Django Reinhardt on CD
I can not think of a musical artist that has had
their catalog of material issued and reissued as many times of
Django Reinhardt. It can get confusing trying to sift through
the maze of what is available and what his best recordings
are. Not to mention that so many titles go out of print, but
with on-line distribution, second hand copies can often be purchased
from Amazon.com.
Some of the box set
releases offer excellent value. The best is the box set
Djangology; ten discs for around
$20.
The primary packaging of Django's
catalogue is:
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Best of Django Reinhardt
1936 - 48, w Grappelli and Rostaing |
Quintette du Hot Club de
France: 25 Classics 1934-1940 |
Indispensable 1949 - 50 2
discs, mostly '49 some '50 |
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Jazz Masters 38 |
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The Very Best of 1934-1939 - Two
discs - great value
Jazz Masters has a superb
variety. The emphasis is on Hot Club, but there's more. It
also includes the soft ballad "Vous et moi," the
electric "Night and Day" from 1953, brilliant, as
well as a big band sampler with "Djangology."
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The JSP series offers superb value.
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The Classic Early
Recordings in Chronological Order Vol. 1, Part one of a
box-set at very low prices, five discs, 1934 - '39 |
Paris
and London: 1937-1948, Vol. 2: The second part of the JSP box-set, four discs, incredible music, bargain price. |
Django in Rome
is a four disc box-set of Django's session
in Rome. In 1949 for his reunion with Grappelli, and 1950
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Swing de
Paris Spanning 1934 - '52, this reasonably priced four disc compilation
provides a good overview. |
Djangology
TEN DISC's!!!
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Brussels and Paris - This
is packed with 25 tracks from five different sessions between
1947 - ' 53, electric Django. |
Nuages 1953 - Django's
last two sessions, extraordinary. Our favorite Django
session, 3/10/53. |
Nuits De Saint - Germain Des Pres
Three electric sessions from Paris, 1951, '52, '53 |
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With His American Friends
- 3 discs, Big Band type music, Django often plays a secondary
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Peche a la Mouche - Hard
to find. The Blue Star sessions, mostly from '47, plus
the electrifying 3/10/53 session. |
Django Reinhardt and the Singers
Primarily early music from 1933 - 35 |
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1933-1943: Django Reinhardt and the Singers |
Memorial
1947 sessions priced nice, 39 tracks.
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Vol: 1 1928 - 34 |
Vol: 2 1934 - 35 |
Vol: 3 1935 |
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Vol: 4 1935 |
Vol: 5 1936 - 37 |
Vol: 6 1937 |
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Vol: 7 1937 - 38 |
Vol: 8 1938 - 39 |
Vol: 9 1939 - 40 |
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Vol: 10 1940 Nuages |
Vol: 11 1940 -42 |
Vol: 12 1943 - 45 |
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Vol: 13 1946 - 47 |
Vol: 14 1947 |
Vol: 15 1947 |
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Vol: 16 1947 - 49 |
Vol: 17 1949 |
Vol: 18 1949 - 50 |
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Vol: 19 1950 - 1952 |
Vol: 20 |
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1934 - 35 |
1935 |
1935 - 36 |
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1937 |
1937 Vol. 2 |
1937 - 38 |
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1938 - 39 |
1939 - 40 |
1940 |
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1940 - 41 |
1941 - 42 |
1942 - 43 |
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1944 - 46 |
1947 |
1947 Vol. 2 |
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