Django Reinhardt
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Biography
[Edit]Django Reinhardt was the first hugely influential jazz figure to emerge from Europe — and he remains the most influential European to this day, with possible competition from Joe Zawinul, George Shearing, John McLaughlin, his old cohort Stephane Grappelli and a bare handful of others. A free-spirited gypsy, Reinhardt wasn't the most reliable person in the world, frequently wandering off into the countryside on a whim. Yet Reinhardt came up with a unique way of propelling the humble acoustic guitar into the front line of a jazz combo in the days before amplification became widespread. He would spin joyous, arcing, marvelously inflected solos above the thrumming base of two rhythm guitars and a bass, with Grappelli's elegantly gliding violin serving as the perfect foil. His harmonic concepts were startling for their time — making a direct impression upon Charlie Christian and Les Paul, among others — and he was an energizing rhythm guitarist behind Grappelli, pushing their groups into a higher gear. Not only did Reinhardt put his stamp upon jazz, his string band music also had an impact upon the parallel development of Western swing, which eventually fed into the wellspring of what is now called country music. Although he could not read music, with Grappelli and on his own, Reinhardt composed several winsome, highly original tunes like "Daphne," "Nuages" and "Manoir de Mes Reves," as well as mad swingers like "Minor Swing" and the ode to his record label of the '30s, "Stomping at Decca." As the late Ralph Gleason said about Django's recordings, "They were European and they were French and they were still jazz."
A violinist first and a guitarist later, Jean Baptiste "Django" Reinhardt grew up in a gypsy camp near Paris where he absorbed the gypsy strain into his music. A disastrous caravan fire in 1928 badly burned his left hand, depriving him of the use of the fourth and fifth fingers, but the resourceful Reinhardt figured out a novel fingering system to get around the problem that probably accounts for some of the originality of his style. According to one story, during his recovery period, Reinhardt was introduced to American jazz when he found a 78 RPM disc of Louis Armstrong's "Dallas Blues" at an Orleans flea market. He then resumed his career playing in Parisian cafes until one day in 1934 when Hot Club chief Pierre Nourry proposed the idea of an all-string band to Reinhardt and Grappelli. Thus was born the Quintet of the Hot Club of France, which quickly became an international draw thanks to a long, splendid series of Ultraphone, Decca and HMV recordings.
The outbreak of war in 1939 broke up the Quintette, with Grappelli remaining in London where the group was playing and Reinhardt returning to France. During the war years, he led a big band, another quintet with clarinetist Hubert Rostaing in place of Grappelli, and after the liberation of Paris, recorded with such visiting American jazzmen as Mel Powell, Peanuts Hucko and Ray McKinley. In 1946, Reinhardt took up the electric guitar and toured America as a soloist with the Duke Ellington band but his appearances were poorly received. Some of his recordings on electric guitar late in his life are bop escapades where his playing sounds frantic and jagged, a world apart from the jubilant swing of old. However, starting in Jan. 1946, Reinhardt and Grappelli held several sporadic reunions where the bop influences are more subtly integrated into the old, still-fizzing swing format. In the 1950s, Reinhardt became more reclusive, remaining in Europe, playing and recording now and then until his death from a stroke in 1953. His Hot Club recordings from the `30s are his most irresistible legacy; their spirit and sound can be felt in current groups like Holland's Rosenberg Trio. ~ Richard S. Ginell, Rovi
Title: Un Geant Sur Son Nuage (a Giant On His Cloud) Vol. 3
Artist: Django Reinhardt
Genre: Jazz, World Music
Title: H.O.T.S Presents : The Very Best of Django Reinhardt, Vol. 1
Artist: Django Reinhardt
Genre: Jazz, World Music
Title: Un Geant Sur Son Nuage (a Giant On His Cloud) Vol. 2
Artist: Django Reinhardt
Genre: Jazz, World Music
Title: The Ultimate Django Reinhardt Collection - 101 Classic Recordings
Artist: Django Reinhardt
Genre: Jazz
Title: Django On the Radio - Transcribed Broadcasts (CD D - 1947-1948)
Artist: Django Reinhardt
Genre: Jazz
Title: Two Is Company: Complete Studio Duets 1934-1942
Artist: Django Reinhardt
Genre: Jazz, World Music
Collections
Title: 100 Jazz Guitar Favorites
Genre: Jazz
Title: Original Sound Deluxe - Electric Guitar Masters
Genre: Jazz
Title: Song Shop - Song Doubles
Genre: Pop
Title: Your Birthday Present - Song Doubles
Genre: Pop
Title: Song Street, Vol. 5
Title: Song Doubles - Sonny Davis
Genre: Jazz
Title: Get Gone Road Trips - A Drive Down South
Genre: Blues
Title: The Jazz Collection Vol. 3
Genre: Jazz
Title: La Vie En Rose: French Classics
Genre:
Title: C'est Si Bon: French Classics
Genre:
Title: Music Scene - Golden Oldies
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Song Corner: Swing Wing, Vol. 1 (Remastered)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Vintage Jazz and Blues for Film & TV
Genre: Jazz
Title: Swing Band Legends
Genre: Jazz
Title: Period's Jazz Digest
Genre: Jazz
Title: Guys Guys Guys
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Period's Jazz Digest, Vol.3
Genre: Jazz
Title: Hear the Leaves Falling: Jazzy Sounds of Autumn
Genre: Jazz
Title: Popular Music - Swing Street (Remastered)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Music Mix, Vol. 3: Songs for All
Genre: Rock
Title: Music & Highlights: Ballroom - Barmusic
Genre: World Music
Title: Jazz Standards - CD 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: Late Night Jazz - The Essential Late Night Collection
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Is Love
Genre: Jazz
Title: French Big Band Jazz Standards - New York City Nights
Genre: Jazz
Title: Song Shop - Volume 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Cutie & All That Jazz - It's All In My Song
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Jazz Guitar, Vol. 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: Cool Tracks (3 Digitally Re-Mastered Recordings)
Genre: Pop
Title: Star Tribute to Sinatra
Title: Evergreens (Remastered)
Genre: Pop
Title: Musicworld - Classic Songs 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Arnie's Record Store - Songs to Sell, Vol. 11 (Live)
Genre: Pop
Title: Your Easter Present - Song Doubles
Genre: Pop
Title: Song Mix (11)
Genre: Pop
Title: Songs For You (8)
Genre: Pop
Title: Great Performers of Swing Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Hot Violins (Giants of Jazz)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Classic Jazz Singers
Genre: Jazz
Title: Your Birthday Present - Unplugged
Genre: Pop
Title: Music History - Best Sellers
Genre: Jazz
Title: Those Good Old Songs - Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Evergreens - Blasts From the Past - 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Pure Gold - Django Reinhardt, Vol. 3
Genre: Jazz, World Music
Title: Jazz Guitar Legends (Remastered)
Genre: Jazz
Title: European Swing Giants, Vol. 3 (Recordings 1939-1944)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Song Street , Vol. 6
Featuring albums
Title: Stephane Grappelli & Friends
Artist: Stéphane Grappelli / Stephane Grappelli, Quintette Du Hot Club De France
Genre: Jazz
Title: Kings Of Swing (Digitally Re-Mastered Recordings Swing when you're Winning)
Artist: Musikladen
Genre: Jazz
Title: Woody Allen - Music From His Movies (Volume 2)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Woody Allen - Music from His Movies, Vol. 6
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Woody Allen - Music From His Movies (Volume 4)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Woody Allen - Music From His Movies (Volume 3)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Woody Allen - Music from His Movies, Vol. 8
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Reefer Blues: Vintage Songs About Marijuana Volume 2
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Acoustic
Title: Cole Porter, A Great American Songwriter
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack, Vocal & Symphonic
Title: Waldeck's Gramophone - Vol.1: Swing & Champagne
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Electronica, Jazz, Dancefloor
Title: Les chansons de la Libération / Les chansons de la Liberation
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Pop