Django Reinhardt - An Introduction To The Guitar Genius (2016)

An introduction to the guitar genius: THE BEST OF Django Reinhardt – the greatest guitarist of all times. Restored hi-res audio. Jean “Django” Reinhardt 23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953) was a French guitarist and composer of Romani ethnicity. Reinhardt is regarded as one of the greatest guitar players of all time. He was the first important European jazz musician who made major contributions to the development of the guitar genre. After his third and fourth fingers were paralyzed when he suffered burns in a fire, he used only the index and middle fingers of his left hand for solos. In spite of this disability he went on to forge an entirely new style of jazz guitar technique (sometimes called ‘hot’ jazz guitar), which has since become a living musical tradition within French Gypsy culture – the gypsy jazz (GJ). With the violinist Stéphane Grappelli, Reinhardt co-founded the Quintette du Hot Club de France, described by the critic Thom Jurek as “one of the most original bands in the history of recorded jazz”.[4] Reinhardt’s most popular compositions have become jazz standards, including “Minor Swing”, “Daphne”, “Belleville”, “Djangology”, “Swing ’42”, and “Nuages” – they are all on this fantastic album!

Tracklist

1. Minor Swing 00:03:20
2. After You’ve Gone 00:03:09
3. Miss Annabelle Lee 00:02:49
4. St Louis Blues 00:02:49
5. You Rascal You 00:03:06
6. Liebestraum No 3 00:03:20
7. I’ll See You In My Dreams 00:02:37
8. My Serenade 00:02:53
9. Improvisation 00:02:58
10. Mystery Pacific 00:02:21
11. Swinging With Django 00:02:52
12. Rhythm Futur 00:02:42
13. Swing 42 00:02:48
14. Bolero 00:04:03
15. Dinette 00:03:04
16. Belleville 00:02:38
17. Porto Cabello 00:03:21
18. Djangology 00:02:50
19. Nuits de Saint-Germain-des-Pres 00:03:08
20. Nuages 00:03:17
21. Blues for Ike