Jazz Articles about Django Reinhardt

Django Reinhardt 1933-1952

by Ty Cumbie
December 18, 2004

Django Reinhardt Django Reinhardt 1933-1952 BD Jazz 2004

On “Blues Clair," a terrific up-tempo piece I'd not heard before the welcome arrival of this 2-CD set, Django Reinhardt delivers one of the greatest solos you'll hear on any instrument, in any style of music. Right away we hear all the elements that made his legend. He had the technique to crank up to light speed when he wanted, but he doesn't overdo the speedy ...

Django Reinhardt: Retrospective 1934-53

by AAJ Staff
July 25, 2003

The Belgian-born gypsy Django Reinhardt, a founding father of modern jazz guitar, is possibly Europe's greatest music export, being amongst the first non-American musicians to conversely influence jazz in the States. This newly issued 3-disc retrospective spreads his career into three distinct periods, from '34 to only months before he died of a stroke in '53. After discovering the music of guitarist Eddie Lang, Django had found inspiration for his renowned single-note runs. His classical-influenced playing ventured from ...

Django Reinhardt: Djangology Volume 1: 1934 -1935 / Classic Recordings by the Quintette Du Hot Club De France Volume 2: 1938 - 1938

by C. Michael Bailey
February 1, 2002

Djangology 101.

 Jean Baptiste Reinhardt was a Belgian Gypsy born in 1910 in the Benelux town of Liverchies. He would never be known as Jean Baptiste, however. Django was his moniker and his is a name that looms as larger over Jazz guitar and Jimi Hendrix does over Blues/Rock Guitar. Somewhat of a free spirit, Reinhardt lived his for his own merriment and while doing so created a catalog of music that influenced everyone Stateside from Duke Ellington to Bob ...

Django Reinhardt: The Classic Early Recordings In Chronoloical Order

by Ron Meyers
January 1, 2001

This is almost too good to be true for Django fans. Here's a five CD set, with each CD covering over 70 minutes, excellent sound quality, from this wonderful company in England called JSP, covering around 125 78's of Django's material all for a budget price that is outstanding. (I bought it on the net for $21.49.)

Vol. 1 are 1934-35 recordings featuring Stephane Grapelly. “Connoisseurs will note that the first two Odeon tracks are issued here for first time ...

Django Reinhardt: The Complete Django Reinhardt and Quintet of the Hot Club of France Swing/HMV Sessions 1936-1948

by C. Andrew Hovan
June 1, 2000

When it comes to the real roots of jazz guitar, two names clearly standout in the minds of most jazz followers- Charlie Christian and Django Reinhardt. While the recordings of the former are few enough in number to make it a somewhat easy task to acquire, the latter’s fairly large body of work poses a challenge in terms of the novice. Add to this the fact that many foreign issues exist and that in addition to his work as a ...