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The Classic Early Recordings in Chronological Order | 
 enlarge | Artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli
Label: Jsp Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  36 reviews
Sales Rank: 12080
Format: Box Set, Original Recording Reissued
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 5 x 2.1
MPN: 901
UPC: 788065900120
EAN: 0788065900120
ASIN: B00004S5WA
Release Date: May 16, 2000
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | I Saw Stars (Unissued As 78) (September 1934) | | • | I'm Confessin' | | • | Dinah | | • | Tiger Rag | | • | Oh Lady Be Good | | • | I Saw Stars (December 1934) | | • | Lily Belle May June | | • | Sweet Sue, Just You | | • | I'm Confessin' | | • | The Continental | | • | Blue Drag | | • | Swanee River | | • | The Sunshine Of Your Smile | | • | Ultrafox | | • | Avalon | | • | Smoke Rings | | • | Clouds | | • | Believe It, Beloved | | • | I've Found A New Baby | | • | St. Louis Blues | | • | Crazy Rhythm | | • | The Sheik Of Araby | | • | Chasing Shadows | | • | I've Had My Moments | | • | Some Of These Days | | • | Djangology |
Disc 2
| • | Honeysuckle Rose | | • | Sweet Georgia Brown | | • | Night And Day | | • | My Sweet | | • | Souvenirs | | • | Daphne | | • | Black And White | | • | Stompin' At Decca | | • | Tornerai | | • | If I Had You | | • | It Had To Be You | | • | Nocturne | | • | The Flat Foot Foogie | | • | The Lambeth Walk | | • | Why Shouldn't I? | | • | I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm | | • | Please Be Kind | | • | Louise | | • | Improvisation No.2 | | • | Undecided | | • | HCQ Strut | | • | Don't Worry 'Bout Me | | • | The Man I Love | | • | My Sweet | | • | I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm | | • | Improvisation No.2 |
Disc 3
| • | Billets Doux | | • | Swing From Paris | | • | Them There Eyes | | • | Three Little Words | | • | Appel Direct | | • | Hungaria | | • | Hungaria | | • | Jeepers Creepers | | • | Jeepers Creepers | | • | Swing '39 | | • | Japanese Sandman | | • | I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight | | • | I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight | | • | Tea For Two | | • | Tea For Two | | • | My Melancholy Baby | | • | Time On My Hands | | • | Twelfth Year | | • | Twelfth Year | | • | My Melancholy Baby | | • | Japanese Sandman | | • | Tea For Two | | • | I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight | | • | Hungaria |
Disc 4
| • | Blue Moon | | • | Avalon | | • | What A Difference A Day Made | | • | Stardust | | • | St. Louis Blues | | • | Limehouse Blues | | • | I Got Rhythm | | • | I've Found A New Baby | | • | It Was So Beautiful | | • | China Boy | | • | Moon Glow | | • | It Don't Mean A Thing | | • | I'se A-Muggin' | | • | I Can't Give You Anything But Love | | • | Oriental Shuffle | | • | After You've Gone | | • | Are You In The Mood? | | • | Limehouse Blues | | • | Nagasaki | | • | Swing Guitars | | • | Georgia On My Mind | | • | Shine | | • | In The Still Of The Night | | • | Sweet Chorus |
Disc 5
| • | Exactly Like You | | • | Charleston | | • | You're Driving Me Crazy | | • | Tears | | • | Solitude | | • | Hot Lips | | • | Ain't Misbehavin' | | • | Rose Room | | • | Body And Soul | | • | When Day Is Done | | • | Runnin' Wild | | • | Chicago | | • | Liebestraum No.3 | | • | Miss Annabelle Lee | | • | A Little Love, A Little Kiss | | • | Mystery Pacific | | • | In A Sentimental Mood | | • | The Sheik Of Araby | | • | Improvisation | | • | Parfum | | • | Alabamy Bound | | • | Rosetta | | • | Stardust | | • | The Object Of My Affection |
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Amazon.com
This wonderful five-disc box is an indispensable collection of prewar, prebop jazz that belongs in the company of your finest Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Benny Goodman sets. Technically, this isn't a true box set--it merely collects five single-disc compilations under one slipcase--but it is infinitely rewarding nonetheless. Disheartened by what he thought were sonically subpar Reinhardt collections, Ted Kendall undertook an ambitious mission to find the best original sources for this classic material and then meticulously remastered them. He wisely opted to leave in some of the surface noise to maintain the clarity and integrity of the music. And what glorious, jubilant music it is! Dating to the very first Quintet of the Hot Club of France sessions in September 1934 (before they'd even established that moniker), the collection includes all the landmark recordings Reinhardt made for Ultraphone, Decca (its English and French labels), and HMV up through the Quintet's 1939 breakup on the eve of World War II. Reinhardt's guitar work is spirited and adventurous throughout--lightning-quick runs, insistent rhythm work, and hybrid "riffs" that seem to split the difference. Nearly all the cuts feature the elegant but vivacious violin work of his most famous foil, Stephane Grappelli, who certainly deserves co-billing on the set. The way the two feed off each other's energy is magical. Despite their well-documented personality clashes, the twosome remains perhaps the most synergistic in jazz history, constantly engaging in their incredible cat-and-mouse games. Often overlooked are the songwriting talents of the two musicians, who contributed several standards to the jazz canon. Though mostly focused on the Quintet recordings, the set detours for such oddities as a pair of solo Reinhardt cuts from 1937 and collaborations with Coleman Hawkins. Simply delightful from beginning to end. --Marc Greilsamer
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Great Overview August 24, 2008
This is a great overview of Django and Grapelli's output. If you're going to own only one moderate-sized box set, this is an excellent choice. Diehard completists should move on up to Fremaux's Integrale series.
The only pre-war guitar recordings that remain breathtaking today April 22, 2008
Let's be honest - how many times have you read rave reviews of some supposed pre-war (or for that matter, post-war) virtuoso, bought a CD, only to be horribly disappointed to find the guitar-playing positively feeble after years of exposure to Hendrix, Satriani, etc? One can still respect those players of earlier generations for the contributions they made when guitar-playing was in its infancy, but all sentiments aside, judged objectively, for me and many others only one player of yesterday competes with later or present day virtuosos - Django Reinhardt. I say that just to reassure anyone who hasn't heard his playing that he really is up there with the greatest of all times, including modern-day players. He was truly a phenomenon. I've heard people raving over the primitive licks of some or other old bluesman, obviously enraptured by the historic value of the recordings more than the objective quality, the popping and scatching of those old 78s preventing any objective judgement. No danger of that here. If there's just one 'older' guitarist you listen to, it's got be Django, preferably the first 5 years or so of his career. And no guitarist can consider himself complete who hasn't had a close listen to his best work. His style is so idiosyncratic that it's unlikely you'll pick up much as far as technique goes, but for improvisational ideas, this whole set is a guitar treasure.
 The Classic Early recordings August 16, 2007
A mixture of various recordings, not all of them good. Still there are a few gems amongst them.
 Wonderful - for the Purists among us July 2, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Django Reinhardt's music is a study in Jazz influence, improvisation and sheer exuberance. These recordings take you through his early years and maturity as an astonishing guitarist. If you understand guitar and what it took for him to play as he did, your appreciation for the technical virtuosity cannot but respond to his work.
The digital re-masterings themselves faithfully reproduce the original sounds, complete with all of the surface noise that attended those early 78's. For the purist this is no problem because the desire is to not have any of the music also filtered. For those who are into casual listening or background music while you drive, especially if you listen at high volume, you might find it a bit distracting.
One of the most delightful aspects of Reinhardt's group is Stephan Grappely's Jazz violin. We don't think of the violin as a jazz instrument very often, but these folks made it work wonderfully in group. Reinhardt shared the lead often with his band and it gives the music a diversity which enables sustained listening without boredom.
Good group, good selections, good music.
Django Reinhardt , Classic Early Recordings April 12, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Like the Supreme Court Justice opined about obscenity [I'm informed],
he said if he saw it he would know what it was. I have sonically seen
Django and I know what JAZZ GENIUS IS!! He and his consorts swing from
the beginning to the end every time they do a tune. Being an un-recon-
structed Stan Kenton fan of some 60 + years, I recognize that except
for some Shorty Rogers charts and particularly "Stompin' At The Savoy"
by Bill Holman, Django could have made even the Kenton band swing! How
he could swing so hard with a wounded wing is an education. If you dig
jazz or think you might, this is the ONE to buy.
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