandman", "Tea For Two", "I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight", and ""Hungaria"". CD

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Featuring sidemen that includes Stephane Grappelly, Coleman Hawkins, Dicky Wells, and Andre Ekyan. LP, Vinyl record album

A set famously recorded just a couple of months before Django Reinhardt's all-too-early death, and a fascinating album in that it finds him in more of a stoic, yet beautifully swinging setting! The album's a departure from the frenetic gypsy jazz that made him famous, but it's an excellent album that is still instantly identifiable as the work of Reinhardt – a wonderful testament to his genius on guitar. We'll leave the question to the experts of whether the sort of elegiac tone is a result of his impending departure from our world, but, it's a wonderful listen! Players include a young Maurice Vander on piano, Pierre Michelot on bass, and Jean-Louis Vitale on drums – and tracks include "Night And Day", "Blues For Ike", "Nuages", "Brazil", "September Song", and "Manoir De Mes Reves". LP, Vinyl record album

An album dedicated to the great Django Reinhardt – but one that also comes across with plenty of west coast touches too – just what you'd expect for the meeting of the young Joe Pass and the Pacific Jazz label! The format is somewhat Django-esque – with lead guitar work from Joe Pass, plus rhythm guitar support from John Pisano – creating some of the guitar interplay you'd have in a gypsy swing record – but the groove's also a bit more modern than some of Django's classics, and there's a lighter, breezier approach here that's very much in the mode of other Pass records from the 60s – at least the small group ones! The whole thing makes for a very unique set from Pass – with the quartet rounded out with Jim Hughart on bass and Colin Bailey on drums – on titles that include "Django", "For Django", "Fluer D'Ennui", "Django's Castle", and "Nuages". CD

Features Babik Reinhardt and Ulf Wakenius on guitar, Rune Ofwerman on piano, Sture Nordin on bass and Petur Island Ostlund on drums. CD

Guitarist Henri Crolla pays tribute to his friend and influence Django Reinhardt – in a set of tracks pulled from a rare album issued in 1958, plus a shorter ep from 1956. The first 10 tracks feature Henri working with a group that includes Stephane Grappelli on violin, plus either Rene Urtreger or Maurice Vander on piano – on tracks that include "Minor Swing", "Nuages", "Swing 42", "Anouman", and "Place De Brouckere". The next 4 tracks feature Crolla with Roger Guerin on trumpet, Hubert Rostaing on clarinet, and Martial Solal on piano – on tracks that include "What's New", "Night & Day", and "Hallelujah". CD

One of the most sensitive, thoughtful albums we've ever heard from Stephane Grappelli – a later album in which the famous Parisian jazz violinist pays tribute to his long-departed partner – guitarist Django Reinhardt! The set's a bit more open than some of the pair's earlier recordings together – a bit more modern, and willing to move into new sounds instead of just swing – although overall, there's still a mix of violin and guitar that nicely holds to tradition. Players include Pierre Cavelli and Leo Petit on guitar – plus Guy Pedersen on bass and Daniel Humair on drums. Titles include "Le Tien", "Django", "Nuages", "Soft Winds", "Daphne", "How About You", and "Pent-up House". CD

An album dedicated to the great Django Reinhardt – but one that also comes across with plenty of west coast touches too – just what you'd expect for the meeting of the young Joe Pass and the Pacific Jazz label! The format is somewhat Django-esque – with lead guitar work from Joe Pass, plus rhythm guitar support from John Pisano – creating some of the guitar interplay you'd have in a gypsy swing record – but the groove's also a bit more modern than some of Django's classics, and there's a lighter, breezier approach here that's very much in the mode of other Pass records from the 60s – at least the small group ones! The whole thing makes for a very unique set from Pass – with the quartet rounded out with Jim Hughart on bass and Colin Bailey on drums – on titles that include "Django", "For Django", "Fluer D'Ennui", "Django's Castle", and "Nuages". CD

Three wonderful albums from this overlooked group – plus bonus tracks too! First up is Crossroads Of Time, great work from a group who definitely are in the budding years of the UK progressive scene – but one who also knows how to stick to a tighter combo sound too! The record's got a really wonderful vibe – the full-on fire of some late beat group work, but much more farther-reaching in conception – both lyrically and instrumentally, especially when some light production touches kick in to do great things to the organ and vocals. The musical themes are a bit heady, too – some nicely political touches, but in a subtle way – and the group also turn out a nice cover of Love's "7 + 7 Is", alongside other tracks that include "Crossroads Of Time", "I'll Be Your Friend", "Prodigal Son", "Largo", "Love is The Law", and "Inspiration For A New Day". Next is In Fields Of Ardath – very cool work from this unique Welsh group of the 60s a combo who might have started out in beat group modes, but really go for something different on this unique set! Eyes Of Blue have this spacious style that almost recalls the Moody Blues at times – but they're also much more gritty and soulful as well – almost as if they hit territory between the Moodies first record and their ambitious later works, but also draw on wider musical references that have them covering a Django Reinhardt tune on one track, and throwing in some classical references on another. Titles include the cut "Merry Go Round", which they did for a film with Quincy Jones – plus "The Light We See", "Souvenirs", "Little Bird", "Door", "Spanish Blues", "Chances", and "After The War". The set also features the really beautiful album Bluebell Wood – recorded by an incarnation of the group as Big Sleep, and with a different sound that's really great – moodier, mellower, and with slow-building piano and organ lines doing all these great things next to the vocals! Titles include "Saint & Septic", "Odd Song", "Free Life", "Death Of Hope", "Watching Love Grow", and "Bluebell Wood". Bonus tracks include "Apache 69 (mono)" and "QIII (mono)". CD

Saxophonist James Carter dips into the Django Reinhardt songbook with help from Regina Carter on violin, Jay Berliner on steel string guitar, Romero Lubambo on nylon string guitar, Charlie Giordano on accordian, Steve Kirby on bass, Joey Baron on drums, and percussion wild man Cyro Baptisto. CD

Music from Django Reinhardt, Claude Hopkins, Tiny Grimes With Jerome Richardson, Earl Hines And His Band, Duke Heitger And His Swing Band, Billy Kyle's Big Eight, Joe Thomas' Big Six, Harold Baker & Doc Cheatham, The Budd Johnson Quintet, Rex Stewart, and more. CD

A set with an unusual sort of flavor – one that looks at the influence of Spanish culture on modern music during the postwar years – brought together here in a mix of jazz and classical recordings with some very different styles! CD1 is all jazz – and showcases some key Spanish-themed projects – most notably the famous Miles Davis/Gil Evans collaborations, but also work by John Coltrane and Django Reinhardt too – music that maybe adapts Spanish classical themes for the modern idiom. CD2 dives more into the realm of classical – and features work by both French and Spanish composers with very vivid sonic imagery – longer pieces by Ravel, Debussy, and De Falla – heard here in classic recordings. CD3 is a bit more intimate, and features a range of classical themes, but with more up-close performance – often classical guitar, played by Sabicas, Julian Bream, and others – but sometimes with piano, and in one case a woodwind quintet. 37 tracks in all – with a detailed booklet of notes! CD