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Django Reinhardt

Posted: Sat May 31, 2003 12:55 pm
by Matthew
For the next installment of our "artists series," I'd like to discuss Django Reinhardt.

I know little about him, aside from a basic bio from some liner notes. I enjoy his music (I may be addicted to "Minor Swing"), but I find that DJs don't play it very often here in the Tampa Bay area.

What do you think about his music? Also, what are your favorite Django CDs?

Posted: Sat May 31, 2003 3:23 pm
by Drew
"In my opinion, of the top ten jazz guitarists in the world, Django is five of them!" --Rex Stewart

Posted: Sat May 31, 2003 7:36 pm
by GemZombie
I love Django... and have recently been listening to his music much more... I have two reasons for it too:

1. It's just great music
2. Everytime I try dancing to his stuff I get off beat. I think I've figured out that it's because I'm listening *too* much to his guitar work, which makes me lose concentration (on dance)... i'm not a good multitasker I guess.

Someone wanna post some links to a bio... I could use some more info about him beyond the standard few lines in all liner notes :P

Posted: Sat May 31, 2003 7:58 pm
by Matthew
I found a biography that is more thorough than what's in liner notes:

http://www.djangomontreal.com/doc/DjangoStory.htm

Posted: Sat May 31, 2003 11:04 pm
by yedancer
He rules.

Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2003 8:30 pm
by GemZombie
Matthew wrote:I found a biography that is more thorough than what's in liner notes:

http://www.djangomontreal.com/doc/DjangoStory.htm
Thanks man. I've been downloading all the Django stuff on Emusic this weekend. :)

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2003 10:35 am
by SpuzBal
While it's not actually Django playing (his son, Babik, plays on a couple tracks though), this CD is absolutely fantastic. I highly recommend it.

Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2003 1:33 pm
by Roy
I just heard some of his stuff playing with Benny Carter live recordings in 1938. Wow, amazing. No, I just have to find these out of print CD's with him and Benny Carter.

Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2003 2:50 am
by CafeSavoy
Roy wrote:I just heard some of his stuff playing with Benny Carter live recordings in 1938. Wow, amazing. No, I just have to find these out of print CD's with him and Benny Carter.
there's a couple of songs with benny carter (and coleman hawkins) on his All Star Sessions cd. Image

Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2003 4:57 am
by SirScratchAlot
I spin stuff off the Dickie Wells and Bill Coleman sessions almost everytime I spin. masterpeices...

Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2003 2:39 pm
by Swifty
CafeSavoy wrote:there's a couple of songs with benny carter (and coleman hawkins) on his All Star Sessions cd. Image
I play "Honeysuckle Rose" of this CD quite a bit, I picked it up on a whim, I really like it.

Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2003 6:18 pm
by SpuzBal
This set has all of the recordings on the "All Star Sessions" disc, as well as Dickie Wells and Bill Coleman recordings and some live bootlegs and broadcasts.

Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 12:58 am
by CafeSavoy
Swifty wrote: I play "Honeysuckle Rose" of this CD quite a bit, I picked it up on a whim, I really like it.
yeah, that's a sweet version. i'm gonna have to check out that boxset Spuzbal posted. i really like that the recording quality on those sessions are good too.

Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 6:54 am
by SirScratchAlot
in the perfect world , all swing SWING DJ'S would play Django....

unfortunatly most swing djs never even heard of him much less would play him...

Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 12:15 pm
by Lawrence
SirScratchAlot wrote:in the perfect world , all swing SWING DJ'S would play Django....

unfortunatly most swing djs never even heard of him much less would play him...
Not this again.... :roll:

In a perfect world, real SWING DJs would play great NEW music and leave Django for an interesting history lesson about what people USED to dance to. :P