Verve Jazz Masters 38

by Django Reinhardt

Overview

This set, selected from representative portions of Reinhardt's impressive catalogue, offers a perfect introduction to the work of this phenomenal musician. JAZZ MASTERS plays like the world's most enjoyable textbook on swing guitar. The cuts here feature the Quintet of the Hot Club of France, solo work, duets, and pairings with the equally virtuosic Stephane Grappelli on violin. The interaction between Grapelli and Reinhardt on such tunes as "Daphne" and "Souvenirs" is a dazzling example of rhythmic fluidity. Standards such as "Sweet Georgia Brown," "Night And Day," and "The Man I Love" alternate with superb Reinhardt originals like "Djangology" and "Swing 48." Reinhardt's music combines a clear, open-ended sound uncommon to early jazz with a powerful rhythmic intensity. His gypsy-flavored swing style-marked by flurried noodling in the high register, soulful stringbends, and looping melodic patterns (and all the more amazing since Reinhardt only had the use of two fingers)-transforms the guitar's fretboard into a field for acrobatics. This Verve collection of classic tracks by the guitar master is an excellent collection for fans and an essential purchase for the uninitiated.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/08/1994
Label:	Verve / Polygram / Universal
UPC:	0731451693120

Tracks

1. Nuages
2. Daphn¿¿
3. Souvenirs
4. Honeysuckle Rose
5. Please Be Kind
6. H.C.Q. Strut
7. Love's Melody (M¿¿lodie au Cr¿¿puscule)
8. Sweet Georgia Brown
9. The Man I Love
10. Belleville
11. Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
12. Vous et Moi
13. Djangology
14. Anniversary Song
15. Swing '48
16. Night and Day

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Django Reinhardt   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Quintette du Hot Club de France   Primary Artist
Quintet of the Hot Club of France   Primary Artist,Ensemble,Orchestra
Stephane Grappelli   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Vocals
Raymond Chantrain   Trumpet
Jo Magis   Clarinet,Sax (Alto)
Jack Llewelyn   Guitar
Ladislas Czabanyck   Bass
John Ouwerx   Piano
Jean Douillez   Vocals
Jos Aerts   Drums
Louis Billen   Clarinet,Sax (Alto)
Sus Vancamp   Trombone
Jeff Van Herswingels   Sax (Tenor)
Andre Jourdan   Drums
Pierre Michelot   Bass
Roger Chaput   Guitar
Maurice Vander   Piano
Arthur Saguet   Clarinet,Sax (Tenor),Sax (Baritone)
Jean Damm   Trombone
Paul D'Hondt   Trumpet
Emile Deltour   Vocals
Jean-Louis Viale   Drums
Arthur Peeters   Bass
Jim Vanderjeught   Guitar
Chas Dolne   Vocals
Walter Feron   Vocals
Jack Demany   Vocals,Sax (Tenor)
George Clais   Trumpet
Ivon de Bie   Piano
Eugene Vees   Guitar
Emmanuel Soudieux   Bass
Coleridge Goode   Bass
Joseph Reinhardt   Guitar
Louis Vola   Bass
Hubert Rostaing   Clarinet

Technical Credits

Michael Lang   Compilation Producer,Compilation Supervisor
Daniel Richard   Research
Sammy Cahn   Composer
Iosif Ivanovici   Composer
Peter Pullman   Editing
Aric Lach Morrison   Production Coordination
Sheryl Lutz-Brown   Art Direction
Robert Andelson   Composer
Richard Seidel   Executive Producer
Saul Chaplin   Composer
Al Jolson   Composer
Gus Kahn   Composer
Stephane Grappelli   Composer
Kenneth Casey   Composer
Jacques Larue   Composer
Ben Bernie   Composer
Henriette Bosmans   Composer
William Gottlieb   Photography
Alain Antonietto   Selection,Liner Notes
Jeffrey Schulz   Artwork
Nichell Delvaille   Design
Didier Marc   Mastering
Martin Davies   Translation
Robert Bosmans   Composer
Spencer Williams   Composer
Andy Razaf   Composer
Cole Porter   Composer
Django Reinhardt   Composer
Fats Waller   Composer
George Gershwin   Composer
Ira Gershwin   Composer
Maceo Pinkard   Composer
Ben Young   Research