This colorful cover heralds a collection of some of Django Reinhardt's greatest records, as issued on Angel in 1954, shortly after his death at age 43.
Django is hardly obscure - his entire recorded oeuvre is available on 20 CDs for those who are gaga over the gypsy guitarist. This post is merely designed to be a sampler for those who have not discovered his genius. It comes to us courtesy of my friend flyingfinger, whose rip this is, and quite a good one. Nice cover, too!
As his name may suggest, flyingfinger knows a great guitarist when he hears one, so this upload comes with an ironclad guarantee. If you don't like it, I will substitute any Les Paul record of your choice.
7 comments:
I love Django!
Buster,the range of your coverage continues to impress and entertain! I havent heard some of these later recordings before.Keep up the grand work.Many thanks!!!
Thank you for this tasty sampler. It's a great introduction to Django's records.
The notes by John S. Wilson, who wrote for Down Beat and later for The New York Times, are excellent, too.
Here's a story about Django from "The Best of Jazz Score," compiled by Roy Pellett from the BBC quiz show that was jettisoned many years ago when the broadcaster modernized itself. The story was told by Humphrey Lyttleton.
Stephane Grappelli told me that Django Reinhardt couldn't read or write, but he would always tag along with Stephane to business meetings which concerned the Hot Club of France. Apparently he would sit there pretending he could understand what was going on until he felt he ought to make his presence felt. At this point he would grab the contract from Stephane and point to a paragraph at random and say, 'Non, non.'
Invariably it would be the clause which said the band were guaranteed free accommodation and food.
Thanks, Addison - great story!
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