1933-1943: Django Reinhardt and the Singers

by Django Reinhardt

Overview

Although its overall time frame encompasses nearly a decade, Django Reinhardt and the Singers mainly illuminates the young guitarist's collaborations with nine different pop vocalists during the years 1933-1935. Most importantly it focuses upon Django's interactions with Jean Sablon (1906-1994), a singing movie star who hung out with Jean Cocteau, appeared with showy chanteuse Mistinguett, and gave Reinhardt his first big break by setting him up with a cabaret booking in 1933. Sablon, whose charming delivery places him in league with Al Bowlly, Charles Trenet, Bing Crosby, and Maurice Chevalier, utterly dominates this compilation. On the first two tracks, he is heard with Eliane de Creus backed by the Orchestre du Theatre Daunou, a quintet directed by Jef de Murel. Other ensembles in this set were led by saxophonist Andre Ekyan, violinist Michel Warlop, and bassist Louis Vola; listen also for the violin of Stephane Grappelli. Reinhardt's supportive accompaniments are exquisite as ever, with pianist Garland Wilson joining him behind Sablon on "Continental" and "Un Baiser." The seven remaining vocalists round out the program splendidly. Motion picture actress Germaine Sablon performs solo and in duet with her brother Jean, Pierre Lord handles "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes," and Le Petit Mirsha (who always sounded a bit like Minnie Mouse) chirps "Petit Homme, C'est L'heure de Faire Dodo." "Vivre Pour Toi" is sung by Andre Pasdoc and there are two brief airs sung in English by one Bruce Boyce. The last two tracks ease into the '40s with vocals by Charles Trenet and Nelly Kay. This collection compares and contrasts nicely with the Naxos Jazz Legends release Django Reinhardt with Vocals: Classic Recordings 1933-1941, and with the first two volumes of the Integrale Django Reinhardt as presented by Fremeaux and Associes. ~ arwulf arwulf

Product Details

Release Date:	05/09/2006
Label:	CHALLENGE
UPC:	0608917902723

Tracks

1. Parce Que Je Vous Aime
2. Si J'aime Suzy
3. Le Meme Coup
4. Je Suis Sex-Appeal
5. Le Jour O¿¿ Je Te Vis
6. Prenez Garde au Grand M¿¿chand Loup
7. Ici L'on P¿¿che
8. La Chanson du Large
9. Je Sais Que Vous ¿¿te Jolie
10. Par Correspondance
11. La Derni¿¿re Berg¿¿re
12. Continental
13. Un Baiser
14. Petit Homme, C'est L'heure de Faire Dodo
15. Fum¿¿e aux Yeux
16. Un Amour Comme le Norte
17. La Petite ¿¿le
18. Vivre Pour Toi
19. Run, Mary, Run
20. Oh, Didn't It Rain
21. Cette Chanson Est Pour Vous (Life Is a Song)
22. Rendez-Vous Sous la Pluie
23. La Cigale et la Fourmi
24. M¿¿lodie au Cr¿¿puscule

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Django Reinhardt   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Jean Sablon   Primary Artist
Charles Lisee   Baritone,Sax (Alto)
Robert Merchez   Sax (Alto)
Alex Renard   Trumpet
Maurice Gladieu   Trombone
Roger Grasset   Sax (Bass)
Charles Hary   Sax (Tenor)
Alec Siniavine   Piano
Maurice Chailou   Drums,Vibraphone
Max Blanc   Sax (Alto)
Alex Caturegli   Trumpet
Max Elloy   Drums
Jean Storne   Sax (Bass)
Leo Chauliac   Piano
Robert Mavounzy   Sax (Alto)
Pierre Remy   Trombone
Maurice Moufflard   Trumpet
Andre Lluis   Sax (Tenor)
Amedee Charles   Sax (Alto)
Maurice Cizeron   Clarinet,Sax (Alto)
Pierre Allier   Trumpet
Alain Romans   Piano
Eugene d'Hellemmes   Trombone
Stephane Grappelli   Piano,Violin
Andre Ekyan   Clarinet,Sax (Alto)
Garland Wilson   Piano
Michel Emer   Cello,Piano,Vocals
Alix Combelle   Trumpet,Clarinet,Sax (Tenor)
Eugene Vees   Guitar
Joseph Reinhardt   Guitar
Louis Vola   Accordion,Sax (Bass)
Tony Rovira   Sax (Bass)
Noel Chiboust   Trumpet
Michel Warlop   Violin,Vocals

Technical Credits

Ted Kendall   Digital Mastering,Original Material,Producer,Audio Restoration
Herbert Magidson   Composer
Jean Franc Nohain   Composer
Alec Siniavine   Composer
Darc Mireille   Composer
John Davson   Composer
Tony Baldwin   Liner Notes
Henri Christine   Composer
Charles Borel-Clerc   Composer
Elisabeth Vincentelli   Composer
Bernard Sauvat   Composer
Michel Warlop   Arranger,Leader
Bruno Coquatrix   Composer
Andre Ekyan   Leader
J. Bastia   Composer
Chris Ellis   Producer,Photography
Con Conrad   Composer
John R.T. Davies   Production Consultant
Django Reinhardt   Leader,Composer
Harry (Henry) Thacker Burleigh   Composer
Charles Trenet   Composer
Johnny Hess   Composer
Louis Vola   Leader
Jean Sablon   Performer
Jean Tranchant   Composer
Pascal Bastia   Composer