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Swing 39 | 
 enlarge | Artist: Django Reinhardt
Label: Umvd Labels
Category: Music
Buy New: $11.98
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 57082
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 601215985429
EAN: 0601215985429
ASIN: B00004YWEZ
Release Date: April 24, 2001
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| Tracks:
| • | 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 |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Although the war was raging when Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli, and the Quintet of the Hot Club of France recorded these tracks in 1939, their light-hearted swing on standards such as "Jeepers Creepers," "Tea for Two," and "My Melancholy Baby" recalls an earlier, more peaceful time. Reinhardt and Grappelli trade solos as if they are giving each other presents. They sound as if they are in a friendly competition to see not who is the fastest or flashiest, but rather who can play the most elegant, musical lines. This CD contains multiple takes of a number of songs, including "Japanese Sandman," "I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight," and the Reinhardt composition "Twelfth Year," but Reinhardt and Grappelli's inventiveness keeps them from sounding repetitive. Their intros and solos are different each time, and you get the feeling they could have recorded the same song a dozen times and come up with 12 different, but equally perfect, versions. The tracks on Swing 39 are among the last recorded in Paris by Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli, and the Quintet of the Hot Club of France. Within a few months the group would be split up by the war, with Grappelli spending the duration in London and Reinhardt trapped in Paris. These tracks are a fitting tribute to not only a great band, but also to an era that was soon to disappear forever. --Michael Simmons
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| Customer Reviews:
 Don't miss this one May 14, 2008
If you loved the gypsy music in 'Chocolat' you must hear this artist. Wonderful music and several examples of amazing tracks of a song repeated but sounding nothing like the previous track. Such a gem, and to think I almost didn't discover Reinhardt.
 A must for lovers of early jazz. June 26, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Django Reinhardt's "Swing 39" is a gem. The music is joyous. "Jeeper Creepers," "Swing 39," and "Japanese Sandman" are infectious. This recording, as well as the soundtrack to Allen's "Sweet and Lowdown" and Bunny Berigan's "A Melody From the Sky" are among my favorites to slip in the player while I read or putter around the house. Couldn't recommend this more.
Infectious May 19, 2003
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This album is quite simply infectious. Once you turn it on, you can't turn it off.The Amazon reviewer calls some of the tracks "light-hearted swing" and they hit the nail on the head. The all string rhythm section (two guitars, double bass) creates a very relaxed and "light-hearted" mood over which Django and Stephane Grappelli play. Then there is Django. His playing is inspired throughout, and with his virtuoso technique he creates simply magical solos. His solos range from joyous swing to extremely beautiful and expressive (check out "Time on my Hands"). Grappelli plays excellently as well, creating beautiful solos. Also, his playing perfectly complements Django. Actually, the entire band has terrific chemistry. Overall, a great album and a great introduction to Django. All the titles are good. One of the most amazing things about this album is how individual each alternate take is (ex. each of the 3 versions of "Tea for Two" are different; and excellent). So don't skip over the alternate tracks!
A must for Django fans May 2, 2001
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Any fan of Django will enjoy this CD. It is a part of Verve's "Jazz in Paris" collection, recorded in 1939 in Paris.Some of the tracks are repeated which is interesting because it shows how Django and Grappelli can improvise and never play the same way twice.
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