Django Reinhardt – 100 Essentials of Django Reinhardt (Mono Version) (2014) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Django Reinhardt was the first hugely influential jazz figure to emerge from Europe and he remains the most influential European to this day, with possible competition from Joe Zawinul, George Shearing, John McLaughlin, his old cohort Stephane Grappelli and a bare handful of others. A free-spirited gypsy, Reinhardt wasn’t the most reliable person in the world, frequently wandering off into the countryside on a whim. Yet Reinhardt came up with a unique way of propelling the humble acoustic guitar into the front line of a jazz combo in the days before amplification became widespread. He would spin joyous, arcing, marvelously inflected solos above the thrumming base of two rhythm guitars and a bass, with Grappelli’s elegantly gliding violin serving as the perfect foil. His harmonic concepts were startling for their time making a direct impression upon Charlie Christian and Les Paul, among others and he was an energizing rhythm guitarist behind Grappelli, pushing their groups into a higher gear. Not only did Reinhardt put his stamp upon jazz, his string band music also had an impact upon the parallel development of Western swing, which eventually fed into the wellspring of what is now called country music. Although he could not read music, with Grappelli and on his own, Reinhardt composed several winsome, highly original tunes like “Daphne,” “Nuages” and “Manoir de Mes Reves,” as well as mad swingers like “Minor Swing” and the ode to his record label of the ’30s, “Stomping at Decca.” As the late Ralph Gleason said about Django’s recordings, “They were European and they were French and they were still jazz.”

Tracklist:
01. Minor Swing
02. Nuages
03. Sweet Georgia Brown
04. Belleville
05. I Can’t Give You Anything but Love (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
06. Over the Rainbow (feat. Stéphane Grappelli)
07. Bolero (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
08. Chicago
09. Avalon (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
10. Confessin’ (feat. Bill Coleman and His Orchestra)
11. Bill Coleman Blues (feat. Bill Coleman and His Orchestra)
12. Daphne
13. Body and Soul (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
14. Echoes of France (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
15. Diminushing
16. I Can’t Get Started (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
17. Dinah (feat. Stéphane Grappelli)
18. Sweet Sue
19. Tears (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
20. Dinette (feat. Stéphane Grappelli, Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
21. All of Me (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
22. Django’s Tiger (feat. Stéphane Grappelli, Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
23. Somebody Loves Me (feat. Eddie South)
24. Double Scotch (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
25. Clopin-Clopant (feat. Stéphane Grappelli)
26. Swing 41
27. Echoes of Spain (feat. Stéphane Grappelli)
28. Fiddle Blues (feat. Stéphane Grappelli, Eddie South)
29. Honeysuckle Rose (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
30. Place de brouckère
31. Blues (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
32. Tea for Two
33. How High Is the Moon (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
34. I Love You (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
35. Flat Floot Floogie (feat. Stéphane Grappelli, Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
36. Coquette (Recorded in 1946)
37. I Saw Stars (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
38. A Little Love, a Little Kiss (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
39. Oiseaux des îles (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
40. I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
41. Blue Drag (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
42. Farewell Blues (feat. Benny Carter and His Orchestra)
43. Solitude (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
44. I’ve Found a New Baby
45. I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France, Stéphane Grappelli)
46. Just a Gigolo (feat. Stéphane Grappelli)
47. Manoir de mes rêves (feat. Stéphane Grappelli, Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
48. Blues Clair (feat. Stéphane Grappelli, Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
49. Exactly Like You (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
50. Lady Be Good (Recorded in 1948)
51. Eveline (Recorded in 1947)
52. Limehouse Blues
53. Swing De Paris (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
54. Lover Man (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France, Stéphane Grappelli)
55. Solid Old Man (feat. Rex Stewart and His Orchestra)
56. Montmartre (feat. Rex Stewart and His Orchestra)
57. Just for Fun (feat. Stéphane Grappelli, Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
58. Hot Lips (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
59. My Blue Heaven (feat. Stéphane Grappelli)
60. My Melancholy Baby (feat. Stéphane Grappelli)
61. Low Cotton (feat. Rex Stewart and His Orchestra)
62. My Serenade
63. Finesse (feat. Rex Stewart and His Orchestra)
64. Djangology
65. Nagasaki (feat. Stéphane Grappelli)
66. Ol’man River (feat. Stéphane Grappelli, Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
67. Parfum
68. I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love with Me (feat. Eddie South)
69. Saint Louis Blues
70. Stockholm (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
71. Naguine
72. Les yeux noirs
73. Swanee River (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
74. Tiger Rag (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
75. Continental (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
76. Time on My Hands (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France, Stéphane Grappelli)
77. I’ll See You in My Dreams
78. To Each Is Own Symphony (Recorded in 1948)
79. Ultra Fox (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
80. What Is This Thing Called Love? (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France, Stéphane Grappelli)
81. Swinging with Django (feat. M. Warlop, Stéphane Grappelli)
82. Eddie’s Blues (feat. Eddie South)
83. Crépuscule (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
84. Younger Generation (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
85. Tajmahal (feat. M. Warlop Et Son Orchestre)
86. Saint James Infirmary (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
87. Mike (Recorded in 1948)
88. Please Be Kind (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France, Stéphane Grappelli)
89. Smoke Rings (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
90. Mistery Pacific (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
91. Oui (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
92. Petits Mensonges (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
93. Dream of You (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
94. Rose Boom (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
95. Souvenirs (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
96. You Rascal You
97. Stephen’s Blues (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
98. Swing 42
99. Twelfth Year (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)
100. When Day Is Done (feat. Quintette Du Hot Club De France)