Jazz Articles about Django Reinhardt

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 ...