This reissue features 20 tracks, including two bonus tracks, by the virtuoso gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt. Included are recordings with violinist Stephane Grappelli, co-founder of the Quintette Du Hot Club De France, Bill Coleman, Rex Stewart, Barney Bigard and Dicky Wells.
The 20-page booklet contains complete information with specially prepared liner notes by Penguin Guide to Jazz’s writer Brian Morton and by France’s prestigious Jazz Magazine. “Django’s virtuosity continues to astonish guitar masters and young musicians today. He passed away at the zenith of a short career, leaving behind a body of recordings that give indisputable proof of his authentic creative genius.” Jazz Magazine
CD + 2 Bonus Tracks:
Exactly Like You / Solitude / Ain’t Misbehavin / Runnin Wild / Body and Soul / Hot Lips / When Day Is Done / Rose Room / Liebestraum No.3 / Miss Annabelle Lee / Tears / Mystery Pacific / Swing Guitars / Big Boy Blues / Montmartre / Solid Old Man [Solid Rock] / Finesse [Night Wind] / I Know That You Know / Low Cotton / Swinging with Django / Paramount Stomp / Japanese Sandman / Minor Swing / Bolero / Douce Ambiance (bonus track) / Manoir de mes Reves (bonus track)
Released 22/01/21